MSPEA, Sihuan to acquire JB hospital

Singapore: Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) recently announced its partnership with HongKong listed Sihuan Pha...

January 7, 2015 | Wednesday | News
3SBio gets 'going private' proposal from board

Singapore: 3SBio received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter dated September 12, 2012, from its chairman and CEO...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Mr Reilly to be deported back to UK from China

Singapore: Mr Mark Reilly, the former head of British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, who has been at the center of the brib...

September 22, 2014 | Monday | News
Mc Donalds' and KFC may be using rotten meat

Singapore: A shocking revelation, by the quality control manager at Husi Food, China indicated that expired meat was reu...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
Chinese medicine firm eyes Indian antibiotic market

‎Singapore: Tianyin Pharmaceutical (TPI), China-based pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharm...

July 15, 2013 | Monday | News
China firm develops new therapeutic vaccine for rabies

Singapore: China's Yisheng Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines, has developed a new vaccine for t...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | News
WuXi, PRA collaborate to provide services in China

‎Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, a leading contract research organization with operations in China US, and PRA have si...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Biotechnology, medicine is Taiwan's next star industry

Singapore: Taiwan is striving to elevate its biotechnology and medicine industry with a combined support from both the p...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
China journeys from imitation to innovation

With a population of over 1.3 billion, China is poised for continued growth in the life sciences sector. There are sever...

May 23, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Gilead's Viread patent revoked in China

Singapore: China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has yanked the patent for Gilead Sciences popular HIV and h...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Lilly, Fidelity fund Innovent to develop cancer antibody

Singapore: Innovent Biologics, a company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies, is con...

November 22, 2012 | Thursday | News
Heartbeat grows 350% year-over-year

Singapore: Heartbeat Experts, the global leader in stakeholder management solutions for the life sciences industry has a...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Gene expression for personalized medicine: Report

Singapore: Gene expression profiling can bring significant improvements to disease profiling and diagnoses based on gene...

June 10, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
H7N9 China bird flu update: 38 infected, 10 dead

Singapore: The National Health and Family Planning Commission of China has notified WHO of an additional 10 laboratory-...

April 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Jeffery Bacha: DelMar targets orphan cancer drugs

DelMar Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2010 to rapidly develop and commercialize proven cancer therapies in new indicatio...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
HUYA partners with Shanghai Zhangjiang Biotech

Singapore: HUYA Bioscience International has entered into a collaborative partnership with Shanghai Zhangjiang Biotech a...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
BGI Shenzhen uses NGS to find mutation in IVF embryo

Singapore: China's BGI Shenzhen along with Reproductive and Genetic Hospital Citic-Xiangya has successfully applied Next...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BIO China kicks-off in Beijing

Singapore: Executives from biotech and pharmaceutical companies, along with investment firms from North America, Europe ...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
APAC Epilepsy Therapeutics market to touch $1.5 bn by 2019

Singapore: The epilepsy therapeutics market value in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, Australia, China, India and Japan, ...

February 28, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
GLP leases 13,000 sqm to Shanghai Pharma

Singapore: Global Logistic Properties (GLP), one of the world's leading providers of modern logistics facilities, with a...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BGI launches tool for tumor xenograft research

Singapore: Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), the world's largest genomics organization, has successfully developed a new...

July 20, 2012 | Friday | News
North China moves from generics to innovation

North China Pharmaceutical Group (NCPC) is a nationwide provider of bulk pharmaceuticals in China, including antibiotics...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Pharma head arrested for illegal drug distribution

Singapore: The head of the Chinese pharmaceutical company Hanwei Yaoye has been arrested for allegedly helping illegal b...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
China's Concord Medical partners with US cancer centre

Singapore: China based Concord Medical Services, a hospital management solution provider has signed a multi-year strateg...

May 8, 2015 | Friday | News
Taiwan FDA nods Ph II trial of Hep C drug

Singapore: China based Ascletis has received Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) approval to start phase II clini...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Sinopharm demonstrates king size growth, yet again

Sinopharm, a dominant name in the distribution of pharmaceutical and healthcare products in China, continues to grab a...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
German company gets Chinese patent for antiviral polymer

Singapore: Marinomed Biotechnologie, a German company focused on the development of innovative therapies for respiratory...

