OriGene to acquire SDIX life science assets

Singapore: OriGene Technologies, genome wide product company for research and diagnostic applications, acquired all the ...

April 15, 2013 | Monday | News
Commercial data imperatives for pharma in China

As Chinese pharma moves forward to become the second largest market in the world by 2015, commercial operations for the ...

October 25, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
Chinese experts call for stem cell regulation

Singapore: Life science experts in China have called for more effective regulation in the domain of stem cell treatments...

June 20, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Pharmacovigilance: A strategic opportunity

For many Asian pharmaceutical companies, pharmacovigilance is a critical component of any drug development program. As p...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Beijing CDC to order 1.8 million seasonal flu vaccine doses

Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has been selected by the Beijing...

September 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BGI Tech develops novel assembly solution

Singapore: BGI Tech Solutions has introduced its novel assembly solution for facilitating heterozygous genomes research....

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China pharma CEO commits suicide amid probe

Singapore: The chief executive officer of Sanjing Pharmaceutical, China, Mr Liu Zhanbin jumped to his death according to...

May 27, 2014 | Tuesday | News
China reports world's first human to human bird flu virus transmission

Singapore: In the first such case reported worldwide, a Chinese father is suspected to have transmitted the novel avian ...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical leads TCM market

Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings owns stakes in two companies, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharma...

June 25, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
WuXi inks cancer biomarker service deal with US firm

Singapore: US based Targos, clinical biomarker service provider has signed a collaboration deal with China's WuXi Pharma...

May 26, 2014 | Monday | News
Big Pharma continues acquisitions

The first quarter of 2011 witnessed major deals in the global pharmaceutical space, with April proving to be a big month...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
AZ, WuXi enter first-of-its-kind biotech deal in China

Singapore: AstraZeneca has established a joint venture (JV) with WuXi AppTec, China, to develop a new biotech medicine. ...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | News
BGI-Shenzhen extends tender offer for Complete

Singapore: BGI-Shenzhen (BGI) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Beta Acquisition, has extended its all cash te...

February 4, 2013 | Monday | News
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
China flu outbreak spooks Tibet, Sri Lanka

Singapore: The Tibetan Ministry of Agriculture revealed on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, that a fresh outbreak of the older str...

May 16, 2013 | Thursday | News
Bayer confirms probe by Chinese antitrust officials

Singapore: Issuing a statement to the media confirming a probe at its Chinese offices, German drug giant Bayer has now s...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Huahai, Oncobiologics enter generics partnership

Singapore: US-based Oncobiologics has signed an alliance agreement with China-based Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical for t...

May 10, 2013 | Friday | News
BMS gives $1.69 Mn hepatitis grant to India and China

Singapore: The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded four new grants totaling $1.69 million to improve prevention,...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | News
Fosun Pharma buys laser medtech firm for $240 mn

‎Singapore: Shanghai-based Fosun Pharmaceutical, along with Pramerica-Fosun Fund, is acquiring a 95.6 percent stak...

April 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Bulgaria-China spur bilateral cooperation

Singapore: Bulgaria and China held a trade and cooperation event on pharmaceuticals and medical devices, aimed at the de...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Industry Records 11% Growth

Singapore: The bioscience industry in the major markets of Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan and comprising Australia...

June 22, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
China National Biotec, Riboxx ink collaboration

Singapore: Germany's Riboxx Pharmaceuticals and China National Biotec Group (CNBG) have initiated a research collaborati...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Nose cancer emerges as a potent killer in Asia

Singapore: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare form of cancer in Western Europe and North America and is emerging a...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
UN: Child deaths down by half since 1990

Singapore: In 2012, approximately 6.6 million children worldwide, died at the rate of 18,000 per day before reaching the...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | News
Alchemia gets US patent for oncology platform technology

Singapore: Brisbane-based drug discovery and development company Alchemia has been granted a key US patent critical to ...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China National Accord's R&D strategy begins to pay-off

China National Accord Medicines Corporation utilized 2012 as a year to speed up the transformation and upgrade scienti...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Celgene gets approval for Revlimid in China

Singapore: Celgene has been granted full approval, which includes an Import Drug License by the China State Food and Dru...

