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
“Neuroinflammation is not only a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease but a key pathological feature in other neurodegenerative disorders”

What was the scientific moment or data point that convinced you NK cell–derived extracellular vesicles could becom...

January 31, 2026 | Saturday | Opinion
“Absence of a widespread infectious disease emergency in 2025 has hindered progress in combating AMR”

Why does TAXIS choose to focus on antimicrobial resistance? What are the key developments taking place at TAXIS to comba...

January 31, 2026 | Saturday | Opinion
The Race to Build Singapore’s Biotech Unicorns

Singapore has one of the most advanced biotechnology industries. Singapore began building its biomedical sciences ecosys...

January 31, 2026 | Saturday | Analysis
Pharma M&A set to boom in 2026

Life sciences M&A accelerated in 2025, with deal sizes increasing and total spend surpassing 2024 levels before the ...

January 31, 2026 | Saturday | Analysis
“There are talent shortages in specialised modalities such as ADCs, peptides, and computational biology”

How would KBI Biopharma highlight its achievements in 2025? Which key projects strengthened the company’s global C...

January 3, 2026 | Saturday | Opinion
How Precision Medicine Is Reshaping Cancer Care

Significant strides have been made in the detection and treatment of cancer in the last two decades. However, while surv...

January 3, 2026 | Saturday | Opinion
Momentum in Motion: What Will Shape APAC’s Life Sciences Landscape in 2026?

Asia-Pacific’s life sciences landscape has always been shaped by contrasts. It is a region where scale and sophist...

January 3, 2026 | Saturday | Opinion
Japan Pushes Startups to Power the Next Biotech Cycle

The Japanese government has stepped up efforts to strengthen its startup ecosystem, rolling out a series of initiatives ...

January 3, 2026 | Saturday | Analysis
Seeing Opportunity in Ophthalmology

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 2.2 billion people worldwide live with some form of vision ...

January 3, 2026 | Saturday | Analysis
Reshaping Asia’s Healthcare with mRNA Innovation

The COVID-19 pandemic acted as both a challenge and a catalyst, serving as a testbed that fundamentally reshaped the bio...

January 3, 2026 | Saturday | Opinion
The Future of mRNA Is Being Built in APAC

mRNA first entered the global spotlight during COVID-19, turning companies such as Moderna and BioNTech into household n...

January 3, 2026 | Saturday | Analysis
APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026

  Register Now   Asia Pacific’s biomanufacturing landscape is entering a defining decade, and the ina...

January 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
Is China Poised to Overtake the US as Biotech’s Global Powerhouse?

China has reached a major milestone in global pharmaceutical innovation. According to the latest report from Clarivate, ...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
Rise of Global MedTech Innovation in APAC

According to reports, the APAC MedTech market is valued at $16.3 billion in 2025, with a potential to reach $18.6 billio...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
Free Trade Agreements: Catalysts for Asia’s Pharma Growth and Global Access

Beyond tariff cuts, FTAs deliver deep structural benefits through regulatory alignment and facilitation of trade. Firms ...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Submitting clinical data to the FDA and PDMA: An efficient and compliant approach

In both the US and Japan, regulators provide an extensive set of resources detailing the rules and specifications govern...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Blood-based Biomarkers and the New Landscape of Alzheimer’s Research

For much of the past century, Alzheimer’s disease has been one of medicine’s most daunting frontiers—b...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Biotech Outlook 2026: Advancing AI, Organoids, and Translational Science

The Asia-Pacific biotech sector is entering 2026 with renewed momentum. Investment in the pre-clinical organoid space co...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Hybrid DCTs Set for Surge as Innovation Outpaces Regulatory Hurdles

In today’s global, multi-provider clinical trial environment, sponsors need to rapidly and accurately assess vast ...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
How Sponsors Could Gain Advantage by Embracing Dose Optimisation in Asia by 2026

In 2026, oncology drug development in Asia may move away from the historical maximum tolerated dose (MTD) paradigm towar...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Life Sciences Trends 2026: From Regulatory Agility, AI and Investments to Digital Health Transformation

2025 was the year when China’s stratospheric rise on the global biotech stage continued. According to a report fro...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
Recursion’s New Chapter Begins with a Clear Promise: AI Built the Platform, Now It Must Deliver Medicines

When Najat Khan steps into her new role as CEO and President of Recursion, she inherits more than a celebrated...

