SilTerra initiates ecosystem to support life sciences

Singapore - SilTerra, an award-winning Malaysian semiconductor company, sees potential in an emerging market which combi...

September 24, 2018 | Monday | News
Mundipharma, Novartis to distribute pain medicine in SE Asia

International healthcare organizations, Novartis and Mundipharma, have signed an agreement for the marketing, sales and ...

September 10, 2018 | Monday | News
Virkon S effective for African swine fever biosecurity

With China reporting its first outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) on August 3rd, and with the heightened th...

September 10, 2018 | Monday | News
Pharma to Market expands into Malaysia

 Pharma To Market, a leading regulatory affairs consulting company operating in the Asia-Pacific region, furth...

September 4, 2018 | Tuesday | News
IHH Healthcare to exit Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals

Malaysian hospital chain IHH Healthcare, which won the bid for debt-ridden Fortis Healthcare, will sell its 50 per cent ...

August 23, 2018 | Thursday | News
Neuron Biohub envisions setting global standards in life sciences

Neuron Biohub Sdn Bhd has set up Malaysia's first state-of-the-art integrated Life Sciences Logistics & Testing Bioh...

August 13, 2018 | Monday | News
FIND, DNDi to support Malaysian MoH for approaching HCV

The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) will partner...

July 26, 2018 | Thursday | News
IHH Healthcare acquires stake in Fortis

IHH Healthcare Berhad, through its wholly owned subsidiary Northern TK Venture announced that it has acquired a controll...

July 13, 2018 | Friday | News
ADVA calls for collaboration efforts to tackle dengue threat

Singapore – Among the estimated 3.9 billion people at risk of dengue globally, more than 75% reside in Asia. ...

July 5, 2018 | Thursday | News
CCM Duopharma bags two Excellence Awards in Malaysia

CCM Duopharma Biotech Berhad (CCM Duopharma) has been honored with two awards at the annual Frost & Sullivan Malaysi...

July 5, 2018 | Thursday | News
Blood vessel-forming cells involved in aggressive brain tumour

A type of highly malignant brain tumour contains a large number of cells involved in the formation of new blood vessels,...

June 20, 2018 | Wednesday | News
AMG, KPJ collaborate to enhance healthcare in Malaysia

Abeer Medical Group, a leading healthcare provider in the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC), and KPJ Healthcare, Malaysia...

May 1, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Beauty and wellness firm VLCC to expand internationally

Beauty and wellness firm VLCC is on the expansion spree with a target to add 50 new training institutes in India over th...

April 9, 2018 | Monday | News
Sultan of Johor announces Cancer Centre establishment

His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, the Sultan of Johor, announced the establishment of a regional...

April 2, 2018 | Monday | News
UTAR, CMU sign MoU to study traditional medicines

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Medical Univers...

March 21, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Malaysian Health Ministry bans three cosmetic products

The Health Ministry’s National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Department (NPRA) in Malaysia has named three cosmetic pr...

February 26, 2018 | Monday | News
CytoSorbents, Biocon to launch CytoSorb in Malaysia

CytoSorbents Corporation, a critical care immunotherapy leader using blood purification to treat deadly inflammation in ...

February 18, 2018 | Sunday | News
A-Bio enters into a strategic investment of $5.1m with Ain Medicare

A-Bio Sdn Bhd has entered into a strategic collaboration through an RM20 million ($ 5.1 million) investment in Ain Medic...

February 7, 2018 | Wednesday | News
IHH Healthcare, Temasek looking to buy majority stake in India’s Medanta

Malaysia's IHH Healthcare Berhad and Singapore investor Temasek Holdings are in separate discussions to acquire controll...

February 6, 2018 | Tuesday | News
BioMark invests in digital health startup

Singapore-based healthcare analytics firm BioMark and Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups through its Southeast Asia-foc...

January 31, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Merck Foundation, Malaysia ink deal to enhance healthcare in Africa

With a view to strengthen healthcare infrastructure and build healthcare capacity in Africa, Merck Foundation (MF), a no...

January 16, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Malaysian entrepreneurs to build Sri Lanka's first pharma industrial zone

As per reports, The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar has teamed up with entrepreneur Patric...

January 15, 2018 | Monday | News
India and Malaysia meets for cooperation in the field of traditional systems of medicine

The 5th Bilateral Technical Meeting on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine between India an...

January 12, 2018 | Friday | News
CCMD offers inexpensive treatment for Hepatitis C

CCM Duopharma Biotech Berhad (CCMD) is a subsidiary of Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad that has seven pharmaceutical...

