Nasal COVID-19 vaccine stored in NEST Disposable Intranasal Atomisation Device receives EUA in China

On December 2nd, a nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine, VectorFlu ONE, was approved for emergency use (EU) by the national auth...

December 27, 2022 | Tuesday | News
China-based startup PVmed raises $14 M in series A funding

Perception Vision Medical Technologies Co., Ltd. (PVmed), a global artificial intelligence (AI) cancer treatment startup...

December 23, 2022 | Friday | News
Merck, Kelun-Biotech ink $9.3 B licensing pact for seven cancer candidates in China

Merck, and Kelun-Biotech (a holding subsidiary of Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical in China), a clinical-stage biotech compa...

December 23, 2022 | Friday | News
China nurtures young optometrists by providing clinical training

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has joined hands with Aier Eye Hospital Group to provide six to eight weeks...

December 22, 2022 | Thursday | News
China-based startup XtalPi joins hands with Singapore's national platform for cancer drug discovery

China-based XtalPi, a pioneering pharmaceutical technology startup powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and automatio...

December 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
China integrates bioengineering in neuromodulation and clinical medicine for developing pain therapy

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has recently hosted the naming ceremony of the Peter Hung Pain Research Insti...

December 20, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong develops new aptamer drug for bone anabolic therapies

A research team led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has identified a molecular target for bone amabolic therapies...

December 19, 2022 | Monday | News
Prenetics acquires ACT Genomics for $20 M

Hong Kong headquartered Prenetics Global is acquiring a majority stake in ACT Genomics Holdings Company, an Asia&nb...

December 16, 2022 | Friday | News
China-based biotech startup's mRNA vaccine receives EUA in Laos

Chinese biotech startup Stemirna Therapeutics has received an Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) from the FDA for ...

December 16, 2022 | Friday | News
XingImaging, Mitro Biotech to provide comprehensive contract research services in China

XingImaging and Mitro Biotech will join forces to provide comprehensive contract research services in China. The company...

December 15, 2022 | Thursday | News
Atrial fibrillation tele-screening programme launches in Hong Kong

HKT's one-stop telemedicine platform DrGo has announced the introduction of first-in-Asia FibriCheck for atrial fibrilla...

December 15, 2022 | Thursday | News
GS Biotech completes nearly CNY100 million in pre-A round financing

Zhongke Guosheng (Hangzhou) Technology (GS Biotech) has announced the completion of its nearly CNY100 million pre-A roun...

December 10, 2022 | Saturday | News
China aims to lead next bio revolution with investments in advanced biologics, says GlobalData

China initiated a 10-year “Made in China 2025” plan in 2015 as part of a strategy to reduce dependence on fo...

December 14, 2022 | Wednesday | Analysis
Hong Kong strengthens its position as a global biotechnology investment hub

Hong Kong Biotechnology Organization (HKBIO) is organising BIOHK2022 from 14-17th December convening global biotechnolog...

December 14, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Boston Scientific picks stake in Chinese medtech firm Acotec for $523 M

Boston Scientific will make a partial offer to acquire a majority stake, up to a maximum of 65%, of shares of Acotec, a ...

December 13, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong announces new project introducing innovative pain interventions

The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty o...

December 12, 2022 | Monday | News
Innoforce opens manufacturing plant in China for CDMO services

Innoforce, a global provider of end-to-end contract development and manufacturing services (CDMO), has announced that it...

December 2, 2022 | Friday | News
Thermo Fisher opens new facility in Hangzhou, China

Thermo Fisher Scientific is opening a new facility in Hangzhou, China, as part of its global effort to help compani...

December 9, 2022 | Friday | News
Catalent completes expansion of clinical supply facility in Shanghai, China

Catalent, the global leader in enabling biopharma, cell, gene, and consumer health partners to optimize development, lau...

December 9, 2022 | Friday | News
Hong Kong develops innovative spectacle lens to slow down myopia progression

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has announced that Vision Science and Technology (VST), a PolyU supported s...

December 8, 2022 | Thursday | News
Antengene appoints Amily Zhang as Chief Medical Officer

China-based startup Antengene Corporation has announced that Amily Zhang has been appointed as the company's Chief Medic...

December 7, 2022 | Wednesday | News
China Pharma Holdings acquires dry eye disease therapeutic device project

China Pharma Holdings has announced the acquisition of dry eye disease (DED) therapeutic device project. This devic...

December 7, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Insilico Medicine picks Dr Man Zhang to lead biology research team

Hong Kong-based startup Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) driven drug discover...

November 30, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Nuance Pharma partners with DKSH to launch Bentri Nasal Spray in Hong Kong & Macau

Nuance Pharma has announced partnership with DKSH Hong Kong (DKSH HK) Business Unit Healthcare to launch Bentrio na...

