Manufacturing Matters: Why Rapid Biologics Production Must Become a Cornerstone of Global Pandemic Preparedness

  The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that scientific discovery can move at extraordinary speed, but it also expose...

June 22, 2026 | Monday | Influencers
Singapore opens CBRNE@Changi near Changi airport to boost pandemic preparedness

Singapore has launched a new Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) laboratory near Changi ...

January 16, 2026 | Friday | News
Navigation and evaluation of the 'Long COVID' impact on Asia's public health

Francesca Ceddia, Chief Medical Affairs Officer, Moderna (Left) Dr Leong Hoe Nam, Infectious Disease Specialist, Moun...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore's Duke-NUS scientists discover potential nasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate

A team of scientists, led by Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School, has discovered a potential intranasal vaccine ca...

January 10, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo to supply omicron XBB.1.5-adapted COVID-19 vaccine in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo has reached an agreement with Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to supply the o...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
New study in Singapore highlights need for refreshed vaccination strategies

Scientists led by a team from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have identified three distinct serotypes of SARS-rela...

August 25, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore develops antibodies to potentially prevent future coronavirus outbreaks

Exceptionally potent antibodies that can neutralise virtually all known variants of the COVID-19 virus—including O...

July 31, 2023 | Monday | News
CSPC Pharma partners with Pfizer for oral COVID-19 treatment in China

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group has signed a strategic partnership agreement with American pharma firm Pfizer to la...

July 3, 2023 | Monday | News
Korea's SK bioscience receives WHO Emergency Use Listing of COVID-19 vaccine

South Korea-based SK bioscience has received the World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of its COVI...

June 20, 2023 | Tuesday | News
COVID-19 can cause brain cells to ‘fuse': Australian study

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia have discovered viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain...

June 14, 2023 | Wednesday | News
SK bioscience receives marketing authorisation of COVID-19 vaccine in UK

SK bioscience, based in South Korea, has announced the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (M...

May 31, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Survey: One-third of COVID-19 vulnerable groups avoid booster shots

The results from a new YouGov survey called, ‘What’s Next for COVID-19 in Singapore?’, commissioned by...

April 25, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Taiwan approves Japan-based Chugai Pharma's drug for COVID-19 treatment

Chugai Pharma Taiwan Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical, has obtained an import drug licen...

April 26, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australian government injects $50 M more for research into long COVID

The Australian Government will provide a further $50 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research i...

April 24, 2023 | Monday | News
Taiwan expands eligibility for using Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine as booster for children

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) in Taiwan has reported that the Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices ...

April 17, 2023 | Monday | News
NZ-based diagnostic startup Pictor raises $5 M for product development

New Zealand (NZ)-based startup Pictor, with operations in US and India, has announced a funding round to help accelerate...

December 6, 2022 | Tuesday | News
CanSino Biologics rolls out inhaled vaccine Convidecia Air in Shanghai

CanSino Biologics has announced that its recombinant COVID-19 vaccine (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector) for inhalation (Convide...

November 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore authorises Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has authorised Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine on 28 September 2022, for t...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
China's BGI donates Huo-Yan Air Laboratory to Thailand

On September 19, 2022, Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, Dr Satit Pitutecha, Dep...

September 20, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Australia identifies unique biomarkers of SARS-CoV-2 acute infections, Long COVID

Researchers at the Australian National Phenome Centre (ANPC) at Murdoch University have successfully detected and quanti...

September 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore grants interim authorisation for first bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine

Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has granted an interim authorisation for the use of Moderna’s Omicr...

September 14, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Australia to focus research on five virus families likely to cause future pandemics

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency,...

August 30, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Pfizer emerges as leading company in Asia for COVID-19 response

Pfizer has been ranked first in its COVID-19 response, patient centricity, patient safety and bringing innovative, high-...

August 27, 2022 | Saturday | News
Singapore extends use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for kids

  The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has extended the authorisation of Moderna’s Spikevax COVI...

August 24, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Long COVID-19 study in Australia identifies potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets

Australia-based Antisense Therapeutics has announced the outcomes from its collaboration to study the neurological aspec...

August 23, 2022 | Tuesday | News