Excalipoint Therapeutics launches with $68.7 M to develop next-gen T-cell engager therapies in China

China-based startup Excalipoint Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing next-generation T-cell engager (TCE) th...

March 19, 2026 | Thursday | News
Australia's Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility enters into licensing agreement with OXB

OXB, a global quality and innovation-led cell and gene therapy CDMO, has entered into a licensing and option agreement w...

March 19, 2026 | Thursday | News
Oxford Nanopore and A.D.A.M. Innovations to accelerate advanced genomic medicine in Japan

UK-based Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company delivering a new generation of molecular sensing technology based on ...

March 19, 2026 | Thursday | News
Taiwan Bio partners with Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT), a medical technology company and global leader in blood management solu...

March 19, 2026 | Thursday | News
MVC's ENVACGEN® receives first enterovirus A71 vaccine marketing authorisation in Vietnam

Taiwan-based Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp. (MVC) and Substipharm Biologics, based in Paris, have achieved a milestone ...

March 18, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Korea's SK bioscience secures funding worth $3 M to advance RSV preventive antibody development

South Korea-based SK bioscience has entered into a funding agreement with the Research Investment for Global Health Tech...

March 18, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Fujifilm invests in Valanx Biotech to strengthen ADC CDMO capabilities

Japan-based Fujifilm Corporation has announced its investment in Valanx Biotech, an Austrian biotechnology company with ...

March 18, 2026 | Wednesday | News
China approves Zydus' drug for renal anaemia treatment

India-based Zydus Lifesciences has announced that its innovative drug Desidustat tablets, licensed to the subsidiary of ...

March 16, 2026 | Monday | News
Eli Lilly invests additional 20 B yen in Japan to enhance pharma supply capacity

Eli Lilly Japan K.K. has decided to invest 20 billion yen in its Seishin Plant (Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture), the only m...

March 17, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Australia's BioCina initiates comprehensive manufacturing programme for delirium treatment

Australia-based startup BioCina, a global end-to-end Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO), ha...

March 17, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Bridging Academic Innovation And Biomanufacturing Strategy To Accelerate Advanced Therapies In APAC

On the sidelines of the APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026 in Singapore, organised by Charles River, BioSpectr...

March 13, 2026 | Friday | News
Translating Cell And Gene Therapy Innovation Into Scalable Manufacturing Requires Early Strategic Planning

On the sidelines of the APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026 in Singapore, organised by Charles River, BioSpectr...

March 13, 2026 | Friday | News
Strengthening Quality Culture Is Critical For Scaling Advanced Biomanufacturing

At the APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026 in Singapore, organised by Charles River, BioSpectrum Asia spoke wit...

March 13, 2026 | Friday | News
Singapore Strengthens Its Position As A Trusted Hub For Global Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

On the sidelines of the APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026 in Singapore, organised by Charles River, BioSpectr...

March 13, 2026 | Friday | News
AI, Talent And Cross Domain Innovation Are Redefining Biomanufacturing In Asia Pacific

At the APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026 in Singapore, organised by Charles River, BioSpectrum Asia spoke wit...

March 13, 2026 | Friday | News
Asia Pacific Must Strengthen Regional Biomanufacturing Ecosystems To Unlock Global Potential

At the APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026 in Singapore, organised by Charles River, BioSpectrum Asia spoke wit...

March 13, 2026 | Friday | News
Once Weekly CNP Therapy Shows Promise In Advancing Achondroplasia Treatment

Achondroplasia, the most common form of genetic dwarfism, has historically relied on treatment approaches that require f...

March 13, 2026 | Friday | News
LabConnect expands global central laboratory infrastructure with China facility

LabConnect, a leading provider of technology-driven central laboratory services and functional service provider sol...

March 13, 2026 | Friday | News
Samsung Biologics collaborates with Lilly to establish new gateway labs site in Korea

Samsung Biologics, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced a collaborat...

March 13, 2026 | Friday | News
Predictive Monitoring Advances Cold Storage Resilience In Biopharma Facilities

Cold storage infrastructure plays a critical role across the life sciences industry, safeguarding vaccin...

