URMC launches new heart device trial in Asia

New Zealand |  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

Biochips market to be worth $11.4 bn by 2018

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2013

Singapore: A recent report released by RnRMarketResearch.com has analyzed the Global Biochips Industry and forecasted that by 2018 the market will reach $11.4 billion with a CAGR of 18.6 pe...Read more

Orion's e-health solution for Philippines hospital

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Jul, 2014

Singapore: New Zealand-based health software company, Orion Health, has partnered with The Medical City (TMC), Philippine's health institution, to provide enterprise electronic health recor...Read more

NovaBay's new deal brings Avenova to patients in NZ

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Sep, 2015

Singapore: NovaBay Pharmaceuticals announced collaboration with Ophthalmic Instrument Company to market NovaBay's breakthrough prescription daily eyelid and lash hygiene product, Avenova, i...Read more

Dr Jennifer Holmgren: I like to work on things people say can't be done

New Zealand |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Mar, 2013

I believe in what Mr Thomas Edison has said, "Vision without execution is a hallucination". I was born in Colombia and my father decided our family would go to the US when I was nine-years-...Read more

Pacific Edge's Cxbladder achieves sales in the US

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Oct, 2013

Singapore: New Zealand-based cancer diagnostic specialist Pacific Edge has completed the first commercial sales of Cxbladder tests signaling the start of the commercial revenue for the comp...Read more

Paul Hutchison: Ushering in a revolution in NZ's clinical trial sector

New Zealand |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Nov, 2012

Dr Paul Hutchison is ushering in a new era in the history of New Zealand's healthcare sector. Dr Hutchison, a parliamentarian from Hunua, is the present chair of the Health Select Committee...Read more

NZ can generate $300 mn from clinical trials by 2020

New Zealand |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Nov, 2012

New Zealand is taking steps to improve the environment surrounding the country's clinical trial domain. With no accurate records of revenues being generated from clinical trials in the coun...Read more

LanzaTech chosen technology pioneer by World Economic Forum

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Aug, 2012

Singapore: LanzaTech, which provides novel and economic routes to fuels and high value chemicals from waste gas streams, has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2013. Lanz...Read more

NZ health IT director: Sharing health info is a hurdle in NZ

New Zealand |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2013

Mr Graeme Osbourne led to the establishment of the National Health IT Board of New Zealand as its executive chair. He supervised the development and introduction of National Health IT Plan ...Read more

LanzaTech collaborates with Indian IOC-DBT

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Nov, 2014

Singapore: LanzaTech, a New Zealand-based firm has collaborated with India to convert harmful carbon dioxide emissions into omega-3 rich fatty acids. These fatty acids with their rich benef...Read more

Philips appoints new head for Aus-NZ

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Sep, 2014

Singapore: In a swift move, Royal Philips has announced the appointment of Mr Kevin Barrow as both Country Manager for Philips Australia and New Zealand, and General Manager for Philips Hea...Read more

New Zealand goes all guns blazing on eHealth

New Zealand |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2013

Aiming at achieving high quality healthcare and patient safety through integration of information and technology (IT) at all levels of healthcare delivery, New Zealand is looking at impleme...Read more

Bracket Mushrooms: Prevents Prostate Cancer

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 May, 2014

Singapore: Scientists at the Auckland University have explained the goodness of ganoderma lucidum, mushrooms in inhibiting the growth of prostate cancer cells in a study that was recently r...Read more

Tech drive demand for 3D medical imaging

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Global Industry Analysts (GIA) announces the release of a comprehensive global report on 3D medical imaging markets.3D imaging represents an advanced technology in the area of me...Read more

BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth

New Zealand |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2013

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conducted in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR), yet again identifie...Read more

Nexus6 gets $4.6 mn funds for Smartinhalers

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2013

Singapore: Auckland-based medical devices company Nexus6 has secured $4.6 million new investment to support international expansion of its Smartinhaler product range. The financial support ...Read more

Asia gets $15 mn donation for better sanitation

New Zealand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Mar, 2014

Singapore: Last year, the Asian Development Bank created the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund to help provide safe sanitation to families in Asia's cities and rural communities w...Read more