January 1, 2018 | Monday | News
Everstone acquires Malaysia based Chemopharm

Malaysia-based diagnostics and medical supplies distributor Chemopharm has been acquired by the Everstone Group for an u...

November 24, 2017 | Friday | News
Malaysia's AJ Biologics to build new vaccine facility

As per reports in a leading Malaysian daily, a Saudi vaccine manufacturer will invest more than RM138.2 million in the n...

November 21, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Malaysian govt allocates RM 365m to build first endocrine complex

In a bid to cater to the growing number of endocrine patients in Malayisa, the Malaysian government has allocated RM365 ...

October 6, 2017 | Friday | News
BioMalaysia & Asia Pacific Bioeconomy 2017 Concludes Making a Positive Impact

Malaysia’s premier biotechnology event BioMalaysia & Asia Pacific Bioeconomy 2017 concluded its 15th edition o...

October 3, 2017 | Tuesday | News
AJ Biologics Malaysia lends a helping hand to Pakistan in its fight against dengue

In a bid to curb the menace of dengue in Pakistan’s Northwest province, AJ Biologics Malaysia, a member of the Alj...

September 4, 2017 | Monday | News
CCM Duopharma inks deal with govt for sale of insulin products

Malaysia’s biotech major, CCM Duopharma Biotech Bhd announced that its wholly-owned unit CCM Pharmaceuticals Sdn B...

August 29, 2017 | Tuesday | News
EHS signs agreement with GCI

GCI, a Malaysian solution provider with niche focus in Health IT, has signed an agreement to implement its solutions acr...

August 10, 2017 | Thursday | News
Malaysia, Japan ink deal to promote UHC

With a view to promote cooperation in Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Malaysia and Japan has inked a Memorandum of Coop...

July 18, 2017 | Tuesday | News
BookDoc raises funds from Hamami Family

Malaysian healthcare technology startup BookDoc has secured an undisclosed investment from Indonesia’s wealth...

June 20, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan Pharma Association opens new office in Malaysia

Singpaore: In a bid to strengthen trade between two countries, the Taiwan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Associatio...

June 9, 2017 | Friday | News
Malaysia's Island Hospital gets Frost & Sullivan award

Singapore: Frost & Sullivan has honored Island Hospital with the 2017 Malaysia Medical Tourism Hospital of the Year ...

April 17, 2017 | Monday | News
Malaysia launches warehouse to integrate people's health data

Singapore: Malaysia’s Helath Minstry has launched the Malaysian Health Data Warehouse, a repository of health-rela...

May 5, 2017 | Friday | News
Genting invests $2.8m in startup Nova Satra

Molecular diagnostics startup Nova Satra has raised $2.8m in funding through the subscription of Malaysia-based Genting ...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
Malaysia calls for phase 4 Dengvaxia study

Sanofi Pasteur's dengue vaccine Dengvaxia will have to undergo phase 4 testing in Malaysia before the endemic country ag...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
Mediven obtains CE-IVD mark for Leptospirosis diagnostic kit

Singapore: Real-time PCR diagnostic kit for Leptospirosis developed by Malaysia based Medical Innovation Ventures has ob...

February 20, 2017 | Monday | News
Bangladesh's Beximco Pharma joins hands with Malaysia's BioCare

Singapore: Bangladesh's pharma major Beximco pharma has joined hands with Malaysia's BioCare Manufacturing for the estab...

February 1, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Malaysia destroys expired medicine worth RM2.1mn

Singapore: As per reports, Malaysian Ministry has disposed of nearly RM2mil (US$446,678) worth of expired or spoilt drug...

January 6, 2017 | Friday | News
Malaysia's Monash University collaborates with Agilent

Singapore: Monash University Malaysia recently announced joint research collaboration with Agilent technologies. The pro...

May 6, 2016 | Friday | News
What incentives is Malaysia offering to biotech firms?

Malaysia is attracting companies for all over the world to establish their businesses on its shores. The Government of M...

April 17, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Inno Biologics paves way for contract manufacturing in Malaysia

Drug manufacturing accounts for 25 percent of company costs and achieving agility in the production process has now beco...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
Vedic CRO to expand in Malaysia

Singapore: Vedic Lifesciences, a contract research organization (CRO), is going to set up an operational base in Malaysi...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
Cytori, Lorem to commercialize Cytori Cell Therapy

Singapore: US-based Cytori Therapeutics and China-based Lorem Vascular have formed a partnership to commercialize Cytori...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Why are bio firms in a hurry to set up shop in Malaysia?