February 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
US Justice Department probing GSK again

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) China bribery scandal has now triggered a US Justice Department probe into whether th...

September 10, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Dehaier gets software copyrights in China

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

July 13, 2012 | Friday | News
Demand for reforms in Chinese pharma grows loud

Singapore: With further revelations being made by the Chinese police in the GlaxoSmithKline China bribery scandal, exper...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | News
AUCMA to enhance vaccine supply chain in developing countries

Singapore: China based manufacturer and supplier of refrigeration and cold chain equipments, AUCMA, has partnered with G...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
Now medical device makers under Chinese scan

Singapore: In the wake of Chinese crackdown on the corruption prevailing in the bioscience industry in the country, the ...

August 22, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Analytical instruments market to soar in China

Singapore: China is soon expected to become a sales hub for lab analytical instruments as international companies speed ...

November 26, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Generics take center stage in South East Asia

Singapore: The South East Asian pharmaceuticals industry is forecast to witness a boost to $3.9 billion by 2016. The in...

August 21, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
CROs fertile ground for career growth

        Over the past few years, a significant shift has occurred in the depth and type of relationships that ...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Boehringer sets up $94 mn R&D unit in China

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim has invested around $94 million to fund the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Chin...

September 27, 2013 | Friday | News
BioDiem BDM-1 gets Chinese divisional patent

Singapore: BioDiem received a grant of a Chinese divisional patent, expanding the patent position for its novel antimicr...

February 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Life science leaders to converge at Biologics World China in Nov

Singapore: China is undergoing major healthcare reform and the bio and pharmaceutical market is expected to maintain dou...

July 31, 2012 | Tuesday | News
China: GSK used sexual bribery to boost sales

Singapore: The police in China have made it official that four senior Chinese executives of GlaxoSmithKline have been de...

July 15, 2013 | Monday | News
International consortium sequences tomato genome

Singapore: The Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC), which is a group of over 300 scientists from 13 countries sequenced the g...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News
China Biologic to report Q2 results

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

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | Company results
Bird flu spreads easily between ferrets, humans may be next

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals has revealed the results of its phase II clinical trial with Aslan001, a small-molecule...

May 28, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Charles River to acquire Galapagos at USD 179 mn

Singapore: Charles River Laboratories is soon to acquire CRO services division of Galapagos, which includes both Argenta...

March 19, 2014 | Wednesday | News
GE Healthcare enters into collaboration with BGI

Bangalore: GE Healthcare, and BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, have entered into a pioneering multi-year ...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Medical laser market to reach $8.8 bn by 2018: GIA

Singapore: Technological advancements in laser technology have created a plethora of applications in the medical field, ...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Temptime expands business in Asia

Singapore: Temptime, the world leader in time temperature indicators, has opened a business office in Beijing, China, ma...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News
UPS opens new facilities for healthcare in APAC

Singapore: US-based United Parcel Service (UPS) has expanded its global healthcare distribution facility network in the ...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | News
BMS partners with Chinese univ for research

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Tsinghua University, Beij...

May 15, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Lai to head LanzaTech China operations

Singapore: LanzaTech appointed Mr Ken C Lai as VP of its Asia Pacific operations. Based in Shanghai, he will oversee the...

April 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Bribery inquiries rising in China: SPP

Singapore: Chinese prosecutors have received more than 600,000 inquiries about bribery records involving companies or in...