March 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
Digital Manufacturing Must Lead The Next Phase Of Cell And Gene Therapy Scale Up

In conversation with Ankit Kankar, General Manager at BioSpectrum Asia, Alexander Seyf, CEO and co found...

March 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
BPL Medical Technologies acquires Korea’s Yozma BMtech to expand preventive diagnostics and bone health portfolio

BPL Medical Technologies, one of India’s leading medical technology companies, has recently announced the acquisit...

March 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Merck signs MoU with Cyto-Facto to advance Cell & Gene Therapy manufacturing in APAC region

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cyto-Fa...

March 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Codex Genetics, C2N to launch Alzheimer’s blood test in Hong Kong

Codex Genetics, a leading precision diagnostics company headquartered in Hong Kong, has announced a strategic collaborat...

March 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Curatis and Neupharma ink deal worth CHF 83.5 M for peritumoral brain edema treatment in Japan

Switzerland-based Curatis Holding AG and Neupharma, a Japanese pharmaceutical company specialising in oncology, immunolo...

March 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
China's CK Life Sciences establishes Sequencio Therapeutics for cancer vaccines development

Hong Kong-based CK Life Sciences has announced the establishment of Sequencio Therapeutics, a wholly-owned subsidiary de...

March 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
Precision for Medicine continues Asia Pacific expansion with new office in Japan

Precision for Medicine, a global leader in biomarker-driven clinical research and development, has announced the opening...

March 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's CarbGeM inks MoU with DSS Imagetech to expand AI business in Indian market

DSS Imagetech, a leading player in medical and research imaging equipment has announced the signing of a Memorandum of U...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Pfizer, ASKA Pharma to co-promote RSV vaccine Abrysvo in Japan

Pfizer Japan Inc., and ASKA Pharmaceutical have announced that they will begin co-promotion of the Respiratory Syncytial...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Tsingke Biotech and iGeneTech partner to lead synthetic biology advancements in China

Beijing Tsingke Biotech and iGeneTech Bioscience have announced a strategic partnership aimed at advancing the fiel...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Australia's CSL announces expansion of US plasma therapy manufacturing facility with $1.5 B investment

CSL, an Australia-based global biopharma leader, broke ground for the expansion of its state-of-the-art manufacturing fa...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Fujitsu and DT-Axis collaborate to advance digital health in Japan

Japan-based Fujitsu and DT-Axis have announced the commencement of a collaboration aimed at advancing digital health. Th...

March 9, 2026 | Monday | News
BioDuro enters Taiwan joint venture to expand resilient global API manufacturing capacity

US-based BioDuro, a globally trusted Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has establi...

March 9, 2026 | Monday | News
China approves Sciwind Biosciences' Ecnoglutide injection for chronic weight management

Hangzhou Sciwind Biosciences has announced that China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Ecn...

March 7, 2026 | Saturday | News
Grünenthal licenses exclusive South Korean rights of Qutenza® to BCWorld Pharm for pain management

Germany-based Grünenthal, a global leader in pain management and related diseases, and South Korea's BCWorld Pharm ...

March 5, 2026 | Thursday | News
Cedar Park Positions Itself As A Scalable Hub For Life Sciences And Advanced Manufacturing

As global life sciences companies seek locations that combine skilled talent, scalable infrastructure, a...

March 5, 2026 | Thursday | Analysis
Thermo Fisher expands immunodiagnostics operations with new distribution and labeling centre in Uppsala

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced the opening of a new 8,000-square-meter distribution and labeling cen...

March 5, 2026 | Thursday | News
Singapore's ImmunoScape announces MoU for clinical trial with US-based cancer centre

Singapore-based startup ImmunoScape, an A*STAR spin-out backed by Amgen Ventures and EDBI that is developing next-genera...

March 5, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's Reprocell launches GMP master cell bank manufacturing for clinical iPSCs

Japan-based Reprocell has announced the launch of its US FDA compliant Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Master Cell Ban...

March 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan's Senhwa Biosciences inks immunotherapy deal with US biotech firm CellType

Taiwan-based Senhwa Biosciences, Inc. has announced the signing of a major strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) w...