India-based Agila Biotech, which is a subsidiary of Strides Arcolab, entered into a $34.4 million (RM107 million) build-...

April 17, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
BioMalaysia sees participation from 160 exhibitors

Johor: BioMalaysia, which is the flagship biotechnology event of Malaysia, kicked off in Johor on October 21, 2013. The ...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioXcell, Malaysia ministry to develop talent pool

Singapore: Malaysian life science park, Bio-Xcell, has collaborated with the Industry Center of Excellence (ICoE) in bio...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | News
China Cord Blood, Cordlife join hands for stem cell therapy services

Singapore: China Cord Blood Corporation (CCBC) and Cordlife Group, a multi-product healthcare company catering to the mo...

July 25, 2014 | Friday | News
Biocon's Malaysia plant to begin operations next year

Singapore: As per reports, one of the top Asian biopharmaceutical company Biocon is all set to begin operations in Malay...

July 8, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Circadian's new diagnosis tech to be launched in July

Singapore: A novel technology for aiding the diagnosis of Cancers of Unknown Primary (CUP), by Circadian Technologies, w...

June 28, 2012 | Thursday | News
IHH healthcare buys 51% stake in India's Continental Hospitals

Singapore: According to a stock market disclosure, Malaysia's largest hospital operator IHH healthcare has acquired 51 p...

March 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
BioMalaysia kicks off in Kuala Lumpur

Singapore: Malaysia's Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI) and BiotechCorp have kicked off BioMalays...

August 17, 2015 | Monday | News
Malaysia's Mediven gets CE-IVD certification for molecular test kits

Singapore: Malaysia based diagnostic company, Medical Innovation Ventures (Mediven), has received CE-IVD certification f...

October 19, 2015 | Monday | News
Asian endoscopy market clocked $264.7 mn in 2012

Singapore: Endoscopy devices market in Australia, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, earned revenues of USD264.7 million i...

December 10, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Trans-Pacific trade talks reach stalemate over IP rights

Singapore: What started as an effort to lower trade barriers across 12 Pacific Rim nations, from the US and Canada to Vi...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia govt fast tracks bioscience market

Malaysia government's initiatives to strengthen the healthcare sector along with rising private spending power are likel...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Medical Tourism: Asia's top destinations

Singapore:  Asia is a special destination for those looking for quality healthcare at low cost. BioSpectrum takes a loo...

March 10, 2015 | Tuesday | Analysis
Nazlee Kamal: Malaysia is a collaboration hub

Dato' Dr Mohd Nazlee Kamal, is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Malaysian Biotechnology Corp (BiotechCorp), whic...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
Malaysia to soon become Asia's medical device manufacturing hub

Singapore: Experts opine that Malaysia is soon poised to be the medical device manufacturing hub of Asia, with a huge sp...

July 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
'Foie gras' killing thousands yearly: Malaysia

Singapore: Liver, the heaviest and largest internal organ of our body, that performs over 500 vital functions a day seem...

May 19, 2014 | Monday | News
DKSH partners with Bristol-Myers Squibb

Singapore: DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, service provider for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in As...

April 9, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Malaysia approves 11 MedTech projects

Singapore: In a bid to further boost Malaysia's burgeoning medtech sector, the country's Federal Investment Development ...

July 20, 2015 | Monday | News
Mediven gets CE-IVD mark for molecular diagnosis kits

Singapore: Medical Innovation Ventures (Mediven), Malaysia based developer and manufacturer of molecular and rapid tests...

June 8, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Malaysia aims to be the best in healthcare: PM

Singapore: According to a news report, Prime Minister Mr Datuk Seri Najib Razak has urged that Malaysia must soon become...

June 30, 2014 | Monday | News
Sale of wound care devices spurs in Asia-Pacific: Frost & Sullivan analysis report

Singapore: Advanced wound care and modern wound closure products are gaining an edge over traditional wound dressings in...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: Malaysia

Singapore:  Malaysia yet to take off.  • DHL Supply Chain invested $31 million to construct a new mega warehou...

June 22, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
Malaysia's healthcare system is best in the world: PM

Singapore: Malaysian Prime Minister Mr Mohd Najib Tun Razak has said that medical and health charges imposed by governme...

March 2, 2015 | Monday | News
BASF will invest $13 bn, create 9,000 jobs in APAC

Singapore: German chemical giant, BASF, is going to invest $13.08 billion (€10 billion) and create around 9,000 ne...

June 6, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase i...

January 2, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
MERS scare: Malaysia steps up screening at entry points

Singapore: With the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus making its entry into Thailand, neighboring Malaysia has enha...

