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

BSA-CMR Survey: Asian CROs optimistic in a gloomy pharma market

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2013

Over the past four years, BioSpectrum Asia in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR) has been capturing the key broad trends in pharmaceutical clinical and contract research organizat...Read more

Toshiba inaugurates a new plant in Malaysia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Feb, 2015

Singapore: Toshiba recently inaugurated a new plant for diagnostic imaging systems in Penang, Malaysia, thus further expanding its presence into the Southeast Asian region. Spread across 8...Read more

Malaysia named 'Medical Travel Destination of the Year'

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 May, 2015

Singapore: Malaysia's medical tourism industry received a boost with the country being rated as the top destination for medical value travel by the International Medical Travel Journal. The...Read more

BioXCell, BioSingapore sign MoU for biotech growth

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Malaysia-based biotech park Bio-XCell and Singapore's biotech association, BioSingapore, have collaborated to spearhead the biotechnology industry's development by promoting cros...Read more

URMC launches new heart device trial in Asia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Cardiologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center, US, are launching a new study in an effort to improve the treatment of a very common form of heart disease in the Asi...Read more

Emerging nations turn to PPPs for healthcare

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2012

The challenges of providing quality healthcare to people are many for emerging nations in the Asia Pacific region. From getting qualified doctors and specialists to providing the right infr...Read more