July 15, 2013 | Monday | News
Foreign firms in China on high alert after GSK scandal

Singapore: After a series of long drawn investigations that led to scandalous allegations and even more scandalous confe...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
China bans GSK finance head from leaving country

Singapore: Even as police in China are investigating claims of bribery against the British drug major for bribing doctor...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
Challenge No 3: Policy issues

Government policies are among the major challenges before companies operating in the life sciences sector in the Asia Pa...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
China detains former Sinopharm VP for corruption

Singapore: In a bid to expand the pharma corruption investigations, Chinese officials have detained the former Sinopharm...

January 14, 2014 | Tuesday | News
FDA raps Chinese clinical trials for 'sloppy data'

Singapore: China offers a cheaper and bigger market for clinical trials, but its sloppy data generation and irregulariti...

July 15, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Kinex will lead Orascovery program in China

Singapore: Kinex Pharmaceuticals and Hanmi Pharmaceutical announced the execution of an agreement for Kinex Pharmaceutic...

July 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China added to myMEDholiday's top medical destinations list

Singapore: myMEDholiday.com is a leading medical tourism portal that provides extensive information about the medical to...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Forum discusses CyberKnife applications in China

Singapore: About 100 attendees from hospitals using CyberKnife Systems in China were brought together at the Second Chin...

December 21, 2012 | Friday | News
Interphex Japan: Japan pharma eyes China, India

Tokyo: The 7th in-Pharma Japan and 26th Interphex Japan, which are being concurrently held at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, k...

July 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China SFDA approves first-of-its-kind radiotherapy system

Singapore: Varian Medical Systems received clearance from China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to market th...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Chinese docs get US medical advice by health cloud

‎Singapore: US-based Leica Biosystems, which recently acquired a digital pathology systems company, has collaborat...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
BSD reports 391% rise in microwave ablation sales

Singapore: BSD Medical witnessed a 391 percent increase in sales for the MicroThermX microwave ablation system product l...

October 11, 2012 | Thursday | News
GC-Rise sponsors anti-cancer campaign in China

Singapore: GC-Rise Pharmaceutical exclusively sponsored a nation-wide anti-tumor academic exchange event initiated by th...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Intrexon appoints new VP and CIO

Singapore: US-based Intrexon, a synthetic biology company, has appointed Dr Peter Seufer-Wasserthal as VP, business deve...

November 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
NZBIO 'Go Asia' event to focus on opportunities in China

Singapore: New Zealand life science sector's annual conference, which is expected to be held in Auckland from March 18-2...

February 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Reports: GSK staff detained in 'fraud data' case in China

Singapore: The Chinese police have reportedly detained employees of British pharmaceuticals major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) ...

July 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Biosimilars suspension leads to monopoly in Sri Lanka

With the suspension of the registration of 36 similar bio-therapeutic products in Sri Lanka, the country's healthcare ma...

July 24, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
More cases of bird flu emerge in China

Singapore: China Health and Family Planning Commission has notified WHO of an additional four cases of human infection w...

April 4, 2013 | Thursday | News
China Biologic clocks sales of $53.6 mn

Singapore: China Biologic Products reported its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2013. Total sales ...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | Company results
UK firm invests $14 mn to make med-devices in China

Singapore: UK-based medical devices manufacturer Intersurgical has invested $14.1 million in the Bio-Pharmaceutical Indu...

September 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
Joint implant market to be $4.5 bn in BIC nations

Singapore: The Millennium Research Group (MRG) has estimated that Brazilian, Indian and Chinese markets for spinal impla...

January 28, 2013 | Monday | News
Boston Healthcare expands in Asia

Singapore: Boston Healthcare is expanding its health economics, pricing, and reimbursement consulting services with the ...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
What were Asia's Top 20 bio companies in 2012?

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

June 19, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
China invests $160 bn in biomedicine sector

Singapore: A report filed by Lux Research that tracks emerging technologies has said that China has invested a staggerin...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Tiyanyin Pharma recieves GMP certification

Singapore: China-based Tianyin Pharmaceutical has received good manufacturing practice (GMP) certification under certifi...

July 8, 2014 | Tuesday | News
China Biologic reports 21.1% growth in sales revenue

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

August 10, 2012 | Friday | Company results
What were the top 20 global M&A transactions of 2012?

