Alnylam and Ascletis collaborate to develop RNAi liver cancer therapeutic

Singapore: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Ascletis Pharmaceuticals have formed a strategic collaboration for the developmen...

July 13, 2012 | Friday | News
Calgary Scientific expands into China

Singapore: Calgary Scientific, a company known for creating transformative technology, is continuing to revolutionize gl...

July 19, 2012 | Thursday | News
WuXi, OMT join hands to develop OmniRat antibodies

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D outsourcing com...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Korean, Chinese firms sign depression drug deal

Singapore: South Korean-based SK Biopharmaceuticals entered into a collaboration agreement with PKU International Health...

April 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Del Mar, Guangxi Wuzhou join hands for cancer drug

Singapore: Del Mar Pharmaceuticals announced a strategic collaboration with Guangxi Wuzhou Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Pusey is new president, GM of WuXiPRA China

Singapore: China-based WuXiPRA, a contract research organization (CRO), has appointed Mr James Pusey, as president and g...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
What the future holds for the APAC CRO market?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
joimax goes BRIC and beyond

Singapore: Right on time with the soon expected registrations of the joimax products in Brazil - one of the most emergi...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Eli Lilly, Strides expand in emerging markets

Bangalore: Eli Lilly and Company and Strides Arcolab have entered into a collaboration to expand delivery of cancer med...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
China will overtake Japan in R&D spending: Report

Singapore: China's biomedical sector is rapidly transforming itself from a manufacturing base to an innovation hub, inve...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Hongquan Liu is new CEO of Simcere

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

September 14, 2012 | Friday | News
BMS, Simcere to develop, sell arthritis drug in China

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and China's Simcere Pharmaceutical have expanded their strategic relationship for...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | News
Perceptive opens customer care office in China

Singapore: Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International, ha...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Waters receives CFDA nod for new device

Singapore: In a latest statement, Waters Corporation announced that the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has ...

June 6, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
Scientists confirm that bats are source of SARS

Singapore: A group of international scientists have isolated a close relative of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome c...

November 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Ambrx partners with WuXi to advance breast cancer treatement

Singapore: In an effort to advance its breast cancer treatment, Ambrx has now partnered with WuXi PharmaTech and a Chine...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher opens new facility in China

Singapore: Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announced the official opening of its new fac...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
NYSE gears up to delist China Botanic

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

April 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News
GSK sales reps were trained to offer sexual bribes

Singapore: Yet another list of shocking insights into the investigation of British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline's bribery ...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | News
Uscom signs deal to distribute its devices in China

Singapore: Australia-based Uscom (Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor) has gained a foothold into the rapidly growing Chin...

October 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
WuXi PharmaTech facility gets accreditation

Singapore: Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company WuXi PharmaTech...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
ShangPharma retains J P Morgan as financial advisor

Singapore: The independent committee of the ShangPharma's board of directors retained J P Morgan Securities as its finan...

August 6, 2012 | Monday | News
China drug market to reach $315 bn by 2020

Singapore: Research and consulting firm GlobalData has pointed out that although various probes into drug pricing and sa...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Gerresheimer net income rises by 22%

Singapore: Gerresheimer, one-of-the-leading worldwide partners of the pharma and healthcare industry, has closed the 201...

February 15, 2013 | Friday | News
H7N9 claims more lives in China

Singapore: Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) and the provincial health department have reported eight new h...

February 20, 2014 | Thursday | News
Trifecta joins clinical research training consortium

Singapore: Trifecta Clinical joined the board of directors for the Asia Training Consortium (ATC), which is a group of ...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Dynex DSX ELISA gets China FDA nod

Singapore: Dynex Technologies received approval from China's Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) to market the DSX autom...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Cure for Osteogenesis now in China, Hong Kong

Singapore: Italian based Abiogen Pharma signed an agreement with Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings of Hong Kong, securing li...

