Average bioscience R&D spend in APAC down 50%

The research and development (R&D) spend in Asia Pacific in 2011 was down by 50 percent to an average of 6.58 percen...

June 18, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
3SBio retains Jefferies and Merrill Lynch as advisers

Singapore: 3SBio, a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on R&D, manufacturing and marketing biopharma...

October 1, 2012 | Monday | News
Tekon is Ion Field's new distributor

Singapore: IonField Systems (IonField), the pioneer in plasma cleaning treatment for life science applications, has sel...

January 14, 2013 | Monday | News
Kinex receives funds from Hong Kong govt ITC

Singapore: US-based Kinex Pharmaceuticals's application for the Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Programme has bee...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Hong Kong reports 123 AIDS cases from Apr-June

Singapore: A total of 123 cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, which causes the disease Acquired Immu...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
US venture capital firm to invest in China

Singapore: Domain Associates, a US venture capital firm investing in breakthrough life sciences technologies, and Elite ...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Corruption hampers China's growth

The growth story of the clinical research industry in China speaks of perfection, good timing and untapped potential. Al...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
British drug major GSK awaits Chinese probe details

Singapore: Even six days after Chinese police detailed some senior executives working at the Chinese office of the bigge...

July 5, 2013 | Friday | News
Chinese neutraceutical firm wins Ringier Award

Singapore: China-based Shansong Biological Products won the the Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for its soy peptide...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | News
Pfizer charged for bribing Chinese officials, to pay damages

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the US government recently charged Pfizer with violating the For...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | News
Sanofi faces bribery allegations in China

Singapore: Another tale of pharma scandal breaks in China. Following the line of recent GSK-expose that brought to light...

August 9, 2013 | Friday | News
WuXi concludes 2013 Life Science Awards in Beijing

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D outsourcing company with ...

December 13, 2013 | Friday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: Oncology is the top therapeutic focus area for CROs in APAC

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Medtronic completes investment in LifeTech

Singapore: US-headquartered Medtronic and LifeTech Scientific, a public company listed in Hong Kong stock exchange, hav...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
BD, CAP to advance laboratory quality in China, India

Singapore: BD Diagnostics, a segment of Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), and the College of American Pathologists (CA...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Medical devices smarten up

The medical devices industry has progressed by leaps and bounds in the recent past and this is evident from the several ...

November 28, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Wilex, GeneDiagnostics enter ELISA deal in China

Singapore: Wilex  has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with GeneDiagnostics for the commercialization ...

January 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
Golden Meditech interim revenue up by 6.4%

Singapore: Golden Meditech, a leading integrated healthcare enterprise in China, revealed its interim results for the si...

November 28, 2012 | Wednesday | Company results
How well is the industry prepared to fight H7N9 bird flu?

During March 2013, the world woke up to yet another dreaded bird flu attack that infected humans through poultry. Two mo...

May 14, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
GSK China VP confesses in bribery scandal

Singapore: A day after Chinese police made the names of those involved in one of the country's biggest scandal involving...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
China prepares to get its first national biobank

Singapore: BioStorage Technologies, a global provider of comprehensive sample management solutions for the bioscience in...

October 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Complete Genomics, Illumina settle all patent suits

Singapore: Complete Genomics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based BGI-Shenzhen, entered into a settlement agreement...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Welichem pays $9 mn for anti-inflammatory agent

Singapore: Welichem Biotech entered into an asset purchase agreement to buy the exclusive development and commercializat...

March 29, 2013 | Friday | News
Dr Ling Su joins Sidley Austin as advisor in China life sciences practice

Singapore: Dr Ling Su, a non-lawyer and a seasoned drug development professional, has joined law firm Sidley Austin as a...