November 24, 2025 | Monday | News
Puerto Rico’s Global Comeback: How Lilly’s Expansion Strengthens the Island’s Biopharma Future

Puerto Rico’s transformation into a powerhouse of advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing is gaining new momentum...

November 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
AI Powered ClearStain Advances the Next Era of Digital Pathology

  Artificial intelligence is rewriting the language of pathology, and Pictor Labs stands firmly at t...

November 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
API China 2025 Opens Bringing Together the Global Pharmaceutical Ecosystem

API China, the China International Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Intermediates, Packaging and Equipment Trade Fair, offici...

November 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
China’s Healthcare Evolution: Policy Stability, Biotech Ambition, and the March Toward Global Healthcare Leadership

In a special conversation with BioSpectrum Asia, Yang Huang, Head of China Healthcare Research at J.P. Morgan, shares sh...

November 10, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Vietnam Rises as a Key Pharmerging Market

Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market is expanding rapidly. According to Fitch Solutions, it was valued at $6 billion in...

November 1, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
Mind Over Matter: Decoding China’s BCI Push

A Chinese man who lost all four limbs in a high-voltage electrical accident 13 years ago can now play chess and racing g...

November 1, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
How Private Sector is Fueling APAC Vax Demand

The vaccine landscape in Asia-Pacific is undergoing significant transformation and growth. While public-sector programme...

November 1, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
“AI holds enormous promise to aid clinicians in making informed decisions among many different treatment pathways”

How does the Oncomine Dx Express Test Multi-CDx System improve on your earlier Oncomine Dx Target Test, and what impact ...

October 2, 2025 | Thursday | Opinion
How Asia is Pioneering Longevity Biotech

Ageing — the elusive truth of life, has long been debated by philosophers and tapped by the cosmetic industry. Mor...

October 2, 2025 | Thursday | Analysis
Navigating, manufacturing, infrastructure & regulatory hurdles in CAR T-Cell therapy growth

Global demand for cell and gene therapies is rising, with the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region playing an increasingly signifi...

October 2, 2025 | Thursday | Analysis
DHL Strategy 2030: EUR 500 million Investment into Asia Pacific under DHL Health Logistics

To effectively address the growing needs and evolving structure of this sector, DHL is investing €500 million into ...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | News
DHL Strengthens Healthcare Logistics Capabilities in Singapore

In an exclusive conversation with BioSpectrum Asia, Christopher Ong, Managing Director of DHL Express Singapore, shares ...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | News
Avantor Advances Bioprocessing and Sustainability to Power Asia-Pacific’s Healthcare Innovation

  Sharing his perspectives with BioSpectrum Asia, Narayana Rao Rapolu, Senior Vice President, Global Bioprocessing...

August 25, 2025 | Monday | News
Australia searches for the next CSL

Australian biotech is known for its cutting-edge research, robust clinical trial activity, and favourable R&D infras...

August 2, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
APAC building on enough supply network for radiopharmaceuticals

Global interest in radiopharmaceuticals has surged in recent years, driven by a string of high-profile deals and rising ...

August 2, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
Asia’s Biotech Ambitions Amplified on Day 2 of BIO Asia–Taiwan 2025

Day 2 of BIO Asia–Taiwan 2025 unfolded with palpable energy and a heightened sense of purpose as stakeholders from...

July 25, 2025 | Friday | News
Lonza leaders on manufacturing readiness: Meeting the cell and gene therapy challenge

Cell and gene therapies are reshaping the landscape of modern medicine—but bringing these transformative treatment...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | Opinion
Gero’s ProtoBind‑Diff redefines drug discovery by designing molecules from sequence alone

BioSpectrum Asia spoke to Dr Peter Fedichev, CEO of Gero, who explains how ProtoBind-Diff is transforming drug discovery...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | Opinion
Medical Advances Soar With APAC’s Clinical Trial Growth

It’s universally acknowledged that Asia-Pacific (APAC) is a hotbed for clinical trials, with multiple reports conf...