November 29, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong develops multifunctional nanoparticle for diagnosis & treatment of glioma

A Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) collaborative research team, along with researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic ...

November 28, 2022 | Monday | News
XtalPi, CK Life Sciences announce AI-empowered tumour vaccine R&D in China

Chinese firm XtalPi is embarking on a strategic collaboration with CK Life Sciences, a member of the CK Hutchison Group....

November 25, 2022 | Friday | News
LSI announces first ever medtech ecosystem partner in China

Life Science Intelligence (LSI) has announced a multi-year collaboration with Mednovation, an industry hub for executive...

November 23, 2022 | Wednesday | News
WuXi opens integrated biologics CRDMO centre in Shanghai

WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CRDMO), has launched its...

November 22, 2022 | Tuesday | News
World's first atlas of airborne microbes for public health research

The microbial population of the air that surrounds us is comparatively unknown, but a research expedition led by Hong Ko...

November 21, 2022 | Monday | News
Hong Kong uses novel computation methods to develop COVID-19 hotspot map

A research team led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has launched the Hong Kong COVID-19 Hotspot Map whi...

November 18, 2022 | Friday | News
Biotheus inks 1.4 B CNY oncology deal with Hansoh Pharma

Biotheus Inc., a clinical-stage biotech company focused on the discovery and development of biologics for oncology and i...

November 15, 2022 | Tuesday | News
WuXi establishes new vaccines CDMO facility in China

WuXi Vaccines, a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO), has entered into an agreemen...

November 15, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Genesis MedTech Group opens state-of-the-art medtech campus in China

Genesis MedTech Group, based in Singapore, has officially unveiled its state-of-the-art medtech campus in Wuxi, Chi...

November 14, 2022 | Monday | News
China-based startup Harbour BioMed enters into collaboration with Moderna

Chinese startup Harbour BioMed had entered into a license and collaboration agreement with US-based Moderna, a global bi...

November 11, 2022 | Friday | News
XJTLU, University of Liverpool open joint centre for pharmacology & therapeutics in China

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and the University of Liverpool are opening a Joint Centre fo...

November 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
Insilico Medicine signs strategic research collaboration with Sanofi worth $1.2 B

Hong Kong-based startup Insilico Medicine has announced a multi-year, multi-target strategic research collaboration with...

November 9, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Mauna Kea Technologies & Tasly Pharma launch JV in China

French firm Mauna Kea Technologies, inventor of Cellvizio- the multidisciplinary probe and needle-based confocal laser e...

November 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
SinoMab appoints new President for China operations

SinoMab BioScience, a Hong Kong-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing an...

November 7, 2022 | Monday | News
Shanghai Henlius Biotech strengthens presence in lung cancer drug market

Shanghai Henlius Biotech has announced that its first self-developed innovative anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) HANS...

November 4, 2022 | Friday | News
NCCN working with Medlive to advance high-quality cancer care in China

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of leading cancer centers in the United States, is an...

November 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Chinese medtech startup Easy-Flow raises tens of millions of CNY in angel round

Shanghai Easy-Flow recently completed its Angel financing round by raising tens of millions of CNY (Chinese yuan renminb...

November 3, 2022 | Thursday | News
CARsgen appoints Dr Sylvie Peltier as senior Vice President of global regulatory affairs

China-based startup CARsgen Therapeutics Holdings has announced that Dr Sylvie Peltier has been appointed...

November 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
CBC Group to establish high-specifications life science park in China

CBC Healthcare Infrastructure Platform (CBC HIP), the infrastructure arm of Asia's largest healthcare-ded...

November 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Codex Genetics to offer Guardant Health's precision oncology tests in Hong Kong and Macau

Hong Kong-based Codex Genetics has announced an exclusive collaboration with Guardant Health Asia, Middle East and Afric...

November 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Eucure Biopharma partners with ISU ABXIS to develop cancer drugs

Eucure Biopharma, a China-based clinical-stage biotechnology startup focused on the development of antibody therapeutics...

November 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
CanSino Biologics rolls out inhaled vaccine Convidecia Air in Shanghai

CanSino Biologics has announced that its recombinant COVID-19 vaccine (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector) for inhalation (Convide...

November 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong develops endoscope-assisted micro-robot to eradicate biofilms in ear tubes

Biofilm builds up in the ear tube over time and contributes to otorrhea, or drainage of fluid from the ear, and debris d...

October 28, 2022 | Friday | News
Chinese startup ImmVira completes series C+ funding

China-based startup ImmVira has announced its successful signing of Series-C+ financing transaction documents with the f...

