Sanofi's dengue vaccine candidate shows positive results

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi has published clinical study results of its dengue vaccine ca...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
WHO stresses on effective immunization

Singapore: Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out ...

April 24, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
WHO demands transparency in clinical trial results

Singapore: In a study that analysed reports from large clinical trials (more than 500 participants), registered on Clini...

April 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
Samitivej, Sony collaborate to promote medical services

Singapore: In a bid to improve the Thailand healthcare industry and promote medical services in the country, Samitivej h...

November 26, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Biochips market to be worth $11.4 bn by 2018

Singapore: A recent report released by RnRMarketResearch.com has analyzed the Global Biochips Industry and forecasted th...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sabin institute convenes scientists to discuss typhoid vaccine

Singapore: Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, will convene scientists, resea...

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Influenza creates havoc in northeast Thailand

Singapore: A seasonal flu is multiplying in large numbers in the lower northeast region of Thailand almost doubling this...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
BIOTEC is turning Thai biotech dreams into reality

Thailand was until recently not know to have made significant contributions to the life sciences industry. However, the ...

December 21, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Thai scientist 'raps' vaccine song, wins award

Singapore: Dr Phanramphoei Namprachan Frantz, a researcher at the virology and cell technology laboratory, National Cent...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
Sanofi dengue vaccine demonstrates proof of efficacy

Singapore: The tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate of Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, demonstrated pro...

July 25, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Experts want typhoid vaccination to be a priority

Singapore: Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, brought together global health...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | 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
Tech drive demand for 3D medical imaging

Singapore: Global Industry Analysts (GIA) announces the release of a comprehensive global report on 3D medical imaging m...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Fuji Pharma acquires Thai contract manufacturer Olic

Singapore: Japanese firm Fuji Pharma has entered into a share purchase agreement with swiss trading firm DKSH to acquir...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
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
MERS spreads in Asia; Thailand confirms first case

Singapore: The Ministry of Health in Thailand recently confirmed its first MERS case. Thus becoming the fourth Asian co...

June 22, 2015 | Monday | News
Study points out Asia's top medical tourism hubs

Singapore: In a recent report released by KPMG and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) - ...

September 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Thailand has potential to be ASEAN's vaccine hub

Singapore: Thailand has the potential to become ASEAN's vaccine hub, said the country's National Vaccine Institute (NVI)...

October 28, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Novasep inaugurates its new office in Thailand

Singapore: Novasep, a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the lifesciences industry has recently opened a new...

December 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Austrianova inaugurates its Thailand facility

Singapore: Austrianova, a Singapore-based cell-encapsulation company recently announced the opening of its manufacturing...

December 15, 2014 | Monday | News
Thailand Lab 2014 concludes in Bangkok

Singapore: Thailand Lab 2014, a laboratory apparatus and technology exhibition and seminar, hosted in Bangkok from Sep 1...

September 22, 2014 | Monday | News
Thailand Lab 2015 anticipates a successful show

Singapore: Bangkok is all set to host exhibition and conference on scientific and laboratorial equipment and technology,...

September 1, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Thai malaria drug targets resistance causing mutation

Singapore: Professor Yongyuth Yuthavong and colleagues at the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology ...

March 22, 2013 | Friday | News
CRO survey: India, China dominate market

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November 24, 2012 | Saturday | Analysis
Southeast Asia's fitness drive against obesity

Singapore: Though the south east Asian people are considered to be the thinnest in the world, there is an exponential in...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
Malaysia can bet on medical tourism industry: Analyst

Singapore: Compared to other countries in ASEAN, Malaysia has a higher-than-average availability of medical personnel an...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Asia's Fastest 50 bio-firms shine

The annual list of Asia's fastest growing pharma companies, compiled painstakingly by the BioSpectrum Asia team, is out....

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
BIOTEC to collaborate with Japanese research body on microbial community

Singapore: Thailand's National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and the National Institute of T...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Microsphere assays used to detect plant pathogens

Singapore: Thai researchers have developed a novel multiplex detection method based on microsphere immunoassays to simul...

July 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Brazil, Mexico dengue vaccine market to grow'

Singapore: While Sanofi has progressed to phase III clinical trials for its dengue vaccine and is expecting to launch it...

July 17, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Thai student gets Monsanto scholarship for rice research

Singapore: Monsanto Thailand has chosen Mr Eakpol Phuvanartnarubal, a graduate student of Kasetsart University, as the r...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Thailand signs MoU to promote rice growth

Singapore: Six leading agencies from Thailand - The Rice Department, Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives...