November 19, 2012 | Monday | News
CRO survey: India, China dominate market

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November 24, 2012 | Saturday | Analysis
FDA issues warning letter to China API plant

Singapore: The Food and Drug Administration has recently issued a warning letter to China-based Novacyl Wuxi Pharmaceuti...

January 6, 2015 | Tuesday | News
2014's Top 20 Companies: RANK 1

  Sinopharm is jointly owned by China National Pharmaceutical Group and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical. Directly contro...

July 14, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
Gilead allows sublicense of HIV drug to generic firms

Singapore: HIV drug developer, Gilead Sciences has partnered with Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to expand access to Gilead...

July 25, 2014 | Friday | News
UK SFO launches formal probe against GSK

Singapore: Days after China concluded its probe against British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline and charged certain executive...

May 28, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Half a million people in China are battling HIV

Singapore: Ahead of the World AIDS Day, Mr Wang Guoqiang, vice director of the National Health and Family Planning Commi...

December 1, 2014 | Monday | News
Pfizer to stop selling Prevnar in China

Singapore: US-based drugmaker Pfizer recently announced plans to stop selling Prevnar vaccine in China. The vaccine is a...

April 6, 2015 | Monday | News
WuXi Pharma launches mobile app for research services

Singapore: China's research contract service provider, WuXi PharmaTech, has launched WuXi V-Lab, a mobile app available ...

January 6, 2015 | Tuesday | News
China to offer personalized chemotherapy

Singapore: China-based Fosun diagnostics and Saladax Biomedical announced the launch of MyCare assay tests for chemother...

August 26, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Liposome to begin phase-II trials for its cancer drug

Singapore: Taiwan-based drugmaker, Liposome announced that it had received approval from the Chinese government to begin...

September 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Study: Bacteria is root cause of obesity, diabetes

Singapore: A new research conducted by researchers at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China, revealed that cer...

December 24, 2012 | Monday | News
China's Wuzhou to buy 10 percent stake in Isreali Oramed

Singapore: According to reports, China's Guangxi Wuzhou Zhongheng Group recently announced plans to purchase a 10 percen...

July 7, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Public Chinese trial for GSK-tied investigators

Singapore: The Chinese government has now officially announced that the trial of the two private investigators tied to G...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
China BIO convention to be held on Oct 24-25

Singapore: The 2nd annual BIO Convention in China, a partnering and investor conference that will bring together execut...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
China's Tigermed acquires bioanalysis firm

Singapore: China based Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting has acquired a majority of Frontage Laboratories, a company providin...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
China reports 11 new H7N9 cases

Singapore: After six new human cases of Avian Influenza H7N9 bird flu were reported from China last week, this week too ...

February 6, 2014 | Thursday | News
Asia bioscience grows 11 percent, crosses $150 bn

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording ...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Beijing announces Sinovac as the supplier of flu vaccine

Singapore: Beijing government recently announced China's Sinovac Biotech as the supplier of the seasonal influenza vacci...

September 15, 2015 | Tuesday | News
GSK China scandal: Chairman urged to resign

Singapore: Even though the chairman of British drug major GlaxoSmithKline had announced that he would be resigning in 20...

September 2, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Glioblastoma therapeutics market to double in APAC by 2020

Singapore: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) therapeutics market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is estimated to grow double from USD...

September 19, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
ICGC launches four new projects in China

Singapore: The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) announced four new projects in China to identify the genomi...

December 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
China, Taiwan call for deeper pharma ties

Singapore: Pharma companies from China and Taiwan have recently convened a forum, co-organized by the Taiwan-based Insti...

November 12, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Boehringer sets up veterinary vaccine plant in China

Singapore: Pharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim has established the foundation of veterinary vaccine manufacturi...

August 19, 2013 | Monday | News
Asia's Fastest 50 bio-firms shine

The annual list of Asia's fastest growing pharma companies, compiled painstakingly by the BioSpectrum Asia team, is out....