July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | Analysis
Hong Kong's Biotech Ambitions: InvestHK’s Andy Wong on US Interest and Growth Prospects

As Hong Kong accelerates its transformation into a global biotech and MedTech powerhouse, BioSpectrum ...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
"Puerto Rico: America’s Pharma Powerhouse with Global Ambitions"

  Ella Woger-Nieves, Chief Executive Officer of Invest Puerto Rico, spoke to BioSpectrum Asia and BioSpectrum Indi...

June 18, 2025 | Wednesday | News
PlasmidFactory: Pioneering Minicircle DNA for Safer and More Efficient Gene Therapies

As the field shifts toward safer and more efficient gene delivery methods, PlasmidFactory’s proprietary technology...

June 1, 2025 | Sunday | News
Upskilling and flexibility are key to staying relevant as hiring grows

The biopharma job market has been tough, with widespread downsizing and frequent layoffs across big pharma. But the wors...

May 31, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
APAC's Alliance-Driven Biotech Boom

Biotech partnerships of APAC differ in a variety of ways from most global collaborations, primarily due to the unique ge...

May 31, 2025 | Saturday | News
AVING News interacts with Dr Manbeena Chawla, Executive Editor, BioSpectrum Asia at ICPI Week 2025

  ICPI Week 2025 Wrap-Up ICPI WEEK 2025 WRAP-UP | BY MANBEENA CHAWLA, EXECUTIVE EDITOR, BIOSPECTRUM ASIA ...

May 23, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Targeting inflammation at the source: VX-01 aims to redefine NPDR treatment with first oral therapy

Patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) currently face a therapeutic gap—one that often leaves...

May 16, 2025 | Friday | News
Why microneedle technology could be the breakthrough that transforms vaccine access

As an infectious diseases’ physician, clinical researcher and microbiologist, I have seen first-hand how new techn...

May 10, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Biosimilar boom ahead: Patent expirations set to reshape the global biologics market

Biologics have fundamentally altered treatment strategies for a wide array of complex and chronic conditions, thanks to ...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | Analysis
PlasmidFactory expands offerings with customized cloning services for safer, compliant plasmid DNA

Cloning ServicesPrecise and customized modification of plasmid DNA   Replacement of antibiotic resistance genes c...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | News
APAC Vaccine Powerhouses Flex Capacity & Quality Muscle

Asia-Pacific is driving a transformation in the global vaccine supply landscape. According to the WHO Vaccine Report 202...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | Analysis
Sanofi Successfully Prices €1.5 Billion Offering Under Euro Medium Term Note Program

  The offering includes: €850 million floating rate notes, due March 2027, bearing interest at 3-month Eur...

March 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
China Bans Illumina, Deepening U.S.-China Trade Rift and Reshaping Global Biotech

  Amid intensifying U.S.-China trade tensions, Beijing has escalated its retaliatory measures by banning U.S. biot...

March 5, 2025 | Wednesday | Analysis
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Elevates Leadership for a Future of Innovation and Growth

"This transition is a testament to our commitment to both continuity and innovation," announced Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, G...

February 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Northern Ireland: A Global Leader in Life and Health Sciences Driving Innovation and Collaborative Partnerships with India

The region is focusing on innovation, collaboration, and commercialisation, to become a hotspot for healthcare solutions...

January 23, 2025 | Thursday | Opinion
Seeing Brilliance in APAC: Alcon’s Vision Care Innovations and Eye Health Mission

The global leader in eye care for over 75 years, Alcon strives to help eye care professionals strengthen their practices...

January 2, 2025 | Thursday | News
BioSpectrum Asia recognises achievements at Excellence Awards 2024 in Singapore on 6 December

To recognise and celebrate the remarkable achievements and contributions of Asian companies and individuals in the life ...

December 7, 2024 | Saturday | News
Avance Clinical’s CEO Yvonne Lungershausen on Expanding Footprint in Asia-Pacific: A Strategic Focus on South Korea’s Clinical Excellence

In a recent conversation with Ankit Kankar from BioSpectrum Asia, Yvonne Lungershausen, CEO of Avance Clinical, shared i...

November 11, 2024 | Monday | News
Trump’s Trade Tango Returns: Will China’s Biotech Dance Through Another Round of Tariffs or Stumble?

With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the U.S.-China trade relationship is once again in the spotlight. T...

