Korea to spend $8.9 bn to develop 20 drugs by 2017

Singapore: South Korea will channelize a combined $8.9 billion (10 trillion Won) on developing 20 new drugs over the nex...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
CEVEC signs deal with Yuhan in South Korea

Singapore: CEVEC Pharmaceuticals, the developer of a novel human expression system derived from amniocytes, and Yuhan Co...

December 24, 2012 | Monday | News
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
Seegene gives food safety tech license to bioMérieux

Singapore: Seegene, a leading developer of multiplexed molecular technologies and diagnostic tests, has given bioMéri...

April 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
One drug for three diseases

VM202 is a DNA-based drug that is designed to produce two isoforms of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) - HGF 728 and HGF ...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
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
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
Samsung forays into medtech market in India

Samsung India strengthened its presence in the health and medical equipment business in the country by launching digital...

June 11, 2013 | Tuesday | 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
CrystalGenomics antibiotic gives positive results in trial

Singapore: CrystalGenomics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Korea, has received the draft of...

January 10, 2013 | Thursday | News
Samsung strengthens wearable device portfolio

Singapore: Samsung Electronics is set to launch all-in-one advanced system logic chip, Bio-Processor, for the health-ori...

December 29, 2015 | Tuesday | News
PharmAbcine uses Avacta instrument for R&D

Singapore: Scientists at Korean biotech company PharmAbcine are completing formulation and stability studies based on Op...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | News
ASKLEP joins Medidata partner program

Singapore: ASKLEP, a leading Tokyo-based provider of clinical research services, has joined the Medidata Solutions Part...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Why did mergers & acquisitions plunge in APAC?

The global bioscience industry, in 2012, reported 450 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions valued at $67 bill...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
SK gets rights to sell TheraVida urinary drugs

Singapore: TheraVida and SK Chemicals announced the execution of a license agreement for two of TheraVida's proprietary ...

April 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News
John Hurrell is Seegene's new senior executive VP

Singapore: Seegene, a leading developer of multiplex molecular technologies and multiplex molecular diagnostic tests, an...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Miltenyi Biotec expands presence in South Korea

‎Singapore: Miltenyi Biotec, a cell innovation company, has opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea, enlarging t...

July 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aslan gastric cancer phase II study shows +ve results

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

May 28, 2013 | Tuesday | News