June 16, 2014 | Monday | News
Winteam acquires Tongjitang for $431 mn

Singapore: Winteam Pharmaceutical Group has made an announcement confirming its acquisition of the entire issued share c...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | News
JenaValve raises $63 mn, eyes US, China markets

Singapore: Germany-based JenaValve has raised nearly $63 million for its transcatheter aortic valve implant and announce...

July 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Chinese and big pharma to meet in Suzhou

Singapore: The international biotech and pharma community will converge on Suzhou, China, for the ChinaBio Partnering Fo...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
GSK China scandal: New exposé, more murk

Singapore: In what has been dubbed as the biggest corruption scandal to implicate a foreign company in China, the GlaxoS...

June 30, 2014 | Monday | News
Otsuka, Lundbeck files NDA for schizophrenia drug

Singapore: Japanese firm Otsuka Pharmaceutical and global firm H Lundbeck have submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to...

July 15, 2014 | Tuesday | News
H10N8 strain of bird flu not a threat to humans'

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that H10N8 strain of the continually evolving avian influenz...

May 30, 2014 | Friday | News
CCBC completes $50 mn convertible notes financing with Golden Meditech

Singapore: China Cord Blood Corporation (CCBC), the first and largest cord blood banking operator in China, has success...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Focus on needs of society: Dr Weidong Yin

Dr Weidong Yin, the man behind Sinovac, was honoured with BioSpectrum Asia Pacific Bioscience Industry Entrepreneur of t...

March 15, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Multiple organzations join hands to curb fake drug business

Singapore: US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is gearing up its efforts to combat fake medicine circulating in the market...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BASF helps stop animal testing in China

Singapore: BASF has provided US-based Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) with equipment critical to replacing the u...

October 24, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Boehringer to open $46 mn biologics plant in Shanghai

Singapore: German drug major Boehringer Ingelheim has planned to build a biologics plant in Shanghai, China, to offer co...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Director resigns at China Nepstar Chain Drugstore

Singapore: Mr. Gary Siu Kwan Sik has resigned as an independent director of China Nepstar Chain Drugstore, the largest d...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Mindray explores ultrasound for emergency medicine

Singapore: China-based Mindray Medical's American subsidiary has partnered with Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) to u...

October 9, 2012 | Tuesday | News
DKSH expands in Hong Kong

Singapore: DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, a leading partner for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in A...

November 12, 2012 | Monday | News
AusBiotech, Hong Kong firm to partner on investment events

Singapore: Biotechnology industry group, AusBiotech and Beacon Events, organiser of the largest resource sector investor...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Luqa Pharma is tailoring products for China

Mr Robert J Braithwaite, who came to China 15 years ago, was greatly influenced following his exposure to the dragon nat...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
WHO: Invest in local research to improve healthcare

Singapore: WHO has urged countries to invest in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage...

August 19, 2013 | Monday | News
WHO: Bird flu is back in China

Singapore: Three cases of human infection with influenza A (H7N9) has erupted in China, notified China Health and Family...

April 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
WuXi to build its third cell therapy manufacturing facility

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, provider of R&D capability and technology platform for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, an...

March 13, 2015 | Friday | News
Agnitio expands in China

Singapore: Agnitio, a leader in healthcare sector closed-loop marketing technology, continues to expand its global pres...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
PharmaNet/i3 wins award for oncology research

Singapore: PharmaNet/i3, inVentiv Health's clinical segment, and a leading provider of clinical development services to ...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
Rongxiang Xu gets Golden Biatec award for regenerative science

Singapore: Dr Rongxiang Xu has been awarded the Golden Biatec 2013 international award by the Informal Economic Forum (I...

October 22, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
China clears WuXi PharmaTech toxicology facility

Singapore: Bioscience R&D outsourcing services company WuXi PharmaTech's toxicology facility in Suzhou has received ...