October 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
JW Therapeutics accelerates R&D of T cell-based immunotherapies in China

JW Therapeutics and 2seventy bio have announced a strategic alliance to establish a translational and clinical cell ther...

October 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
WuXi Biologics launches new manufacturing facility in China

WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has successfully...

October 26, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Wuhan Synthetic Biology Innovation Center set to open in China

The investment project of the CABIO R&D Centre officially commenced on 19 October in Wuhan Optical Valley. Upon the ...

October 21, 2022 | Friday | News
Gene delivery startup VectorBuilder secures CNY410 M in Series C round

VectorBuilder Biotechnology (Guangzhou) Co., a top gene delivery startup, recently announced the completion of its Serie...

October 20, 2022 | Thursday | News
China approves Ascendas microfluidics technology

Ascendas Genomics has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China for use of the...

October 15, 2022 | Saturday | News
Immuno Cure secures HK$8 M funding support for HIV vaccine clinical trial

Immuno Cure BioTech, a clinical stage biotechnology group based in the Hong Kong Science Park specialising in DNA vaccin...

October 18, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Chinese startup Jacobio Pharma partners with Merck for cancer clinical trial

China-based startup Jacobio has entered into a clinical trial collaboration agreement with Merck on clinical study of co...

October 14, 2022 | Friday | News
Hong Kong identifies new therapeutic key to end cancer pain

A new study conducted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has discov...

October 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
WuXi Biologics and Toregem BioPharma partner to develop tooth regeneration drug

WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO) in China, and Tor...

October 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Immune-Onc Therapeutics enters into clinical collaboration with BeiGene in China

US-based startup Immune-Onc Therapeutics, Inc. has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with...

October 11, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong deploys intelligent interactive robots for older adults and caregivers

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NEC H...

October 10, 2022 | Monday | News
Hong Kong develops novel RNA nanoparticle for atherosclerosis treatment

A team of researchers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has developed a novel RNA nanoparticle to offer a po...

October 6, 2022 | Thursday | News
CUHK Professor Dennis Lo receives America’s top biomedical science prize

Professor Dennis Lo Yuk Ming from The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) h...

October 4, 2022 | Tuesday | News
HKBU partners with ASTRI to explore cutting-edge technologies in pharma & healthcare

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) have sig...

October 4, 2022 | Tuesday | News
China's Concord Medical announces changes in management

China-based Concord Medical Services Holdings has announced changes in its management. Yaw Kong Yap has stepped down fr...

October 1, 2022 | Saturday | News
Why Life Sciences sector is Soaring in China

The Life Sciences market in China is expected to continue to develop, becoming one of the most diverse and expansive sec...

October 3, 2022 | Monday | Opinion
"Our drug is now an important treatment for HIV patients in China"

How do you describe Frontier’s relentless efforts in antiviral therapeutics? How have the market trends and pros...

October 3, 2022 | Monday | Opinion
China-based startup NeuShen Therapeutics raises $20 M

China's NeuShen Therapeutics has announced the closure of ~$20 million Series pre-A financing led by LAPAM, a China base...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
Simcere, Almirall ink $492 M deal for treating autoimmune diseases

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, an innovation and R&D-driven pharmaceutical company, and Almirall S.A, a global biopha...

September 29, 2022 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong develops integrated test for children with difficult-to-treat leukaemia

Children with relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) who develop drug resistance generally lack treatment options and ar...

September 29, 2022 | Thursday | News
WuXi STA opens first high potency oral drug product manufacturing facility

WuXi STA, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has announced the ope...

September 28, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Inventiva and Sino Biopharm ink NASH deal for more than $300 M

French firm Inventiva and Chia Tai-Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. (CTTQ), a subsidiary of China-based Sino Biopharm, ...

September 27, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong fosters research and innovation on AI-driven computational imaging

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has signed a cooperation agreement with Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunica...

September 26, 2022 | Monday | News
China's BGI donates Huo-Yan Air Laboratory to Thailand

On September 19, 2022, Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, Dr Satit Pitutecha, Dep...

September 20, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Menarini and SciClone ink €115 M deal to address rising prevalence of AMR in China

A. Menarini Asia-Pacific Holdings, part of The Menarini Group, and SciClone Pharmaceuticals (Holdings) have entered into...

September 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
MGI unveils ultra high speed gene sequencer in China

China-based MGI Tech has launched DNBSEQ-G99, the latest model of the gene sequencer with mid to low range throughp...

September 20, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Advanced MedTech acquires China’s market-leader in urology

Integrated urology leader Advanced MedTech Holdings (AMTH) has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in ...

September 19, 2022 | Monday | News
Everest Medicines appoints new CEO to lead next stage of company growth

China-based Everest Medicines, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative phar...