September 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Neusoft to acquire 25% equities in Philips JV

‎Singapore: China based IT solution and Neusoft wholly owned subsidiary, Neusoft Medical Systems has signed agreem...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Covidien opens $45 million R&D facility in China

Singapore: Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, has opened its China Technology Center (CTC) Rese...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | News
Sigma Aldrich expands presence in China

Singapore: Sigma-Aldrich launched a redesigned website for China (www.sigmaaldrich.com/china), which will offer more rel...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Novartis China surrounded by bribery allegations

Singapore: Even as Big Pharma in China is surrounded by bribery allegations and investigations were just initiated again...

August 14, 2013 | Wednesday | News
GSK hit by more bribery allegations in China

Singapore: Days after a probe was initiated by the Chinese police into alleged 'economic crimes' committed by senior off...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: India, China lead in APAC CRO sector

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Yaskawa Electric invests in ReWalk exoskeleton

Singapore: Israel-based ARGO Medical Technologies has partnered with innovative robotics experts Yaskawa Electric, Japan...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Osteoporosis is an emerging crisis in APAC: Report

Singapore: A new report, launched by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), shows that osteoporosis is a loomi...

December 13, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Phillips-Medisize acquires Adval Tech plants in China, Mexico

Singapore: US-based Phillips-Medisize has entered into a definitive agreement with the Adval Tech to purchase, for an un...

July 26, 2013 | Friday | News
Medicago, tobacco giant in vaccine deal for China

Singapore: Medicago has granted Philip Morris Products (PMP) an exclusive license to develop, commercialize and manufact...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
China Nuokang Bio-Pharmaceutical reveals Q1 2012 results

Singapore: China Nuokang Bio-Pharmaceutical, a leading China-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the R&D, man...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | Company results
China Cord Blood revenue rises 30%

Singapore: China Cord Blood (CCBC) revealed its preliminary unaudited financial results for the second quarter and firs...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Fosun gets listed on Hong Kong stock exchange

Singapore: Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical is going to list its shares on the main board of Stock Exchange of Hong Kong L...

October 19, 2012 | Friday | News
PSM expands in China to curb counterfeit drugs

Singapore: Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) has set up its offices in China.  PSM China launch event was held in ...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | News
Chinese medical device market has many pitfalls

Singapore: A new report by Millennium Research Group about the Chinese medical device market highlighted that success in...

October 11, 2012 | Thursday | News
Pharmaron, AstraZeneca sign drug discovery deal

Singapore: Pharmaron entered into a drug discovery partnership with AstraZeneca to support their global Innovative Medi...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
HKAPI: We need more manpower to implement new initiatives

Founded in 1968, the Hong Kong Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (HKAPI) has 71 members, which includes the 20 ...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Chinese medicine firm Tianyin gets GMP certificate

Singapore: China-based Tianyin Pharmaceutical (TPI) received GMP certification for its pre-extraction plant and formula...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | News
Mindray expects 20% growth in FY2012

Singapore: Mindray Medical, a China-based manufacturer and marketer of medical devices, is expecting an year-over-year g...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Lumenis to distribute Visionix products in China

Singapore: Lumenis, the world's largest medical laser company for ophthalmic, aesthetic, and surgical applications, and ...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan gives patent for Medgenics IFNa pump

Singapore: Medgenics received a Notice of Allowance from the Japanese Patent and Trademark Office for key claims protec...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Franc Kaiser: Chinese M&A to heat up substantially in 2013

The M&A climate had started to heat up in 2012, and it is likely to get hotter in 2013. The majority of China's 2012...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Pall inaugurates Centre of Excellence in China

Singapore: Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has inaugurated Pall Life Scien...

October 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Allium wins $16.36 mn stent distribution deal in China

Singapore: Israel-based Allium Medical signed a strategic agreement with Beijing King Health Investment to exclusively d...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Challenge No 9: Price cuts by govt

Continuous drug price cuts will further squeeze margins for both multinational and domestic pharma. "The National Reform...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
China genomics institute installs Roche system

Singapore: Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), which is one of the world's largest genomics organizations, successfully in...

