Taiwan's residents to get flu vaccinations

Singapore: As the current flu season reaches its peak in Taiwan, residents of the Changhua County have been told by the ...

March 3, 2014 | Monday | News
India, Taiwan set up funds to boost investments

Countries in Asia are pushing policies to attract investments. India has taken many steps to encourage investments and t...

June 28, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Excess plasticizers in body ups breast cancer risk'

Singapore: Taiwanese scientists have revealed that overexposure to plasticizers doubled the risk of a women contracting ...

July 21, 2014 | Monday | News
WuXi Pharma to manufacture Ibalizumab for TaiMed

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech entered into a contract manufacturing agreement with TaiMed Biologics for the manufacture ...

August 29, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Pharmigene leads in adverse drug reaction tests

Treatment of Pompe disease, an inherited disorder caused by build-up of a complex sugar called glycogen in the body's ce...

March 16, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
Molecular diagnostics is key to future

China, Japan, India and Singapore are leveraging on genetic technologies to develop molecular diagnostic platform which ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Right partner is key to combination products

Extensive project management expertise and logistical control know-how are obviously required when working on a combinat...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Events gala in Taiwan for medical devices industry

Singapore: Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), Department of Health, Executive Yuan, is hosting a series of inte...

November 6, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Medical tourism market to reach $32.5 bn globally in 2019: Report

Singapore: The global medical tourism market was valued at $10.5 billion in 2012 and is estimated to reach a market wort...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSp...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Dengue breaks 11 year records: Taiwan CDC

Singapore: Taiwan's Center for Disease Control (CDC) declared that dengue cases had swelled in the country in the past m...

July 8, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Icon, Taiwan's national clinical trials center sign deal

Singapore: Icon, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical d...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Association to promote biopharma R&D in Taiwan

Singapore: Twenty-five pharmaceutical companies of Taiwan have come together to set up an association to promote the dev...

December 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
SHL to invest $40 mn in Taiwan drug delivery industry

Singapore: Taiwan based SHL Group, a designer, developer and manufacturer of advanced drug delivery devices, has plans t...

October 2, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Chung-Yi becomes 1st Taiwanese to David Gin award

Singapore: Dr. Chung-Yi Wu, associate research fellow, Genomics Research Center, has been elected as the winner of the 2...

September 27, 2013 | Friday | News
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Industry Records 11% Growth

Singapore: The bioscience industry in the major markets of Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan and comprising Australia...

June 22, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
Insight into mechanism in Staphylococci bacteria

Singapore: A recent study by a research team from the Institute of Biological Chemistry (IBC) in Taiwan, led by distingu...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
TWi gets US patent for type II diabetes drug

Singapore: Taiwan-based TWi Biotechnology has received notification of patent allowance for AC-201, its lead drug candid...

September 11, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan medtech output to grow 7.1% to $2.71 bn

Singapore: A study released by the Industry and Technology Intelligence Services (ITIS), a research institute under the ...

May 21, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Taiwan to get its first biosafety level 3 plant

Singapore: Amaran Biotechnology is going to invest $33.41 million (NT$1 billion) in order to construct a plant and a res...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | News
SABR technology for treating liver cancer

Singapore: Clinical experts outlined promising new approaches to treating liver cancer using radiosurgery with advanced ...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Dr Chi-huey Wong: Pushing biotech growth in Taiwan

Scientist, entrepreneur, administrator, adviser. Dr Chi-Huey Wong, the ninth president of Academia Sinica, has donned ma...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
Taiwan develops carbohydrate-based cancer vaccine

Singapore: A research team led by Academia Sinica President, Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, and associate research fellow, Dr Chung-...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News