Australia launches $40 M biosciences fund for innovative startups

New South Wales (NSW) Government has launched $40 million biosciences fund to support startups for to developing and c...

January 24, 2023 | Tuesday | News
ADB invests $25 M in Quadria Capital Fund III to enhance healthcare in Asia

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $25 million equity investment with Quadria Capital Fund III LP (Quadria II...

January 23, 2023 | Monday | News
Gavi launches INFUSE 2.0 to scale up innovations in immunisation

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has announced the launch of INFUSE 2.0, an innovation scaling hub to accelerate immunisation ...

January 20, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia investigates multi-stakeholder views on use of, and access to medicinal cannabis

A team of researchers from Griffith University, Australian National University, University of Newcastle, University of M...

January 20, 2023 | Friday | News
World Bank financing of $300 M to strengthen Indonesia's tuberculosis response programme

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a $300 million loan to the Indonesian government to improve c...

January 19, 2023 | Thursday | News
Study in NZ, Australia set to change treatment of children with acute respiratory problems

A world-first Australian and New Zealand (NZ) study is set to change how clinicians treat children with acute respirator...

January 20, 2023 | Friday | News
Korea-based Celltrion to supply 342,000 ampoules of infliximab to Brazil for autoimmune diseases treatment

Celltrion Healthcare, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company specialising in the development and production of biosimi...

January 13, 2023 | Friday | News
Hong Kong study identifies more cases of primary brain cancer in high-income countries

Primary brain cancer, though not a common malignancy, has a very poor survival rate compared to other types of cancer; m...

January 11, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore welcomes first integrated private cancer centre for comprehensive cancer care

Australia’s largest dedicated provider of cancer care and part of Icon Group, Icon Cancer Centre Singapore,&n...

January 11, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Demand booms for experimental mRNA in Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ) team has become the biggest supplier of experimental mRNA vaccines and therapies ...

January 12, 2023 | Thursday | News
Malaysian Genomics explores R&D collaboration with SIRIM

Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad , a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical specialist,  has announced a s...

January 10, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Broad-impact Tech Against AMR Threat

According to one of the most comprehensive studies of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), 4.95 million deaths were associate...

January 6, 2023 | Friday | Opinion
First made-in-Singapore antibody-drug conjugate to enter clinical trials

Singapore’s drug discovery efforts have reached a new milestone as EBC-129, the first made-in-Singapore antibody-d...

January 9, 2023 | Monday | News
Health technology assessments, cell and gene therapies to rule in 2023

Governments and other payers make decisions in the context of the broader economic environment. For 2023 we will continu...

January 6, 2023 | Friday | Opinion
Medical Tourism: A Promising Market for India

Medical tourism, also known as health tourism or global healthcare, refers to the practice of traveling to another count...

January 4, 2023 | Wednesday | Analysis
Tata Sons & New York Academy of Sciences announce prize to honour scientists in India

Tata Sons and the New York Academy of Sciences have announced the Tata Transformation Prize to ...

January 4, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia rolls out new policy to make medicines cheaper

Millions of Australians will pay up to 29 per cent less for their Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescriptions, wi...

January 4, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Malaysia advances research and diagnostics services for precision wellness

Pathomics Health has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MAHSA Health to set up a Joint Centre for Research ...

December 30, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia raises concerns over lack of research funding for treating oral disorders

Major government research funding schemes aren’t keeping up with the burden of oral diseases, according to a new s...

December 23, 2022 | Friday | News
New Zealand boosts health research with $5.3 M funding

Researchers investigating a range of vital health issues at University of Auckland, have received more than $5.3 milli...

December 23, 2022 | Friday | News
Korea's Amorepacific inks beauty research agreement with Johns Hopkins University

Amorepacific Corporation, a South Korean beauty and cosmetics conglomerate, has announced its successful execution of a ...

December 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
China integrates bioengineering in neuromodulation and clinical medicine for developing pain therapy

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has recently hosted the naming ceremony of the Peter Hung Pain Research Insti...

December 20, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore identifies predictive blood biomarker for cognitive impairment and dementia

A recent study by a team comprising researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the National Univers...

December 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Researchers identify ‘born to be bad' colorectal cancer tumours

An international research team has identified ‘born to be bad’ colorectal tumours in people with early stage...

December 19, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore injects $1 M into global fund for fighting AIDS, malaria and TB

As part of Singapore's continued commitment to support multilateral efforts in tackling key global health challenges, ...

December 9, 2022 | Friday | News