July 9, 2014 | Wednesday | News
New radiation therapy platform for Thailand, Philippines

Singapore: Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital in Thailand and Makati Medical Center in Philippines have begun treating p...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | News
Thailand's NANOTEC receives ISO/IEC 17025

Singapore: The National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), Thailand, a leading agency on nanotechnology development in the...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Sanofi launches JE vaccine in Thailand

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi has introduced its Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine in Thai...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Thailand uses nanotech to develop textile sector

Singapore: Thailand's Ministry of Science and Technology has recognized the importance of the local textile industry and...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
Mundipharma appoints John Lee as GM for SEA

Singapore: Asian pharmaceutical firm, Mundipharma, has promoted the general manager of Mundipharma Korea, Mr John Lee, t...

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Video message from women leaders in bioscience

We come across several women in the field of biosciences at the graduation and post-graduation level of education. Howev...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Green Cross builds $68 mn Thai plasma plant

Singapore: South Korean company Green Cross is building a plasma derivatives plant (worth $68 million) in Bangkok, Thail...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
BIOTEC participates in BIO-Carnival

Singapore: Thailand's flagship biotech organization, BIOTEC-NSTDA took part in an exhibition of Kelantan International B...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Which domain of clinical research do APAC CROs focus on?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Biotec inventions receive Thai NRCT awards

Singapore: The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) announced the names of winners of the NRCT Invention Award 2...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Austrianova subsidiary to run from Thai Science Park

Singapore: Austrianova's wholly owned Thai subsidiary established in 2013 is moving its operation base to Thailand Scien...

March 13, 2014 | Thursday | News
Nanotec Thailand, AIST Japan join hands for R&D

Singapore: Thailand's Nanotec signed a collaborative Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Nanosystem Research Institute (NRI)...

February 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BIOTEC Eco Scientific sign deal for 3-min oxygen test

Singapore: BIOTEC-NSTDA and Eco Scientific signed a licensing agreement for a portable dissolved oxygen test kit called ...

September 23, 2013 | Monday | News
F&S: Medical devices market highly fragmented

Singapore: A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, titled Medical Devices Distributor Profiling in Vietnam, Indonesia,...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: Oncology is the top therapeutic focus area for CROs in APAC

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Women in life sciences – A peep into the lives of inspirational figures

We come across several women in the field of biotechnology at the graduation and post-graduation level of education. How...

March 1, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Thailand's BIOTEC wins top honors in Korean fair

Singapore: A tuberculosis test kit and a bioremediation agent from Thailand won the gold prize and semi-grand prize, r...

December 28, 2012 | Friday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: India, China lead in APAC CRO sector

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Yaskawa Electric invests in ReWalk exoskeleton

Singapore: Israel-based ARGO Medical Technologies has partnered with innovative robotics experts Yaskawa Electric, Japan...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Osteoporosis is an emerging crisis in APAC: Report

Singapore: A new report, launched by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), shows that osteoporosis is a loomi...

December 13, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Critical Diagnostics signs agreements for Asia Pacific

Singapore: Critical Diagnostics, a US-based biomarker company focused on cardiovascular diseases, is expanding its prese...

August 22, 2012 | Wednesday | News
What is the revenue size, range of CROs in APAC?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
UK, Thai researchers work on H1N1 mutations

Singapore: A major difficulty in combating H1N1 has been the frequent and rapid onset of new virus mutations that render...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Biogen to commercialize MS therapies in Asia

Singapore: Belgium based pharmaceutical company UCB and global pharmaceutical company, Biogen, have entered into an agre...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
UK, Thailand agencies join hands to fund research

Singapore: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), a UK government research funding body, Thaila...

June 28, 2012 | Thursday | News
Takeda R&D filed 7 NDAs in the last 8 months

Singapore: Takeda Global Research and Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical, has filed seven n...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
Thailand to spend $70mn to develop medical robots

Singapore: Thailand, which has been leading delegations and participating as an exhibitor in BIO International Conventio...

May 7, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BS Survey: Healthcare is getting smarter in Asia

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November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
L'Oreal awards Thai dengue researcher

Singapore: Dr Sansanee Noisakran, a BIOTEC researcher based at Medical Biotechnology Research Unit, is the latest reci...

December 28, 2012 | Friday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: APAC CROs stick to an average of 50 clients

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
NANOTEC sets up 4th NANO Plus Center in Thailand

Singapore: Thailand's NANOTEC and Prince of Songkla University (PSU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the ...

September 23, 2013 | Monday | News
BIOTEC, Thai firm enter animal feed R&D deal

Singapore: Thailand's National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and Bioscience Animal Health (a...

September 30, 2013 | Monday | News
What services do APAC CROs offer to their clients?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Daiichi, Ranbaxy integrate Thailand business

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy Laboratories will integrate their business operations in Thailand, in order to lev...