March 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
CooperVision expands myopia control soft contact lenses into Asia Pacific region

CooperVision is continuing its global rollout of MyDay® MiSight® 1 day contact lenses with immediate a...

March 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's PHCbi introduces LiCellGrow™ Cell Expansion System

PHC Corporation’s Biomedical Division, a global provider of laboratory sample storage and cell cultivation solutio...

March 2, 2026 | Monday | News
China's WuXi XDC partners with Earendil Labs for Payload-Linker Technology Platform

China-based WuXi XDC Cayman Inc. (WuXi XDC), a leading global CRDMO (Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing O...

March 2, 2026 | Monday | News
Dubai Health and Johnson & Johnson MedTech sign MoU to advance healthcare innovation

Dubai Health and Johnson & Johnson MedTech have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a collaborat...

February 27, 2026 | Friday | News
China's Frontier Biotech inks $963 M deal with GSK for small interfering RNA therapeutics

China-based Frontier Biotechnologies Inc. has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with GSK, a global biop...

February 27, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Asahi Kasei acquires Germany's Aicuris for €780 M

Aicuris Anti-infective Cures AG has entered into a definitive agreement under which Japan's Asahi Kasei, through it...

February 27, 2026 | Friday | News
EU supports SK bioscience, IDT Biologika and Vaxxas for next-generation influenza vaccine development

South Korea-based SK bioscience has announced that together with IDT Biologika (IDT) and Australian biotechnology compan...

February 26, 2026 | Thursday | News
Sarepta Therapeutics announces commercial launch of ELEVIDYS in Japan for DMD treatment

US-based Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. has announced the commercial launch of ELEVIDYS (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) in Ja...

February 25, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Europe At A Biotech Crossroads As Digital Gaps Challenge Global Ambitions

In this exclusive conversation with BioSpectrum Asia, Alexander Seyf, CEO and Co founder of Autolomous, ...

February 25, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Bruker advances Functional Proteomics 2.0 with timsOmni Mass Spectrometry Proteoform Analysis

US-based Bruker Corporation has announced new advancements to enable Functional Proteomics 2.0 workf...

February 24, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Astellas announces $1.37 B deal with Vir Biotechnology to develop T-Cell therapies for prostate cancer

Japan-based Astellas Pharma and US-based startup Vir Biotechnology have entered into a global strategic collaboration to...

February 24, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan's Bora Pharmaceuticals and GSK sign $250 M five year global manufacturing contract

Taiwan-headquartered Bora Pharmaceuticals, a global leader in pharmaceutical manufacturing, and British pharma firm...

February 24, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Sciwind Biosciences partners with Pfizer China to commercialise Biased GLP-1 in China in $495 M deal

Hangzhou Sciwind Biosciences has announced a strategic commercialisation collaboration with Pfizer China for Ecnoglutide...

February 24, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan's Formosa Pharmac announces licensing agreement with Australia-based Arrotex for ocular surgery care

Taiwan-based Formosa Pharmaceuticals has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Arrotex Pharmaceuticals...

February 23, 2026 | Monday | News
ImmunityBio to launch ANKTIVA® in Saudi Arabia for bladder and lung cancer treatment

ImmunityBio, Inc., a commercial-stage immunotherapy company based in the US, has announced a partnership with Biopharma ...

February 20, 2026 | Friday | News
Korea's S.Biomedics announces partnership with Catalent to develop and manufacture TED‑A9

US-based Catalent and South Korea-based S.Biomedics have announced a strategic partnership to support the development an...

February 19, 2026 | Thursday | News
Johnson & Johnson expands US footprint with more than $1 B investment in next gen cell therapy manufacturing facility

Johnson & Johnson has announced more than $1 billion investment in a next generation cell therapy manufacturing faci...

February 19, 2026 | Thursday | News
Waters introduces next-generation Microflow LC Columns with MaxPeak Premier Technology

US-based Waters Corporation has launched 1 mm I.D. liquid chromatography (LC) columns with Waters' MaxPeak&tra...

February 18, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Daiichi Sankyo collaborates with BostonGene to accelerate AI-based drug development

US-based BostonGene, the developer of the leading AI foundation model for tumour and immune biology, has announced ...

