Thai HIV vaccine shows promise in clinical trials

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2014

Singapore: The Thai HIV vaccine that showed promise in initial clinical trials held in Thailand in 2009, has also exhibited significant protection in a clinical trial held in South Africa. ...Read more

Incense ash may cause cancer: Thai Ministry

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Feb, 2015

Singapore: In wake of Chinese New Year celebrations across Asia, the Thai Health Ministry has urged its citizens to stop lighting joss sticks and placing them near food, stating that consum...Read more

BIOTEC-NSTDA, Keeen join hands for oil bioremediation

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

Singapore: Thailand's National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) have collaborated with Keeen, which w...Read more

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

Thailand |  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

Thailand develops its first-ever indigenous drug

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Thailand's former science and technology (S&T) minister, Professor Yongyuth Yuthavong, and his team have successfully developed Thailand's first indigenous drug for combating...Read more

Novartis, BIOTEC tie-up to explore Thailand's biodiversity

Thailand |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2012

In 2005, Novartis, a leading healthcare solution provider, decided to partner with The National Center For Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand, to decipher the potentia...Read more

BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Thailand |  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

Sanofi's dengue vaccine candidate shows positive results

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi has published clinical study results of its dengue vaccine candidate in the online publication of The Lancet. The results of the t...Read more

WHO stresses on effective immunization

Thailand |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2015

Singapore: Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million dea...Read more

WHO demands transparency in clinical trial results

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2015

Singapore: In a study that analysed reports from large clinical trials (more than 500 participants), registered on ClinicalTrials.gov and completed by 2009, 23 percent had no results report...Read more

Samitivej, Sony collaborate to promote medical services

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2014

Singapore: In a bid to improve the Thailand healthcare industry and promote medical services in the country, Samitivej has joined forces with Sony. The two companies have planned to organiz...Read more

Biochips market to be worth $11.4 bn by 2018

Thailand |  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

Sabin institute convenes scientists to discuss typhoid vaccine

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Nov, 2013

Singapore: Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, will convene scientists, researchers and biotech experts at the Vaccines for Enteric Diseases (VED)...Read more

Influenza creates havoc in northeast Thailand

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2014

Singapore: A seasonal flu is multiplying in large numbers in the lower northeast region of Thailand almost doubling this year. Statistics show a 50 percent increase in spread with almost 2,...Read more

BIOTEC is turning Thai biotech dreams into reality

Thailand |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2012

Thailand was until recently not know to have made significant contributions to the life sciences industry. However, the landscape is changing rapidly in the 'Land of Free'. Much of the cred...Read more

Thai scientist 'raps' vaccine song, wins award

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Dr Phanramphoei Namprachan Frantz, a researcher at the virology and cell technology laboratory, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), won the Euraxe...Read more

Sanofi dengue vaccine demonstrates proof of efficacy

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2012

Singapore: The tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate of Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, demonstrated proof of efficacy against dengue, a threat to almost three billion peopl...Read more

Experts want typhoid vaccination to be a priority

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2012

Singapore: Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, brought together global health leaders from across Asia in Bangkok to discuss the high burden of en...Read more