Australia invests $4 million for new COVID-19 research

The Australian Government is supporting six new COVID-19 research projects across four institutions, allowing resea...

November 27, 2020 | Friday | News
WHO coordinates with DHL to deliver healthcare supplies to Pacific Islands

The World Health Organization coordinated its latest cargo donation through DHL Global Forwarding (DHL), the freight spe...

November 26, 2020 | Thursday | News
Israel discovers antibody combo to fight COVID-19

Researchers at the Laboratory of Human Antibody Research at Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine have...

November 26, 2020 | Thursday | News
Taiwan initiates new measures for management of medical masks

Taiwan has recently initiated two new measures to reinforce the management of medical masks. Since July 7th, 2020, the...

November 25, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Sputnik V vaccine single dose to be less than $10 at international markets

The cost of one dose of the Sputnik V vaccine for international markets will be less than $10. Sputnik V is a ...

November 25, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Koru Lifescience identifies drug compounds beneficial for COVID-19 trials

New Zealand's Koru Lifescience, drug discovery, and advanced formulation research laboratory in Auckland, has ident...

November 24, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Australia emphasizes on sustained COVID-19 immunity for vaccine effectiveness

Researchers of Monash University, Australia have recently revealed for the first time that people who have been infected...

November 24, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Pfizer, BioNTech demonstrate 95% efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have announced that, after conducting the final efficacy analysis in their ongoing Ph...

November 23, 2020 | Monday | News
Samsung Biologics partners with Lilly to accelerate delivery of COVID-19 Ab treatments

South Korea based Samsung Biologics' partnership with Eli Lilly and Company is expected to greatly accelerate the global...

November 18, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Contract for innovative delivery system for COVID-19 vaccine

Croda International Plc (“Croda” or “the Group”), the speciality chemical company that uses smar...

November 16, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore's EUA certified cPass(TM) SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Ab kit detects Abs in 1hr

GenScript Biotech Corporation's cPass™ SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit has receive...

November 13, 2020 | Friday | News
South Korea to host production of 150M Sputnik V doses for global distribution

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund), and GL Rapha, one of the leading South ...

November 13, 2020 | Friday | News
QIAGEN launches portable digital SARS-CoV-2 Ag test

QIAGEN has recently started commercialization of a portable digital test in the United States that can be used by labora...

November 12, 2020 | Thursday | News
Arcturus Therapeutics receives $220M from Singapore for COVID-19 vaccine development

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., based in the US, has announced positive interim clinical study results from its ong...

November 12, 2020 | Thursday | News
FDA grants EUA to Singapore's SARS-CoV-2 neutralisation Ab detection kit

GenScript USA Inc, the world's leading research reagent provider, has announced that the US Food and Drug Admi...

November 10, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Australia evaluates hyperimmune immunoglobulin treatment for COVID-19

Researchers from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, Australia together with colleagues in the United States and Europ...

November 9, 2020 | Monday | News
Celltrion's anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment candidate looks promising

Korea's Celltrion Group on 5 Nov 2020 announced results from the ongoing Phase I clinical trial of CT-P59, an anti-COVID...

November 9, 2020 | Monday | News
COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker | BioSpectrum Asia

Information will be updated weekly. If you notice an issue with this data or wish to submit an update, please email BioS...

November 6, 2020 | Friday | Analysis
"Post COVID-19, healthcare systems should look to implement a knowledge-driven care model"

In early August, India announced the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), which indicated their commitment to rapidly...

November 5, 2020 | Thursday | Opinion
Daddybaby's protective masks contribute to prevention of global pandemic

Recently, protective masks by China-based Daddybaby were certified by the British Standards Institution (BSI) and also p...

November 5, 2020 | Thursday | News
Australia secures further 50M doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Two more COVID-19 vaccines have been secured for the Australian population under new agreements, bringing the Australian...

November 5, 2020 | Thursday | News
SenseCare-Lung Pro enables faster-automated diagnosis of lung diseases

SenseTime, the world-leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, on 4 Nov 2020 announced its AI-empowered software sol...

November 4, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Japan researchers uncover COVID-19's impact on the energy transition

Exploring the unique set of scenarios put into motion by the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from Japan's Kyushu Universi...

November 4, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore unveils automated blood oxygen monitoring system to beat COVID-19

Automating the collection and presentation of healthcare data is crucial in the fight against COVID-19 – it ...

November 5, 2020 | Thursday | News
Taiwan, Australia, Japan & US stage GCTF virtual workshop on combating COVID-19 related crimes

A virtual workshop on combating illegal activity related to COVID-19 was held by Taiwan, Australia, Japan and the U.S....

November 4, 2020 | Wednesday | News