February 18, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Korean startup Galux raises $29 M to advance AI-driven protein design for drug discovery

Galux, a South Korea-based biotech startup pioneering artificial intelligence (AI)-driven protein therapeutics design, h...

February 17, 2026 | Tuesday | News
QuidelOrtho enters strategic supply agreement to expand global immunoassay portfolio

QuidelOrtho has entered a long-term strategic supply agreement with China's Lifotronic Technology, to expand QuidelOrtho...

February 16, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Nxera Pharma licenses GPCR-targeted programme to NewCo

Japan-headquartered Nxera Pharma has entered into a license agreement with a newly established independent company (NewC...

February 13, 2026 | Friday | News
CARsgen invests RMB 370 M to expand CAR-T commercial manufacturing base in Shanghai

CARsgen Therapeutics, a company focused on developing innovative CAR T-cell therapies, has announced that through its in...

February 13, 2026 | Friday | News
Taiwan’s PharmaEssentia invests $46 M to build manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico

PharmaEssentia Corporation, a global biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Taiwan with deep expertise in the develo...

February 16, 2026 | Monday | News
Galderma accelerates growth with two new launches in Japan

Galderma has announced the launch of Restylane Defyne and Restylane Refyne: the first Optimal Balance Technology (OBT)...

February 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
OneSource-Hikma partnership secures approval to commercialise generic version of Ozempic® in Saudi Arabia

  India's OneSource Specialty Pharma has received Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) approval of its generic Oze...

February 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Madrigal expands MASH pipeline with siRNA therapies in $4.4 B deal

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a US-based biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering novel therapeutics for metabo...

February 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
medisana strengthens home healthcare access in Malaysia and Brunei through strategic partnership with DKSH

Germany-based medisana, a trusted global brand in home health and wellness solutions, has announced a strategic partners...

February 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
SNAP-8: A Next-Generation Peptide Fragment in Molecular Communication Research

Glutamate-Glutamate-Methionine-Glutamine-Arginine-Arginine-Alanine-Aspartate-NH₂, has emerged as a notable synthetic p...

February 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
GCCL and Medicover announce strategic collaboration to strengthen multinational clinical trial services

South Korea-based GCCL Co., a data-driven clinical trial services provider, and Germany-based Medicover Integrated Clini...

February 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Takeda and Iambic ink $1.7 B deal to advance AI driven design of small molecules

Iambic, a US-based clinical-stage life science and technology company developing novel medicines using its artificial in...

February 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Zuellig Pharma acquires brands from Bayer to strengthen consumer healthcare portfolio

Singapore-headquartered Zuellig Pharma has acquired all rights, title, and interest in and to the Zam-Buk® and Vapex...

February 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Innovent inks $8.5 B deal with Eli Lilly for oncology and immunology based medicines

China-based Innovent Biologics, Inc. has announced a strategic collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company, in the US, to a...

February 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Sky Labs inks distribution agreement with Otsuka Pharma for 'CART BP pro' in Japan

South Korea-based startup Sky Labs Inc. has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceut...

February 6, 2026 | Friday | News
Richter and Fuji strengthen strategic collaboration in women healthcare segment

Budapest-based Gedeon Richter Plc. and Japan's Fuji Pharma Co. have announced the expansion and further strengthening of...

February 5, 2026 | Thursday | News
First Promega companion diagnostic receives China's NMPA approval

The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved the OncoMate® Microsatellite Instability (MSI) Dete...

February 5, 2026 | Thursday | News
Korea's Samsung Biologics collaborates with CEPI to strengthen outbreak-ready vaccine production

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Samsung Biologics, a South Korea-based contract ...

February 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Amgen ends Rocatinlimab collaboration with Japan's Kyowa Kirin

Kyowa Kirin, a Japan-based global specialty pharmaceutical company, has announced the termination of the current rocatin...

February 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Korea's SK bioscience in-licenses RSV preventive mAb candidate from Gates Medical Research Institute

South Korea-based SK bioscience will advance a novel respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) monoclonal antibody (mAb) for glo...