November 9, 2024 | Saturday | News
EVŌQ Nano CEO Shaun Rothwell Discusses Advanced Antimicrobial Solution EVQ-218 and Its Impact on AMR

In an insightful interview with BioSpectrum Asia, Shaun Rothwell, CEO of EVŌQ Nano, reveals the transformative potentia...

November 6, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Pharma and Biotech Layoffs Signal Strategic Shift Towards Efficiency Amid Industry Restructuring

The current wave of layoffs across the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, affecting major companies like Pfizer...

November 5, 2024 | Tuesday | Opinion
Caring Cross Champions Healthcare Equity: Dr. Boro Dropulić on Reshaping CAR-T Cell Therapies Through Decentralized Manufacturing

In a candid conversation with Ankit Kankar from BioSpectrum Asia, Dr. Boro Dropulić, Executive Director of Caring Cross...

October 14, 2024 | Monday | News
Biopharma Giants Face Industry-Wide Layoffs Amid Economic Pressures

The biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries, long seen as cornerstones of innovation, are currently grappling with a...

October 1, 2024 | Tuesday | Analysis
mRNA as novel active ingredient – PlasmidFactory providing the template for tomorrow’s vaccines

  Q: The usage of messenger RNA (mRNA) as novel active ingredient has attracted public attention in recent years, ...

September 2, 2024 | Monday | News
Biotech's Summer Clean-Up: When Cutting Edge Means Cutting Jobs

The biotech industry, renowned for its rapid advancements and groundbreaking research, faced a significant wave of layof...

July 31, 2024 | Wednesday | Analysis
MedTech Giants Drive Innovation and Growth: Key Developments and Achievements

Over the past six months, the leading MedTech companies have made remarkable progress in product innovation, strategic p...

July 15, 2024 | Monday | Analysis
Pierre-Alain Ruffieux Joins Cytiva as COO, Sets Sights on Asia Pacific Growth

  On July 1, 2024, Cytiva significantly bolstered its leadership team by appointing Pierre-Alain Ruffieux as Chief...

July 4, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
Life Sciences Industry Faces Setbacks: The Impact of Failed Clinical Trials in 2024

The Life Sciences Industry: Pitfalls and the Impact of Failed Clinical Trials in 2024 The life sciences industry is at ...

June 28, 2024 | Friday | Analysis
Ravindra Boratkar, Publisher, MM Activ Media, receives Exemplary Leadership Award of Exhibition Industry

  Ravindra Boratkar, Publisher & Managing Editor, BioSpectrum (India and Asia), NUFFOODS Spectrum (India and A...

June 24, 2024 | Monday | News
The Evolution of the Pharmaceutical Landscape: A Two-Decade Journey of Mergers and Acquisitions

The following report provides detailed analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions of BioPharma and Pharmaceuticals companies u...

June 24, 2024 | Monday | News
Navigating Turbulent Waters: How Workforce Reductions Reflect Broader Industry Trends

A Shifting Landscape: The Bio Industry's May 2024 Layoffs May 2024 witnessed a wave of layoffs across the bio industry,...

June 4, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Turbulence in Pharma: A Wave of Layoffs Sweeps Through the Industry

The pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are undergoing a significant upheaval, with a series of layoffs announce...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Biotech and Pharma's March Shake-Up: Layoffs Signal Industry Evolution

March 2024 has been marked by a series of layoffs in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector, raising concerns and drawing...

April 1, 2024 | Monday | Analysis
Championing Pay Parity

GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) appointment of Emma Walmsley as CEO in 2016 made headlines for more than one reason. Notably, sh...

March 1, 2024 | Friday | Analysis
February's Bold Pivot: Layoffs Ignite Strategic Renewal in Biotech & BioPharma Industry

In February, the Biotech and BioPharma industries faced a wave of strategic layoffs, signaling a significant shift towar...

February 28, 2024 | Wednesday | Analysis
Adding an 'Extra' bit with Leap Year Day- 29 February 2024

2024 comes with an 'extra' day for the life sciences industry to add up to its achievements and planning. While ‘L...

February 28, 2024 | Wednesday | Analysis
Biotech in Flux: Unraveling the Symphony of Surprises in January 2024 – Layoffs, Restructures, and a Billion-Dollar Deal Termination!