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Merck Serono pumps in €80 million to erect China plant

Singapore: The plant represents an investment of €80 million, and will be Merck's largest manufacturing facility o...

September 4, 2014 | Thursday | News
China Botanic suspends stock trading on NYSE

Singapore: China Botanic Pharmaceuticals, a developer, manufacturer and distributor of botanical products, bio-pharmaceu...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | Company results
Now, Vietnam on H7N9 bird flu red alert

Singapore: A new finding revealed from a mapping study conducted by researchers has predicted that Avian Influenza H7N9 ...

March 18, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Siberian Ginseng extract recognized as safe medicine

Singapore: Developer, manufacturer and distributor of botanical products, bio-pharmaceuticals and traditional Chinese me...

July 4, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Shanghai univ's collaboration lab with Metabolon begins operation

Singapore: The Joint Metabolomics Laboratory set up as a collaboration between Metabolon and Shanghai Jiao Tong Univer...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
China claims that it has Ebola cure

Singapore: Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group, a China-based drugmaker, recently announced that it has developed a dru...

October 15, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Telangana, China Medical City ink a MoU

Singapore: Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) and China Medical City (CMC) on Tuesday inked a...

February 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Smartphones preferred channel for healthcare'

Singapore: Smart phones are the preferred tool for patient's engagement and communication with their healthcare provider...

July 6, 2014 | Sunday | Analysis
PATH officials visit Chengdu for progress review

Singapore: In a step forward, PATH senior project officer Ms Amie Bishop, accompanied by PATH Beijing Director Mr Zhang ...

December 3, 2012 | Monday | News
China & Ireland enter major biomedical deals

Singapore: National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway's Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials signs memora...

August 16, 2012 | Thursday | News
China initiates crackdown on pharma industry

Singapore: China has announced a nationwide crackdown on the sale of illegal medicines, ahead of the GlaxoSmithKline bri...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
China targets Sanofi's operations, probe begins

Singapore: Beijing municipal authorities have begun investigations into the bribery allegations made against French drug...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Brazil, Mexico dengue vaccine market to grow'

Singapore: While Sanofi has progressed to phase III clinical trials for its dengue vaccine and is expecting to launch it...

July 17, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
DHL beefs up its cold chain logistic solution

Singapore: Low temperature logistic provider, Cryoport, has partnered with LifeConEx, a part of DHL, to enhance and supp...

July 17, 2014 | Thursday | News
Industry records all time high mergers and acquisitions

Singapore: Pharmaceutical, medical technology and biotech sector witnessed a euphoria when mergers and acquisition activ...

May 14, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Lack of terrorism hinders respiratory market

Singapore: A new study by Frost & Sullivan's Chemicals, Materials and Food practice finds that the respiratory prote...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Chinese govt delay hinders GMP plant set up

Singapore: China Biologic Products, a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, announc...

January 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Concord acquires stake in Texas university PTC

Singapore: China-based Concord Medical Services acquired 19.98 percent of indirect ownership of the Proton Therapy Cente...

December 14, 2012 | Friday | News
3SBio announces changes in its board of directors

Singapore: 3SBio, a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and mark...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
Sinovac wins $5.1 mn vaccine contract in China

Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a China-based vaccine manufacturer, has been selected by the Beijing Health Bureau and the S...

September 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Baxter recalls four lots of IV solutions

Singapore: Baxter is subjected to recall four lots of intravenous (IV) solutions to the hospital/user level that have be...

July 18, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
Sinovac to supply flu vaccines to Mexico for 5 years

‎Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a leading provider of vaccines in China, has received Certificate of Approval to comm...

April 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Dehaier signs deal with Beijing Kanglian Medicine

Singapore: Dehaier Medical has obtained a medical equipment procurement agreement valued at approximately $320,580 (RMB...

December 14, 2012 | Friday | News
China Cord Blood Corp reports $15.8 Mn growth in revenue

Singapore: China Cord Blood Corporation, China's leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopo...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | Company results
US history museum, China gene bank enter deal

Singapore: China National Genebank (Shenzhen), also referred to as CNGB-Shenzhen, and National Museum of Natural History...