May 29, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Policy reforms boost biotech talent pool

Reforms in government policies and initiatives have helped in setting focus for bioscience companies, which has resulted...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Exlites eyes more medtech deals from China, Taiwan, Japan

Singapore: Exlites Holdings from the US has entered into an agreement with a company that will source new cutting edge m...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Nestle enters Chinese medicines market

Singapore: Nestlé Health Science, a fully owned subsidiary of Nestlé, and the pharmaceutical and healthcare group...

December 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Shanghai to host Global Pharma Congress 2014

Singapore: UBM China and CPhI will be hosting the Global Pharma Congress 2014 between 28 and 29 May in Shanghai. The su...

February 28, 2014 | Friday | News
Daewoong acquires Chinese firm for $16 mn

Singapore: South Korea's leading pharmaceutical company, Daewoong Pharma has signed a deal to take over Liaoning Baifeng...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Boehringer, Apexigen collaborate for cancer mAbs

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim, a global leader in the field of biopharmaceuticals manufacturing, and Apexigen, an emer...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
GSK CEO faces bonus cut ahead of China probe

Singapore: British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline that has been tangled in the corruption probe in China has now trimmed its...

February 28, 2014 | Friday | News
Dehaier revenue slips to $7 mn in Q2 2012

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

August 14, 2012 | Tuesday | Company results
Lilly to expand generics manufacturing facility in China

Singapore: Lilly and Novast Laboratories have commenced the expansion of manufacturing and development facility capaciti...

March 6, 2014 | Thursday | News
China marches ahead with regulatory approvals

After five years of amendments and two rounds of public consultations, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) iss...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Biostar, Shaanxi Uni to co-develop liver cancer drug

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

March 7, 2014 | Friday | News
Now Eli Lilly faces $4.9 mn bribery allegations in China

Singapore: A Chinese newspaper named 'The 21st Century Business Herald' has alleged that Eli Lilly spent more than $4.90...

August 23, 2013 | Friday | News
Bioscience Industry clocks $139 bn, grows 8.37%

The bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region, in 2011, got pulled back into a low growth cycle. In a replay of 200...

July 3, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Sinhuan's generic heart drug gets production approval

Singapore: Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group, a leading pharmaceutical company with the largest cardio-cerebral vasc...

November 1, 2012 | Thursday | News
BGI, Griffith University to collaborate on teaching, research

Singapore: BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, and Griffith University in Australia have signed an agreement...

September 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Infectious diseases on the rise in China

Singapore: According to a data reported by Reuters, a total of 1,477 people have died of infectious diseases in China in...

October 16, 2014 | Thursday | News
Frost & Sullivan awards Agilent in China

Singapore: Agilent Technologies has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan as Laboratory Analytical Instrumentation Com...

August 20, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Study: Rice originated in China

Singapore: A study that employed large-scale gene re-sequencing to trace the origin of rice, through thousands of years ...

May 29, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Chinese medical device firm expands in US

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

May 18, 2012 | Friday | News
SeerPharma explores markets in India, China

Australia-based SeerPharma, which offers international quality management and compliance experience, and advice to suppo...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Simcere Pharma reports preliminary Q2 results

Singapore: Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, a leading pharmaceutical company specializing in the development, manufacturing...

August 13, 2012 | Monday | Company results
NYSE halts delisting of China Botanic

Singapore: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has accepted plan of compliance submitted by China Botanic Pharmaceutical , a ...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | News
The world's most advanced biomedical R&D center

Bangalore: China Medical City (CMC), also known as Taizhou National Medical Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, is Chin...

May 12, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
10 challenges for businesses in APAC

The Asia Pacific healthcare market is estimated to capture 34.6 percent of the global healthcare market by 2015. Frost &...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Veredus lab-on-chip leverages on China flu outbreak

Singapore: Veredus Laboratories has come up with a lab-on-chip application called VereFlu that detects the current subty...

April 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Simcere sells equity interest in Shanghai Celgen

Singapore: Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, a leading pharmaceutical company specializing in the development, manufacturin...