June 23, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Altran healthcare expands in Malaysia

Singapore: European healthcare technology company Altran group has inaugurated its new regional office in Kuala Lumpur, ...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Boehringer, Lilly diabetes drug shows +ve results

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company have presented their results from two randomized phase III cli...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia's biosimilars to hit the Asean market soon

Singapore: Malaysia's Inno Bio Ventures Sdn Bhd has signed a MoU with Aryogen Biopharma to market and distribute locally...

August 26, 2015 | Wednesday | News
A re-think on site staff competency training required

When drugs are trialed in patients, they move into a clinical setting in which the busy routine care of patients, rath...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Start-up landscape in Southeast Asia

Singapore: The findings are surprising, mentions BVGH, as often it is the big pharmaceutical companies that invest larg...

April 30, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Biocon signs pact with Malaysia university

Singapore: Manipal Education Malaysia (MEM) and Biocon, Malaysia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Biocon India, have entere...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Strides to set up a biologics facility in Malaysia

Singapore: Stelis Biopharma, a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's Strides Arcolab, has begun the construction of its $60...

December 5, 2014 | Friday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: Asian CROs optimistic in a gloomy pharma market

Over the past four years, BioSpectrum Asia in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR) has been capturing the key br...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Toshiba inaugurates a new plant in Malaysia

Singapore: Toshiba recently inaugurated a new plant for diagnostic imaging systems in Penang, Malaysia, thus further exp...

February 16, 2015 | Monday | News
Malaysia named 'Medical Travel Destination of the Year'

Singapore: Malaysia's medical tourism industry received a boost with the country being rated as the top destination for ...

May 11, 2015 | Monday | News
BioXCell, BioSingapore sign MoU for biotech growth

Singapore: Malaysia-based biotech park Bio-XCell and Singapore's biotech association, BioSingapore, have collaborated to...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | 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
Emerging nations turn to PPPs for healthcare

The challenges of providing quality healthcare to people are many for emerging nations in the Asia Pacific region. From ...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
CCM Duopharma to acquire 6 pharma units

Singapore: CCM Duopharma Biotech Bhd (CCMD) has announced the purchase of six pharmaceutical units from parent company C...

March 16, 2015 | Monday | News
Malaysians seek alternative therapies to curb dengue

Singapore: Though the number of dengue cases across Malaysia is declining, some Malaysians feel the figures are still to...

December 13, 2014 | Saturday | News
AMMI chairman: We adhere to world class quality management

The Association of Malaysian Medical Industries (AMMI) consists of leading medical device manufacturing companies in the...

April 26, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
CCM to sell its six pharma units to subsidiary

Singapore: Chemical Company of Malaysia (CCMB) recently announced that the company is planning to sell its six pharmaceu...

December 2, 2014 | Tuesday | News
US CRO appoints new Asia director

Singapore: US-based Harlan Laboratories, a leading contract research organization (CRO) and research models and service...

February 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Malaysia will soon be Asia's biggest biogas exporter'

Singapore: Malaysia's Science and Technology Minister Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin said that by 2020, the country will be Asia's b...

April 29, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Guide for implementing Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur SP

Singapore: The Global Industry Coalition (GIC) has come out with a tool to aid governments in implementing the Nagoya-Ku...

October 1, 2012 | Monday | News
Aiming at bivalent VLP vaccine for HFMD

Developing bivalent bivalent virus like particle (VLP) vaccine against hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a scientif...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
APAC robotic surgery touched $217.4 mn in 2013

Singapore: Asia-Pacific is a hotbed of investment activity owing to the booming economic growth in its emerging countrie...

February 14, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Malaysia inks deals worth $110 mn during BioMalaysia

Johor: Malaysia-based life science institutions and companies entered into several partnerships during the recently held...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
Nitritex re-launches BioClean

Singapore: BioClean, the flagship brand of UK-based Nitritex, is now widely available to Asia Pacific customers with its...

August 13, 2012 | Monday | News
Ebola crisis: Malaysia to donate medical gloves

Singapore: The Malaysian Prime Minister Mr Najib Razak announced that the country will be sending more than 20 million ...

September 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Mahkota Medical Center to build a new hospital in Malaysia

Singapore: Mahkota Medical Center, Malaysia's largest private hospital, recently announced plans to build a new 500-bed ...

April 13, 2015 | Monday | News
"Radiography market to grow in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia"

Singapore: With recent developments in Asia-Pacific healthcare delivery as well as the growing emphasis on reduced radia...

April 29, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis

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