January 18, 2013 | Friday | News
ShanghaiBio, Ingenuity to address challenges of China's genomics data

Singapore: ShanghaiBio and information solution provider, Ingenuity Systems, signed a collaboration agreement enabling S...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Oramed gets oral protein delivery patent in China

Singapore: Oral drug delivery systems developer, Oramed Pharmaceuticals, announced that it received approval for a key p...

September 11, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China to set up its version of US FDA

Singapore: According to the South China Morning Post, China is going to establish a single regulatory to watch over the ...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
China SFDA acknowledges Sinovac phase III trial sites

Singapore: Sinovac Biotech revealed that the SFDA expert, who inspected the three phase III study sites of its proprieta...

June 12, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Sihuan Pharma revenue surges 36%

Singapore: Sihuan Pharmaceutical, a leading pharmaceutical company with the largest cardio-cerebral vascular (CVV) drug ...

March 26, 2013 | Tuesday | Company results
FDA warns Tianjin Zhongan for cGMP lapses

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has slapped a warning letter to China based Tianjin Zhongan Pharma...

June 26, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Four new cases of H7N9 reported in China

Singapore: The National and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced four cases of human infection with the Avian In...

May 26, 2014 | Monday | News
3SBio acquires patents for kidney failure drug

Singapore: China-based 3SBio, which is focused on R&D, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, acqu...

October 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Asia leverages on the biologics opportunity

Many companies in India, China and to an extent Korea have established a strong position in contract manufacturing of ac...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Novartis pledges to eliminate leprosy

Singapore: Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD) has launched a new leprosy strategy focused on interru...

December 2, 2013 | Monday | News
Pressure BioSciences signs agreements to expand

Singapore: Pressure BioSciences has entered into distribution agreements with three companies having combined sales cove...

July 16, 2012 | Monday | News
China cracks down on high-priced drugs

Singapore: As per a recent report published in the Shanghai Securities News, China's leading price regulator will crack ...

December 10, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Top 20: CHINA - Growth Despite Crackdowns

China has cracked down on high prices and corruption in the healthcare sector. Nonetheless, the revenue growth of publ...

July 4, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Sinovac to supply Hep A vaccine for immunization program

Singapore: China vaccine firm, Sinovac Biotech, is selected by Beijing Health Bureau as the sole supplier of inactivated...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
BioPharma Asia: Marken wins Best Life Science Logistics Service Provider

Singapore: Logistics firm, Marken, is awarded the Best Life Science Logistics Service Provider at BioPharma Asia Industr...

March 18, 2014 | Tuesday | News
China Kanghui reports 23.6% rise in revenue

Singapore: China Kanghui Holdings, a leading domestic developer, manufacturer and marketer of orthopedic implants in Chi...

August 22, 2012 | Wednesday | Company results
3SBio to develop JenKem's novel drug for cancer

Singapore: 3SBio, China based biotechnology company, has signed license agreement with JenKem Technology to develop, man...

September 18, 2014 | Thursday | News
Biostar to supply drugs to Chinese military hospital

Singapore: Biostar Pharmaceuticals, a China-based manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical and health supplement prod...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Dehaier to continue as only IMD X ray distributor in China

Singapore: Dehaier Medical Systems, an emerging leader in the development, assembly, marketing and sale of medical devic...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | News
China's Sinovac marks 68% sales rise in Q1 2013

‎Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has touched sales of $10.1...

May 30, 2013 | Thursday | Company results
New vaccines for emerging diseases

China-based start-up company Shanghai BravoBio is dedicated to developing new types of human vaccines to fight against e...

March 22, 2012 | Thursday | News
Dr Weidong Yin: Leading Sinovac's vaccine initiative

In the 1980s, a lot of people in China suffered due to the outbreak of hepatitis A. There was no effective method to con...

March 15, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
China pharma driving revenue for global drug firms: Report

Singapore: A recent analysis conducted jointly by McKinsey & Co and the China Pharmaceutical Association, the countr...

October 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Cameron discusses GSK issue with China

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug maker that is facing accusations of bribery and corruption in China seems t...

December 5, 2013 | Thursday | News