Tychan to begin Ph 3 trial for mAb TY027 against COVID-19

In June 2020, Tychan began its Phase 1 clinical safety trials in humans to evaluate TY027, a monoclonal antibo...

December 14, 2020 | Monday | News
Australia secures 20 M extra Astra Zeneca vaccine doses

On the basis of scientific advice, the Australian Government has secured an additional 20 million doses of the promising...

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore's Resolute 2.0 Covid-19 test kit approved by HSA for deep throat saliva testing

Advanced MedTech Holdings (AMTH), a global medical technology leader headquartered in Singapore, announced today that th...

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News
Gates Foundation commits additional $250M in global effort against COVID-19

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it will commit an additional $250 million to support th...

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News
Korea's Violeds technology provides escalator handrail sterilization solution

Seoul Wei Fate, a leading provider of compound semiconductor solutions, in order to help prevent the spread of the virus...

December 10, 2020 | Thursday | News
Singapore uses AI to find best combination therapies for COVID-19

Image Caption: (From left) Professor Dean Ho, Associate Professor Edward Chow, and Dr Agata Blasiak A team of rese...

December 10, 2020 | Thursday | News
Singapore to contribute $5,000,000 to COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access AMC mechanism

Singapore, like any other country, understands that the successful development of safe and efficacious vaccines is ...

December 9, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Malaysia joins CEPI donating $3 M to advance vaccine R&D

Malaysia has announced funding of $3 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to help suppo...

December 9, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Technology leaders to enhance data analytics capabilities in Singapore's Healthcare Industry

In an initiative to advance healthcare services with artificial intelligence, SAS, a leader in analytics, and Hewle...

December 8, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Australia boosts nursing services to strengthen pandemic response

The Australian Government’s early action to rapidly increase the number of skilled Registered Nurses (RN) to treat...

December 7, 2020 | Monday | News
Seegene's COVID-19/FluA,B/RSV test now available in Europe

South Korea's biotechnology company specializing in molecular diagnostics, Seegene Inc. has announced that the extr...

December 7, 2020 | Monday | News
Achiko teams up with Udayana University for Covid-19 testing research in Indonesia

Achiko AG, headquartered in Zurich, with offices in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Singapore and Seoul and Indonesia based Uda...

December 4, 2020 | Friday | News
INOVIO expands global manufacturing consortium for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate

INOVIO, a biotechnology company focused on bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat and protect peop...

December 4, 2020 | Friday | News
EuBiologics partners with IVI for COVID-19 vaccine development

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and South Korean company EuBiologics exchanged an MOU to cooperate in the clin...

December 4, 2020 | Friday | News
Initial COVID-19 global vaccines roll-out to see some vaccine nationalism

A new report from CPhI explores the potential implications in 2021 of impending vaccine approvals, a new administration ...

December 4, 2020 | Friday | News
Experts elaborate on Asia's confidence and challenges with COVID-19 vaccine

Vaccine confidence has never been more important, as the world waits for the first COVID-19 protection options to move t...

December 3, 2020 | Thursday | News
Pfizer and BioNTech achieve world first authorization for COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have announced that the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHR...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore discovers role of protein in detecting common cold virus

The role of a protein in detecting the common cold virus and kickstarting an immune response to fight infection has been...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Australia invests additional $132.2 M for aged care COVID response

The Australian Government will invest a further $132.2 million in its response to the Aged Care Royal Commission&rs...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
BioNTech-Pfizer apply CMA for COVID-19 Vaccine to the EMA

BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc. on 30 Nov 2020 have submitted a formal Application for Conditional Marketing ...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
COVID R&D Alliance announces first patient enrollment in COMMUNITY Trial

Three members of the COVID R&D Alliance - Amgen Inc, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd and UCB announced the fi...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Thailand leverages leading technologies to expand Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ)

Thailand Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) and Department of Health Service Support (HSS) recently announced that th...

December 1, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Korean firm donates protective masks to Indian hospital

Marine Bio Co Ltd, a South Korean firm with the support of the Korean Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA)&nbs...

December 1, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore unveils portable genetic test for COVID-19

Cell ID Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-incorporated med-tech company, is selling a palm-sized portable genetic test kit that use...

November 30, 2020 | Monday | News
AstraZeneca vaccine meet primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19

Positive high-level results from an interim analysis of clinical trials of AZD1222 in the UK and Brazil showed the vacci...

November 27, 2020 | Friday | News