Specials News
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Aurobindo Pharma revamps strategy to accelerate growth
Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Jun, 2013
Aurobindo Pharma, ranked among the top pharmaceutical company in India, clocked $1 billion revenue in 2012. Aurobindo has developed its market base in over 125 countries across the globe ...Read more
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Video message from women leaders in bioscience
Specials | Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Mar, 2013
We come across several women in the field of biosciences at the graduation and post-graduation level of education. However, there are only those select few who are able to climb the ladder ...Read more
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Challenge No 6: Regulatory hurdles
Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2012
The regulatory environment for life sciences companies is known for its challenging nature. The framework is confusing and at times overshoots the understandable need to protect patients wi...Read more
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Nanoparticles: A unique approach to cancer treatment
Specials | News | By Nandita Singh | 0 Comment | 14 Mar, 2012
Nanoparticles as a drug delivery system enables unique approaches for cancer treatment. Over the last two decades, a large number of nanoparticle delivery systems have been developed for ca...Read more
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Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2012
Lack of appropriate funding for early- to mid-stage innovation companies, limited local capital, local grants for small biotechnology firms related to the percentage of GDP spent on researc...Read more
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XCode decodes DNA, wins BioSpectrum award
Specials | Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2013
Dr Saleem Mohammad, who founded XCode Life Sciences in December 2010, first had the idea of starting this company while he was pursuing his PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Nebr...Read more
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Dr Anu Singh: Pick biotech only if you are inspired by it
Specials | Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Mar, 2013
As Albert Einstein put it, "The world as we have created is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." I am a firm believer that science teaches us to b...Read more
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Women in life sciences – A peep into the lives of inspirational figures
Specials | Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 01 Mar, 2013
We come across several women in the field of biotechnology at the graduation and post-graduation level of education. However, there are only those select few who are able to climb the ladde...Read more
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Challenge No 9: Price cuts by govt
Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2012
Continuous drug price cuts will further squeeze margins for both multinational and domestic pharma. "The National Reform and Development Commission (NRDC), China's pricing regulatory body, ...Read more
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Bioscience Industry clocks $139 bn, grows 8.37%
Specials | Analysis | By Nandita Singh | 0 Comment | 03 Jul, 2012
The bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region, in 2011, got pulled back into a low growth cycle. In a replay of 2009 slowdown, it was a single digit show in 2011 too. The industry reco...Read more
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Challenge No 8: Partnership problems
Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2012
Finding the perfect partners in the supply chain, marketing channels and co-development collaborations to ensure maximum speed and growth of product development, finding the best partner fo...Read more
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When will we stop celebrating World TB Day?
Specials | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 23 Mar, 2012
The World TB Day is celebrated every year on March 24th in order to raise awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. The annual event com...Read more
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10 challenges for businesses in APAC
Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2012
The Asia Pacific healthcare market is estimated to capture 34.6 percent of the global healthcare market by 2015. Frost & Sullivan says that by 2020, healthcare expenditure in the APAC w...Read more
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Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2012
In 2011, the global pharmaceutical industry saw 504 mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a total transaction value of $90 billion. Furthermore, the number of transactions in the $100 mi...Read more
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BioSpectrum Asia honors Asia's best in bioscience
Specials | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2013
Singapore: The fifth BioSpectrum Asia Pacific Awards 2013 were given away at a glittering ceremony at Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore, on March 15, 2013. Industry leaders and heads of compani...Read more
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Sigma Pharma leverages on its pharmacy business
Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 31 May, 2013
Marking a strong presence of 100 years in the pharmaceutical sector in the year 2012, Sigma Pharmaceuticals retained its No 3 rank slot in the BioSpectrum Asia list of Top 20 publicly lis...Read more
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M&A activity slows down in APAC
Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2012
In 2011, the number of mergers and acquisitions in the life sciences field of Asia Pacific witnessed a fall. An independent M&A intelligence service mergermarket noted that the number ...Read more
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Shenzhen Neptunus invests in drug innovation
Specials | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Jun, 2013
Shenzhen Neptunus Bioengineering is a well-recognized name in manufacturing and distribution of pharmaceutical products in China. The company is known for manufacturing approximately 400 ...Read more