February 3, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Australia's AdvanCell partners with 48Hour Discovery to develop novel radiotherapeutic for gastrointestinal cancer

Australia-based startup AdvanCell, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company developing innovative targeted alpha the...

February 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Cambridge Health Group advances specialised neurological rehabilitation in UAE

Cambridge Health Group, the GCC's leading provider of post-acute care, has renewed its long-standing partnership with th...

February 2, 2026 | Monday | News
Frontage Labs strengthens early phase clinical capabilities across US and China

Frontage Laboratories, Inc., a global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has announc...

February 2, 2026 | Monday | News
DHL expands capabilities in Singapore to elevate life science & healthcare logistics

DHL Group has announced the expansion of its life sciences arm—DHL Health Logistics—with the development of ...

February 2, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Medical Corporation Nasukai forms strategic alliance with Daibi Medical Aesthetics

SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, a global provider of comprehensive consulting and management services to medica...

February 2, 2026 | Monday | News
AstraZeneca inks billion-dollar deal with China's CSPC Pharma to expand weight management portfolio

AstraZeneca strengthens its weight management portfolio through a new strategic collaboration agreement with China-based...

February 3, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Vetter Pharma to build new manufacturing site in Germany

Vetter, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical service providers for the production of injectable drugs, has confirme...

January 30, 2026 | Friday | News
AstraZeneca plans $15 B investment in China to expand medicines manufacturing and R&D

AstraZeneca has announced $15 billion investment in China through 2030 to expand medicines manufacturing and R&D. Th...

January 30, 2026 | Friday | News
Baird Medical accelerates global commercial roadmap in partnership with Stonewood Key Capital in New Zealand

China-based Baird Medical Investment Holdings, a market leader in minimally invasive Microwave Ablation (MWA) technology...

January 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
WuXi Biologics and HanchorBio advances next-generation Bi- and Multi-functional fusion protein pipeline

WuXi Biologics, a global leading Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), and HanchorBio I...

January 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
Roche launches AI-enabled predictive CGM solution for diabetes management in Middle East

Roche Diagnostics Middle East presented a landmark launch event revealing Accu-Chek SmartGuide, a breakthrough Continuou...

January 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Hanmi Pharma secures export deal with Mexican partner Sanfer for GLP-1 obesity drug and more

Hanmi is accelerating its global market entry with efpeglenatide, Korea's first domestically developed GLP-1 c...

January 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Veritas In Silico partners with SpiroChem for discovery of next generation RNA drugs

Swiss firm SpiroChem AG and Japan-based Veritas In Silico Inc. have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understandi...

January 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim, Simcere Pharma collaborate on €1,058 M IBD antibody deal

China-based Simcere Pharmaceutical Group and Germany-headquartered Boehringer Ingelheim have announced a license and col...

January 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
PGxAI and Novo Genomics scale AI‑enabled pharmacogenomics across Saudi Arabia

Palo Alto‑based PGxAI, a leader in AI-powered pharmacogenomics, and Saudi Arabia’s Novo Genomics ...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Otsuka and Towa form strategic partnership in pharmaceutical manufacturing

Japan-based companies Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Towa Pharmaceutical Co. have entered into an agreement to establish ...

January 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
SK bioscience, MSD, and Hilleman Labs advance Zaire ebolavirus vaccine development

South Korea-based SK bioscience has announced that it is advancing the development of a Zaire ebolavirus vaccine under a...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News
HistoIndex teams up with Houston Research Institute to expand advanced MASH diagnostic services

Singapore based HistoIndex, a pioneer in AI-driven digital pathology solutions for chronic liver disease, has announced ...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News
MS Pharma Group signs exclusive biosimilars collaboration agreement with Hetero

MS Pharma Group, a leading regional pharmaceutical company in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has signed...

January 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Sisram Medical partners with Sinmait Medical Technology to build manufacturing hub in China

Sisram Medical, a global wellness group offering Energy-Based Devices (EBD), injectables, and other complementary soluti...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Daiichi Sankyo unveils new Toronto headquarters to accelerate investment and innovation in oncology

Japan-based pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo has further established its presence in Canada with the official opening ...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News