'Foie gras' killing thousands yearly: Malaysia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 May, 2014

Singapore: Liver, the heaviest and largest internal organ of our body, that performs over 500 vital functions a day seems to engulf a thousand Malaysians yearly, with diseases such as fatty...Read more

DKSH partners with Bristol-Myers Squibb

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Apr, 2014

Singapore: DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, service provider for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in Asia, has extended the relationship started in 2010 with Bristol-Myers ...Read more

Malaysia approves 11 MedTech projects

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Jul, 2015

Singapore: In a bid to further boost Malaysia's burgeoning medtech sector, the country's Federal Investment Development Authority has approved 11 med tech projects worth $122.02 million. Th...Read more

Mediven gets CE-IVD mark for molecular diagnosis kits

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Jun, 2016

Singapore: Medical Innovation Ventures (Mediven), Malaysia based developer and manufacturer of molecular and rapid tests, has received CE-IVD mark for a new set of products that includes mo...Read more

Malaysia aims to be the best in healthcare: PM

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Jun, 2014

Singapore: According to a news report, Prime Minister Mr Datuk Seri Najib Razak has urged that Malaysia must soon become the best healthcare provider in the world. He explained that the co...Read more

Sale of wound care devices spurs in Asia-Pacific: Frost & Sullivan analysis report

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Advanced wound care and modern wound closure products are gaining an edge over traditional wound dressings in Asia Pacific as lower bed capacity in hospitals and the trend toward...Read more

Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: Malaysia

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2015

Singapore:  Malaysia yet to take off.  • DHL Supply Chain invested $31 million to construct a new mega warehouse in Malaysia to provide warehousing and supply chain solutions to s...Read more

Malaysia's healthcare system is best in the world: PM

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Mar, 2015

Singapore: Malaysian Prime Minister Mr Mohd Najib Tun Razak has said that medical and health charges imposed by government hospitals and clinics in Malaysia are the cheapest in the world. S...Read more

BASF will invest $13 bn, create 9,000 jobs in APAC

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Jun, 2013

Singapore: German chemical giant, BASF, is going to invest $13.08 billion (€10 billion) and create around 9,000 new jobs in Asia Pacific (APAC) as part of its strategy of "grow smartl...Read more

BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Jan, 2014

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase in the number of acquisitions and mergers (M&A), it also led to a ...Read more

MERS scare: Malaysia steps up screening at entry points

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Jun, 2015

Singapore: With the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus making its entry into Thailand, neighboring Malaysia has enhanced health screenings at all entry points into the country. The Sou...Read more

Altran healthcare expands in Malaysia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Feb, 2013

Singapore: European healthcare technology company Altran group has inaugurated its new regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as part of its growth strategy to develop new business oppo...Read more

Boehringer, Lilly diabetes drug shows +ve results

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2013

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company have presented their results from two randomized phase III clinical trials evaluating the 'efficacy and safety of linagliptin in As...Read more

Malaysia's biosimilars to hit the Asean market soon

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Aug, 2015

Singapore: Malaysia's Inno Bio Ventures Sdn Bhd has signed a MoU with Aryogen Biopharma to market and distribute locally-made biosimilar products in Asean countries. The deal, inked for fou...Read more

A re-think on site staff competency training required

Malaysia |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Sep, 2013

When drugs are trialed in patients, they move into a clinical setting in which the busy routine care of patients, rather than the conduct of drug trials, is usually the main preoccupation...Read more

Start-up landscape in Southeast Asia

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Apr, 2015

Singapore: The findings are surprising, mentions BVGH, as often it is the big pharmaceutical companies that invest larger amounts of money in neglected disease R&D. According to the re...Read more

Biocon signs pact with Malaysia university

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Manipal Education Malaysia (MEM) and Biocon, Malaysia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Biocon India, have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate for the dev...Read more

Strides to set up a biologics facility in Malaysia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Dec, 2014

Singapore: Stelis Biopharma, a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's Strides Arcolab, has begun the construction of its $60 mn biologics facility in Malaysia. The 140,000-square-foot facility ...Read more