September 19, 2022 | Monday | News
China promotes development of new cell therapeutic drugs

China-based Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals has collaborated with FineImmune Biotechnology to co-develop cell-based therapeut...

September 16, 2022 | Friday | News
Hong Kong-based startup Great Bay Bio secures $15M funding

Great Bay Bio (GBB), Hong Kong-based startup, has announced the completion of its $15 million Pre-series B funding ...

September 15, 2022 | Thursday | News
China approves inhaled vaccine as COVID-19 booster dose

CanSino Biologics Inc has announced that the National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) has granted the co...

September 12, 2022 | Monday | News
Neovii & Fosun Pharma ink agreement for bringing transplantation medicine to China

Neovii Pharmaceuticals, a Swiss based global specialty-care biopharmaceutical company, and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical...

September 13, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong introduces Long COVID Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Programme

The School of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has launched the Everbright Care • Long COVID...

September 8, 2022 | Thursday | News
Zenas BioPharma appoints new Chief Medical Officer

Zenas BioPharma, a global biopharmaceutical company having operations in the US & China, has announced the appointme...

September 8, 2022 | Thursday | News
China's Sinovac makes progress with trivalent COVID-19 vaccine

China-based Sinovac Biotech has announced that the Chilean Public Health Institute (Instituto de Salud Pública, I...

September 7, 2022 | Wednesday | News
China approves AstraZeneca's Forxiga for CKD in patients with & without type-2 diabetes

AstraZeneca’s Forxiga (dapagliflozin), a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, has been approved in Ch...

September 6, 2022 | Tuesday | News
HitGen and Unison Medicines join hands to develop anti-infectives

Vernalis Research, a fully owned subsidiary of Chinese firm HitGen Inc., and US-based Unison Medicines Inc. have announc...

September 5, 2022 | Monday | News
China leads research of world's first spatiotemporal map of brain regeneration

A multi-institute research team led by China-based BGI Group has used BGI Stereo-seq technology to construct the world f...

September 2, 2022 | Friday | News
PharmaLex strengthens global reach and local support with offices in China

PharmaLex Group, a global service provider for the pharma, biotech and medtech industries has a...

September 1, 2022 | Thursday | News
WuXi Biologics opens first North American biomanufacturing facility in New Jersey

China's WuXi Biologics, a global leading Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has anno...

September 1, 2022 | Thursday | News
Incentivizing Asia's caregivers with digital aids would alleviate strain on healthcare ecosystem

As COVID-19 wreaked havoc around the world during the past two years, it has left a myriad of disruptions in its wake. O...

August 31, 2022 | Wednesday | Analysis
Hong Kong identifies innovative strategy for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

An international research team, led by Prof. Nancy IP, The Morningside Professor of Life Science at the Hong Kong Univer...

August 30, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Porton Advanced, Kun Tuo to deepen gene & cell therapy CDMO services in China

China-based Porton Advanced Solutions and Kun Tuo Medical Research and Development (Beijing) have established a strategi...

August 31, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Porton Advanced, Royaltech accelerate development of mRNA drugs in China

China's Porton Advanced Solutions has announced a strategic cooperation with Suzhou Royaltech Med Co. to jointly promote...

August 29, 2022 | Monday | News
Bota Bio and Medichem partner to advance sustainable pharma manufacturing

Bota Bio, with operations in the US and China, have announced a commercial development collaboration to increase sustain...

August 26, 2022 | Friday | News
Biocytogen enters into global licensing agreement with Merck

China-based Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals has entered into a global licensing agreement with Merck for the use of Biocytoge...

August 25, 2022 | Thursday | News
Brii Biosciences expands leadership team

China's Brii Biosciences has announced the appointments of Eleanor (Ellee) de Groot, Ph.D., as Chief Technology Officer ...

August 23, 2022 | Tuesday | News
China's United Imaging Healthcare goes public

China's United Imaging Healthcare, a leading global medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment company, has annonced lis...

August 22, 2022 | Monday | News
Hong Kong pioneers nursing education with first-of-its-kind VR learning system

With a view to enhancing the training and learning experience of nursing students, a research team at Hong Kong Polytech...

August 19, 2022 | Friday | News
Jemincare, Roche ink $650 M deal for prostate cancer treatment

Jemincare, a leading pharmaceutical company from China, has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement w...

August 18, 2022 | Thursday | News
JOYSBIO develops new monkeypox rapid tests

China's JOYSBIO, one of the world's leading manufacturers of lateral flow rapid test kits, has announced the development...

August 17, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Everest Medicines inks $455 M worth oncology deal with Gilead Sciences for Asia territories

China's Everest Medicines has entered into an agreement with Immunomedics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilea...

August 16, 2022 | Tuesday | News

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