January 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
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
BHR expands brain injury treatment trial

Singapore: BHR Pharma has started recruiting patients, who are suffering from severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), for t...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | News
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
New photocatalyst used to treat air pollution

Singapore: Researchers in Thailand are looking at ways to treat air pollutants, such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene a...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | 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
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
Thai rice researcher gets NSTDA Research Chair Grant

Singapore: Dr Apichart Vanavichit, associate professor, Kasetsart University, and director, Rice Gene Discovery Unit, T...

November 21, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Generics take center stage in South East Asia

Singapore: The South East Asian pharmaceuticals industry is forecast to witness a boost to $3.9 billion by 2016. The in...

August 21, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
NANOTEC marks 10 years of success, aims higher

Singapore: National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), with a research pool comprising over 100 researchers and 357 intern...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Hexaxim vaccine gets EMA nod for global use

Singapore: The European Medicines Agency has issued a scientific opinion recommending that the benefits of the vaccine H...

June 25, 2012 | Monday | News
KEEEN wins Greenovation product award

Singapore: KEEEN, which was developed through a joint research by Hi-Grimm Environmental and Research and BIOTEC, won t...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | News
What were Asia's Top 20 bio companies in 2012?

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording ...

June 19, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access

Telemedicine is re-defining access to healthcare in many ways. It has, in particular, proved to be an effective solution...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
BIOTEC researchers provide insights on rice

Singapore: Four ground breaking articles regarding rice research in Thailand have been published by Dr Theerayut Toojind...

April 26, 2013 | Friday | News
Consumers are winners in the BRCA gene case

In the wake of US Supreme Court's win-win verdict in Association for Molecular Pathology vs Myriad Genetics case, Frost ...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Thai researchers' new yeast acts as protein 'factory'

Singapore: Many diseases can be treated with protein-based drugs, however, producing them affordably in large quantities...

March 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Biotec Int'l Advisory Board meets in Bangkok

Singapore: BIOTEC, Thailand, recently held its Meeting of International Advisory Board (IAB) from March 15-16, 2013, at ...

March 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Biotec's Dr Kirtikara: 70% of our staff is female

I graduated from Chulalongkorn University with a BS in Genetics, enrolled at the University of Connecticut, US, to conti...

March 4, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
Rural Thailand is facing severe health challenges

Thailand's healthcare system has come a long way, we have a population of almost 70 million people and 99.5 percent of t...

December 28, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
X-Change to launch Phytiva in China, SE Asia

Singapore: X-Change, a US-based boutique company whose niche is extract-based cosmeceutical and nutraceutical solutions ...

January 28, 2013 | Monday | News
Thai researchers get NRCT awards

Singapore: A research project titled, 'Development of Biological Process for Histamine Degradation in Fish Sauce by Hist...

January 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Australia, Thailand to participate in NIH-sponsored trials

Singapore: Three clinical trials that seek to find more effective treatments for influenza are enrolling volunteers with...

February 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Healthcare needs change in business process'

Singapore: Healthcare across the Asia-Pacific is in a state of accelerated evolution due to not only changing demographi...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
BIOTEC researcher gets Thai young scientist award

Singapore: Dr Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, head, genomic research laboratory, BIOTEC, has been chosen by the Foundation...

August 24, 2012 | Friday | News
Interventional radiology earned $591mn in 2012

Singapore: A new report by Frost & Sullivan titled 'Asia Pacific interventional radiology and cardiology market asse...

March 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
Why is health tourism picking up in Thailand?

Singapore: Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) is extending its complete support to transform Thailand into a medical hu...

December 24, 2012 | Monday | News
Thailand, Japan collaborate on bioremediation

Singapore: BIOTEC, NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC) and Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University signed a p...

January 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
INTERPOL will help SE Asia to fight counterfeit drugs

Singapore: Representatives from healthcare agencies and enforcement organizations throughout the greater mekong sub-regi...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | News
Cancer claimed 8.2 mn lives in 2012: UN

Singapore: Cancer is the biggest cause of mortality worldwide as the killer disease claimed an estimated 8.2 million liv...

February 4, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Japanese, Thai institutes sign bio-conservation MoU

Singapore: A phase III memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Thailand's BIOTEC and Japan's National Insti...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Asia kills big pharma monopoly dream

Indian apex court has made its intentions clear with the rejection of Novartis' plea to obtain patent protection for can...

April 16, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Syneron, Astraco Medical donate for flood relief in Thailand

Singapore: Syneron Medical, the global leader in medical aesthetic products and technology, and its distribution partner...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
Study on drug for traumatic brain injury reaches milestone

Singapore: BHR Pharma has reached its SyNAPSe clinical trial enrollment midpoint of 590 patients. The company made the a...

July 25, 2012 | Wednesday | News

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