Kazia Therapeutics calls for greater awareness of the most lethal women's disease in India

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 08 May, 2019

This World Ovarian Cancer Day, Australian oncology-focused biotech company Kazia Therapeutics Ltd calls for greater awareness of what is the most lethal women's disease in Au...Read more

Vietnam's National Cancer Hospital to use Elekta Solutions for cancer treatment

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 08 May, 2019

Elekta has announced that Vietnam's National Cancer Hospital, which is affiliated with the K Hospital, will soon begin treating cancer patients with advanced technology ...Read more

FDA approves treatment for rare heart disease

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 07 May, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vyndaqel (tafamidis meglumine) and Vyndamax (tafamidis) capsules for the treatment of the heart disease (cardiomyopathy) caused by t...Read more

FDA approves Genentech's Kadcyla

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 06 May, 2019

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) for adjuvant (after surgery) trea...Read more

NCCS reveals potential of a new genomic test in diagnosing prostate cancer

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 07 May, 2019

A novel study by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and Canada’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, has found that a commercially available genomic test can help to predict out...Read more

JCI selects HBMSU to improve quality and safety of Healthcare

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 06 May, 2019

With aim to contribute to the UAE Vision 2021 by developing a health system consistent with global standards, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) signed a pilot agreement with Join...Read more

FDA gives nod to first vaccine for dengue prevention

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 02 May, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of Dengvaxia, the first vaccine approved for the prevention of dengue disease caused by all dengue virus serotypes (1, 2, 3 ...Read more

CVS Health joins Quit big Tobacco campaign

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 02 May, 2019

CVS Health, a US based premier health innovation company as well as the 7th largest company in the United States in terms of revenue, has pledged not to work with advertising...Read more

A*Star signs $90M deal to drive healthcare innovations

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 01 May, 2019

Aptorum Group Limited, Aeneas Capital Limited, and A*ccelerate Technologies Pte Ltd, the enterprise office of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), have signed a $90 mil...Read more

NHS England partners with Gilead, Merck & AbbVie to eliminate Hep C

Healthcare |  News | 1 Comment | 01 May, 2019

The NHS will find and cure tens of thousands more people with hepatitis C as part of a ground-breaking deal that could help England become the first country in the world to eliminate the de...Read more

UN calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Apr, 2019

UN, international agencies and experts has released a groundbreaking report demanding immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to avert a potentially disastrous drug-resistance...Read more

Pharmapod partners with FIP to improve patient safety

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Apr, 2019

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and Pharmapod have signed a partnership, to offer an infrastructure for effective incident management and continuous quality improvement fo...Read more

Asian malaria endgame under threat

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Apr, 2019

Asian malaria experts surveyed in a new report are saying that new tools are needed as the disease is becoming resistant to existing prevention and therapy measures. They called for continu...Read more

NCCS raises awareness about hereditary conditions

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2019

Jeans For Genes, the international campaign to raise awareness about hereditary conditions, has made its debut in Singapore. Globally, Jeans For Genes was first established in 1992 by the ...Read more

APAC biz leaders team up with World Economic Forum to eradicate malaria

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2019

In Asia, malaria is being defeated, with a halving of cases in the last 8 years. But, the gains we have made are fragile, and malaria has come back from near-elimination before with de...Read more

BD launches patient safety programme PRIME in Asia

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2019

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a largest global medical technology company in the world, has launched a new patient safety programme for hospitals, called Preventing Risks of Infe...Read more

Tableu, Mapbox, Exasol and Alteryx commit $4.3 M to accelerate malaria elimination efforts

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Apr, 2019

Tableau, Mapbox, Exasol, and Alteryx has announced a collective $4.3 million technology contribution over the next three years to help governments eliminate malaria for an estimated 60...Read more

EPS International and George Clinical put focus on APAC region

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2019

George Clinical and EPS International Holdings Co., Ltd. announced that they have reached an agreement on a strategic partnership that will enhance their combined service offerings in ...Read more