January 23, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Concord Medical reveals Q1 2012 results

Singapore: Concord Medical , a leading specialty hospital management solution provider and operator of the largest netwo...

May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | Company results
Big deals: M&As in pharma

In 2011, the global pharmaceutical industry saw 504 mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a total transaction value o...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Chinese scientists find MVK mutations linked to skin disorder

Singapore: A Chinese research team, led by Anhui Medical University and BGI, has found the strong genetic evidences of m...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
PRA expands in China

Singapore: PRA, a clinical research organization, has opened a second office in China to accommodate its continued expan...

August 29, 2012 | Wednesday | News
BioSpectrum Asia honors Asia's best in bioscience

Singapore: The fifth BioSpectrum Asia Pacific Awards 2013 were given away at a glittering ceremony at Hotel Fort Canning...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | News
Five more H7N9 cases reported in China

Singapore: With the number of H7N9 cases increasing in China, the country has now reported five new cases and one death ...

March 3, 2014 | Monday | News
Genome of most voracious mustard pest is decoded

Singapore: An international research consortium, led by Fujian Agriculture, Forestry University (FAFU) and Beijing Geno...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
What is the revenue size, range of CROs in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Sihuan, NeuroVive to develop heart and brain products

Singapore: Sihuan Pharmaceutical entered into a collaboration agreement with NeuroVive Pharmaceutical to develop two in...

November 21, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Generics market to touch $231 bn by 2017: Report

Singapore: The global generic pharmaceuticals market is likely to witness strong growth in the next few years owing to t...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Alibaba to fund pharma information platform

Singapore: Chinese eCommerce giant, Alibaba Group has announced that it would help fund a pharmaceutical information pla...

January 24, 2014 | Friday | News
India, China to appeal against EU regulation on API

Bangalore: Following a change in rules for importing active substances into the European Union for medicinal products fo...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
Mindray and HealthTrust renew agreement

Singapore: The HealthTrust Purchasing Group is renewing its agreement for the entire range of physiological patient moni...

May 18, 2012 | Friday | News
Bayer to acquire China's OTC firm

Singapore: Bayer plans to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Dihon Pharmaceutical, a privately held pharmaceutical com...

February 28, 2014 | Friday | News
Sihuan gets SFDA nod for Nalmefene HCl

Singapore: Sihuan Pharmaceutical's new category 3.1 drug, Nalmefene Hydrochloride Injection (Nalmefene Hydrochloride), ...

January 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
Consortium to sequence pediatric brain tumors

Singapore: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), US, and BGI-Shenzhen, China, announced a formal agreement to...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Start-ups redefining the industry

Life sciences industry in the Asia Pacific recorded the double digit growth of 16.6 percent, reaching $128.26 billion in...

May 30, 2012 | Wednesday | News
MicuRx next gen antibiotic gets US patent

Singapore: MicuRx Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation antibiotics, ha...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | News
Scientists in China develop TB-HIV vaccine

Singapore: Chinese scientists have developed a vaccine that acts simultaneously against HIV-1 and M. tuberculosis (Mtb)....

May 28, 2012 | Monday | News
ShangPharma announces receipt of 'going private'

Singapore: ShangPharma highlighted that its board of directors received a non-binding proposal letter dated July 6, 2012...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | News
China medtech firm gets ISO and CE for PET systems

Singapore: Neusoft Positron Medical Systems, which is a joint venture between Neusoft Medical Systems and Positron Corpo...

August 20, 2012 | Monday | News
Shanghai Fosun buys 50% stake in Guangzhou Nanyang Tumour Hospital

Singapore: Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical has purchased a 50 percent stake in Guangzhou Nanyang Tumour Hospital. Fosun P...

October 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
GC-Rise attracts investors at China conference

Singapore: GC-Rise Pharmaceutical attracted the attention of investors at the annual China Healthcare Investment Confere...

March 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sinovac makes progress in EV71 clinical trial

Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, is conducting double-blinded, ran...

June 27, 2012 | Wednesday | News

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