WHO demands transparency in clinical trial results

Singapore: In a study that analysed reports from large clinical trials (more than 500 participants), registered on Clini...

April 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
URMC launches new heart device trial in Asia

Singapore: Cardiologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center, US, are launching a new study in an effort to im...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Selventa, Seegene to accelerate personalized medicine

Singapore: Seoul-based Seegene and Selventa entered into a strategic collaboration to develop novel molecular diagnostic...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Honeycomb lung treatment Pirespa in South Korea

Bangalore: Seoul-based Ildong has received a marketing and manufacturing approval for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Samsung JV seeks second biosimilar approval in Europe

Singapore: Samsung Bioepis, a joint venture between Samsung Biologics and Biogen Idec, has submitted marketing authoriza...

March 16, 2015 | Monday | News
RNL Bio wins BioSpectrum award for stem cell work

Cloning of dog in the past has been done using somatic cells. Researchers at RNL Bio used adipose stem cell-derived from...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
Korea firm licenses genome engineering kit to Thermo Fisher

Singapore: ToolGen, a Korean biotechnology company with a focus in the genome editing space, has licensed its CRISPR/Cas...

March 16, 2015 | Monday | News
South Korea lucrative for foreign firms

South Korea has high growth potential in the life sciences industry with its strong governmental support, highly educate...

May 28, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
MNCs on medtech growth trail

Industry forecasts by market analysts state that 80 percent of the multinational companies expect to gain a good share i...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Biochips market to be worth $11.4 bn by 2018

Singapore: A recent report released by RnRMarketResearch.com has analyzed the Global Biochips Industry and forecasted th...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Bukwang Pharm appoints Korea's first female CEO

Singapore: Korean-based Bukwang Pharm announced the appointment of Ms Yu Hee-won as the co-president and CEO of Bukwang ...

March 23, 2015 | Monday | News
MERS kills two in South Korea

Singapore: In the lastest outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), two people in South Korea have die...

June 2, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Sabin institute convenes scientists to discuss typhoid vaccine

Singapore: Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, will convene scientists, resea...

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Ferring pharma collaborates with CTCBIO

Singapore: Swiss-based Ferring pharmaceuticals has struck a deal with CTCBIO of Korea. The deal gives Ferring pharmaceut...

February 26, 2015 | Thursday | News
Samsung explores healthcare partnerships with SAP, MS

Singapore: Korea electronic giant Samsung is in talks with SAP and Microsoft to collaborate and explore the deployment o...

November 7, 2014 | Friday | News
Peru, Korea to boost healthcare collaboration

Singapore: To enhance bilateral cooperation and boost health care collaboration between the two countries, Mr Anibal Vel...

January 21, 2015 | Wednesday | News
FDA nod for Neulapeg biosimilar by Green Cross

Singapore: South Korea-based biopharmaceutical company, Green Cross declared that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug S...

September 2, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Microbix partners with Korean firm to market its virology products

Singapore: Microbix Biosystems has inked a pact with South Korean company Kim & Friends (K&F) to distribute its ...

April 6, 2015 | Monday | News
Tobacco prevalence in Asia raising death toll

Singapore: According to a study in PLOS Medicine, by Prof Wei Zheng, professor of Medicine and director of the Vanderbil...

June 17, 2014 | Tuesday | News
LG Lifesciences enters the China market

Singapore: LG Lifesciences has signed an exclusive pact with China's Weijian pharma group obtaining exclusive rights to ...

December 18, 2014 | Thursday | News
Korea to invest $300 million in biotech

Singapore: In a bid to further boost the burgeoning biotech industry of Korea, the South Korean Ministry of Science, ICT...

March 18, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Daewoong to set up a new facility in Osong biovalley

Singapore: Daewoong Pharmaceutical recently announced that the company is building a 66,000-square-meter pharmaceutical ...

December 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Korean industries may churn out 10 new drugs by 2020: Reports

Singapore: As per a recent survey report released by Dong-A Ilbo, the Korean pharma and biotech companies are expected t...

May 16, 2016 | Monday | News
Korean scientists develop novel cancer therapy

Singapore: Scientists at the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical sciences declared that they had developed a nov...

August 21, 2014 | Thursday | News
Korea ill-prepared to handle Ebola: Health experts

Singapore: With the United States registering its first case of Ebola, Asian nations have started assessing their prepar...

October 20, 2014 | Monday | News