A majority of life science firms are standing on the edge of the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are experiencing ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
China's pharma sales grow, reach $181 bn mark

Singapore: China's Ministry of Commerce has revealed that the sales of the nation's pharmaceutical distribution industry...

June 6, 2013 | Thursday | News
Medtech firm TriReme expands distribution in China

‎Singapore: Singapore-based TriReme Medical has signed a distribution agreement with Weihai Weigao Medical Devices...

March 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
WuXi reports 28.9% growth in Q2 2012

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, a leading research and development outsourcing company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechno...

August 14, 2012 | Tuesday | Company results
China, Taiwan firms join hands for cancer drugs

Singapore: Taiwan's PharmaEngine has signed research collaboration with Guangzhou BeBetter Medicine Technology to design...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Essex Woodlands expands presence in China

Singapore: Essex Woodlands, a leading healthcare growth capital firm with a global investment practice, has opened a ne...

December 10, 2012 | Monday | News
China imaging market to reach a $2.5 Bn by 2016

Singapore: According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence,...

July 31, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Simcere reports 8.4% growth in Q1 2013

Singapore: China-based Simcere Pharmaceutical clocked $85.1 million revenue for the first quarter of 2013, representing ...

May 10, 2013 | Friday | Company results
TOT Biopharm starts $100 mn cancer drug plant

Singapore: China's TOT Biopharm has completed 18-month project constructing the first stage of its $100 million factory ...

December 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
China's JHL Biotech raises $35 million

Singapore: China based emerging biopharmaceutical company, JHL Biotech, has closed a Series B financing round of $35 mil...

June 23, 2014 | Monday | News
RAPS, SFDA to collaborate on regulatory training

Singapore: The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) and China's State Food and Drug Administration Institute...

November 12, 2012 | Monday | News
China's largest cord blood bank gets AABB nod

Singapore: China Cord Blood, the largest cord blood banking operator in China, announced that its Beijing subsidiary ha...

April 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access

Telemedicine is re-defining access to healthcare in many ways. It has, in particular, proved to be an effective solution...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
China drugstores gets NASDAQ delisting notice

Singapore: China Jo-Jo Drugstores, a retail and wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and other healthcare products in...

May 13, 2013 | Monday | News
Transgene, Tasly joint venture begins operations

Singapore: Transgene's Chinese 50:50 equity joint venture with Tasly Pharmaceutical has started its operations. The join...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | News
China Cord Blood files annual report on Form 20-F

Singapore: China Cord Blood Corporation (CCBC), China's leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, h...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | News
China Health Resource reports 234% growth

Singapore: China Health Resource revealed results of earnings for the year ending December 31, 2011, and for the first q...

May 29, 2012 | Tuesday | Company results
Taiwan, China firms to co-develop cancer NCEs

Singapore: Taiwan's PharmaEngine has collaborated and signed research agreement with China's Guangzhou BeBetter Medicine...

January 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Hunan Hansen buys 80% Chinese med firm for $44m

Singapore: Hunan Hansen Pharmaceutical is looking to buy Yunnan Yongzitang Pharmaceutical. Hunan Hansen is expected to ...

November 8, 2013 | Friday | News
BMS commits to fight diabetes in China, India

Together on Diabetes, a Bristol-Myers Squibb initiative, is the largest corporate philanthropic commitment to fight type...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
China cancels Gilead hepatitis, HIV/AIDS patent

Singapore: A patent for hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS drug Viread has been invalidated by China's State Intellectual Property...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Consumers are winners in the BRCA gene case

In the wake of US Supreme Court's win-win verdict in Association for Molecular Pathology vs Myriad Genetics case, Frost ...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Stem cell scientist sues Nobel Prize assembly

Singapore: Dr Rongxiang Xu, the founder of 'human body regenerative restoration science' and a renowned medical scienti...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News

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