August 20, 2012 | Monday | News
QIAGEN gets SFDA's nod for careHPV Test

Singapore: QIAGEN announced that China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has approved QIAGEN's careHPV Test a...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Stem cell therapy to treat liver cirrhosis

Singapore: A study conducted by Beike Biotechnology Company in conjunction with physicians and researchers at two Chines...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | News
Lilly strengthens its foothold in China

Singapore, June 15, 2012:  In support of its commitment to maximize growth opportunities in China, Eli Lilly has plans ...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
GlobalData: Osteoporosis market to be $8 bn

Singapore: According to GlobalData, the osteoporosis therapeutics market of the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the ...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Quintiles deepens investment in China

Singapore, June 18, 2012: CRO leading company, Quintiles plans to establish a Quintiles regional headquarters for China ...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
MedImmune and WuXi AppTec Announce Joint Venture to Develop Novel Biologic

Singapore: MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca, and WuXi AppTec, a leading research and development outs...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Bal Seal expands in China to tap into growing medical industry

Singapore: Responding to predicted growth in China's medical industry, Bal Seal Engineering, a leading provider of cust...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
APAC ovarian cancer drug market to grow modestly'

Singapore: Asia Pacific (APAC) therapeutics market for ovarian cancer will undergo a modest rise in value, from $294.3 m...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
China Botanic reports Q3 2012 results

Singapore: China Botanic Pharmaceutical revealed its financial results for the three months ending July 31, 2012. During...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | Company results
Golden Meditech Acquires Convertible Notes to Increase Stake in Hospital Management Business

Singapore: Golden Meditech Holdings, together with its subsidiaries, a leading integrated healthcare enterprise in Chin...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Research and Markets offers new report on China pharma industry

Singapore: Research and Markets has added a report on China Pharmaceutical Machinery Industry to their offering. This r...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
China Biologics appoint David Gao to additional post of CEO

China Biologic Products, one of the leading plasma-based biopharmaceutical companies in the People's Republic of China,...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BMS pledges $15 million to help curb diabetes in India and China

Singapore: The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has expanded its Together on Diabetes initiative to China and India, pled...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Genetic diagnostics companies speed ahead

The playing field for research and development for genetic diagnostics has been leveled. The landmark decision by the US...

June 28, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
Bristol-Myers Squibb reveals new grants for Hepatitis in India, China

Singapore, July 30, 2012: The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded four new grants totaling US $1.69 million to i...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Tiyanyin pharma all set for GMP inspection

Singapore: China-based Tianyin Pharmaceutical is looking ahead to get its Qionglai Facility (QLF) GMP certified post ins...

July 15, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Industry applauds Dr Weidong Yin

"I met Dr Weidong Yin for the first time in 1996 when I went to Tangshan, China. At that time, he was involved in resear...

March 15, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Simcere, Zhuhai enter share transfer agreement

Singapore: Leading pharmaceutical company, Simcere Pharmaceutical, announced sale of equity interest in Jilin Bodapharma...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
SFDA reports high chromium in Biostar's drug

Singapore, June 01, 2012: China based Biostar Pharmaceuticals has acknowledged the finding of  chromium content higher ...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
US biotech firm invests in China to enter Asia

Singapore, June 01, 2012: GenScript, a US biotech company, has announced the opening of a new R&D facility in Nanjin...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Ambrx, Zhejiang, WuXi to develop cancer drug in China

Singapore: US-based Ambrx and China-based Zhejiang Medicine (ZMC) announced that they have formed a collaboration to dev...

June 17, 2013 | Monday | News
CCBC continues to repurchase shares

Singapore: China Cord Blood, the first and largest cord blood banking operator in China, repurchased an aggregate of 2,...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
A great leader'

"Dr Wang has great vision for Sundia and her leadership makes it possible for us to see tremendous growth. She has succe...

March 19, 2012 | Monday | News
'China's H7N9 outbreak an epidemic'

Singapore: While experts and health ministries in various Chinese provinces have declared the on-going second wave of H7...

March 17, 2014 | Monday | News

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