Globalization, demography drive APAC healthcare industry

Singapore: The healthcare industry in Asia Pacific (APAC) is rapidly growing, fuelled by increased spending on health, l...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Planmed 3D CT imager gets Korean FDA nod

Singapore: Planmed, which is represented in Korea by Dong Kang Medical Systems, received clearance for its Verity Extrem...

February 22, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Singapore, Korea scientists find clue to tumour suppression mechanism

Singapore: RUNX3, a gene that is intensively studied for its function as a tumour suppressor, is likely to be a key and ...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Samsung to make BMS cancer antibody drug in Korea

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Samsung BioLogics entered into a 10-year agreement under which Samsung BioLogi...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
FDA nod for Samsung's new radiography system

Singapore: NeuroLogica, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics has announced that the Samsung GC85A Digital Radiography (DR...

August 7, 2015 | Friday | News
US firm files antibody patent in Japan, Korea

Singapore: MMRGlobal received confirmation of the filings of a divisional application for its antibody technology in Jap...

August 27, 2013 | Tuesday | News
F&S: S. Korea will be biosimilars leader by 2020

‎Singapore: Since South Korea introduced a regulatory pathway for manufacturing biologics in 2009, the government ...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Is a new therapy for diabetes on the way?

Singapore: In a breakthrough discovery, Korean scientists have identified that regulating the effect of a protein relate...

September 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
3SBio to develop antibody for acute leukemia

Singapore: Chinese biotechnology firm, 3SBio, has signed an exclusive license with Korean firm, DiNonA  for the develop...

August 8, 2014 | Friday | News
Taiho terminates oranitib Ph III trial

Singapore: Faced with disappointing results, Japan's large drugmaker, Taiho Pharmaceutical has said that it is terminati...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Japanese, Korean firm to jointly develop breast cancer drug

Singapore: Japanese company, Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Korean firm, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, have entered into a license agre...

January 8, 2015 | Thursday | News
Korean doctors skeptical about Telemedicine

Singapore: Korean doctors have expressed concern over the controversial telemedicine bill that is expected to be effecti...

September 24, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Swedish firm partners with Sanofi to expand in Asia

Singapore: Sweden-based company NeuroVive Pharmaceutical's Asia arm has signed a collaboration agreement with Sanofi's a...

May 27, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Korea, Ontario Centers collaborate on tech research

Singapore: The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with t...

September 23, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Korea close to discovering HIV cure

Singapore: Scientists have finally discovered an enzyme that could curb the increasing menace of HIV and promise a possi...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Y brain Korea receives $3.5mn Series A funding

Singapore: Korea-based healthcare wearables start-up firm, Y brain, has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding for its ...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News
Korean vaccine market to grow by 11.5 percent

Singapore: With pandemics lurking at the back, achieving vaccine independence has become an essential part towards healt...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News
Demand for generics in Asia is drawing pharma majors

The clinical trials market in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region has been steadily growing with increased focus primarily on...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | Opinion