Pfizer: A Signal for a Reset? On January 2nd, Pfizer, a key player in the COVID vaccine race, initiated layoffs at ...

January 30, 2024 | Tuesday | Analysis
Advancements in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treatment bring new hope to patients

The treatment and management of blood cancers, in particular CLL, has advanced greatly in the last decade. Physicians an...

November 27, 2023 | Monday | Analysis
Advancing embolization with purified gelatin

What makes purified gelatin the biomaterial of choice for embolization?  Embolization, a medical procedure that in...

October 1, 2023 | Sunday | News
Technologies shaping the future of healthcare logistics

One of the biggest health news stories in recent months was a revolutionary therapy[1] that completely cleared a yo...

July 17, 2023 | Monday | Analysis
Why talent and collaboration are crucial for biotech startups to sustain R&D

The power of biotech startups has proven to be enormous by BioNTech, during the pandemic, when its mRNA vaccines saved l...

May 3, 2023 | Wednesday | Opinion
Uniting microbiome industry leaders in APAC with 'Microbiome Connect: Asia'

With Asia Pacific (APAC) set to experience transformative growth, the need to build meaningful connections with microbio...

February 21, 2023 | Tuesday | News
23 Life Sciences Trends to Watch for in 2023

Some of these are extensions of trends observed in 2022 that will continue into 2023; such as Artificial Intelligence (A...

January 6, 2023 | Friday | Analysis
Bridging Supply Chain Gaps in Clinical Trial Logistics for mRNA Vaccines

The rapid spread of the original virus strain and its subsequent variants across the globe highlighted the importance of...

December 6, 2022 | Tuesday | Opinion
From Hazy to Crystal Clear Picture of Compensation Trends

Compensation is always tricky to determine, both as a professional and for organisations. Across all markets, individual...

June 30, 2022 | Thursday | Opinion
“Women must follow their passion and take on any opportunity that presents itself"

How did the company perform in 2021? Eppendorf has managed to break its record of 2020 once again and to exceed the thr...

March 7, 2022 | Monday | Opinion
Breaking down disparities: Women's Day Special

Women’s representation has improved across all levels of the corporate pipeline in 2020 and 2021, despite COVID-19...

March 7, 2022 | Monday | Influencers
Seeking the 'Fountain of Youth'

Ageing is mostly associated with skin conditions like wrinkles, crows feet etc., and anti-ageing is considered a purview...

January 7, 2022 | Friday | Opinion
Can supply chains turn pandemic-proof?

COVID-19 has upended the world and caused enormous challenges to economies and has brought terrible human suffering. Alm...

January 6, 2022 | Thursday | Opinion
Digital Reset- Way forward for Life Sciences Sector in 2022

One of the silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the fast-tracked adoption of digital transformation across v...

January 5, 2022 | Wednesday | Opinion
Focusing on Vigilance & Preparedness

Infectious diseases have been increasing in frequency during the past few decades. These include recurring outbreaks cau...

December 1, 2021 | Wednesday | Opinion
"There's no 'one size fits all' approach to Healthcare in Asia"

Recently the company celebrated its 100th anniversary. How has been the journey so far? It has been a deeply satisfyin...

November 2, 2021 | Tuesday | Opinion
The lasting benefits of decentralized clinical trials logistics

Pre-pandemic, the Asia Pacific region was already becoming a preferred destination for clinical trial studies.1 P...

October 8, 2021 | Friday | Influencers
The Health Burden of Disease

The burden of disease is used to calculate and estimate a population’s overall health. It can give some insight in...

October 4, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Heartening upsurge in Cardiac Medtech R&D in APAC

The burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) such as ischaemic heart disease, coronary artery disease, angina, stroke, r...

October 1, 2021 | Friday | News
Optimising medical manufacturing in a pandemic

The race to full vaccination is the defining event of 2021. After a turbulent past year, Asia Pacific (APAC) regions are...

September 27, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
6 Changes Coming to the Health Care and Medical Industries in 2022

1. Better Access to Medical Care for U.S. Residents The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has put forth ...

August 26, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
DIA Asia 2021 to be held on Sept 7

This first DIA transnational conference will provide a holistic view on the clinical trial and regulatory space post-COV...

August 16, 2021 | Monday | News

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