Australian trial of personalised vaccines to treat children with deadly brain cancers

A world-first clinical trial will test cancer vaccines designed specifically for children with advanced or treatment-res...

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
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
SK bioscience and Sanofi launch MenQuadfi meningococcal vaccine in Korea

SK bioscience has announced the new domestic launch of MenQuadfi Injection (MenQuadfi, MenACWY-TT), a quadrivalent menin...

January 12, 2026 | Monday | News
Korea opens door to B cell-based personalised cancer vaccines​

Researchers from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIS...

January 5, 2026 | Monday | News
Sanofi buys Dynavax for $2.2 B to augment presence in adult immunisation sector

French biopharmaceutical firm Sanofi has entered into an agreement to acquire US-based Dynavax Technologies Corporation,...

December 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Australia's Vaxxas secures TGA approval to manufacture high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP)

Australian biotechnology pioneer Vaxxas Pty Ltd, has been granted a licence by the Therapeutic Goods Administration...

December 15, 2025 | Monday | News
Scientists in Korea to create mRNA vaccine against emerging tick-borne virus in Asia

Leading scientific organisations in Korea including the Korea Disease Control Agency (KDCA), International Vaccine Insti...

December 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
CSL opens cell-based influenza vaccine and antivenom manufacturing facility in Melbourne

Australia’s onshore vaccine manufacturing capabilities took a leap forward as Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health,...

December 6, 2025 | Saturday | News
Japanese firms focus on developing cancer vaccines utilising whole-genome information

The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR), NEC Corporation, and Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. have signed a three-pa...

December 2, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's Patronus Biotech receives grant to evaluate novel malaria vaccine and adjuvant

Singapore-based startup Patronus Biotech has announced a grant from the Gates Foundation to accelerate the development o...

November 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Malaysia approves Sanofi and AstraZeneca's Beyfortus® (nirsevimab)

Sanofi and AstraZeneca's Beyfortus (Nirsevimab) is now approved (KKLIU 3697 / EXP 16.05.2026) by the National Pharmaceut...

November 24, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore approves first needle-free flu vaccine FluMist Trivalent by AstraZeneca

A new intranasal influenza vaccine has been launched in Singapore, offering a needle-free option for individuals aged ...

November 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Apriori Bio and A*STAR ink strategic partnership to advance next generation influenza vaccines

US-based Apriori Bio and Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) h...

November 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Australia launches Biointelect Venturer for scientific innovators with $32.9 M funding

Australia’s new national incubator for vaccine and infectious disease innovation, Biointelect Venturer, has been l...

November 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
The Zika Comeback: One Vaccine, One Hope

Nearly a decade after the world’s attention was gripped by the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, the disease is quiet...

November 2, 2025 | Sunday | Opinion
Private Market Vaccines Drive Growth and Strategy Shifts Across China

HPV and PCV are the leading vaccines in the self-paid market in China. According to the WHO vaccine market report 2024, ...

November 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
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
CSL Seqirus to localise advanced influenza vaccine manufacturing in Saudi Arabia

Australia-based CSL Seqirus and Vaccine Industrial Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry o...

October 31, 2025 | Friday | News
CEPI, Serum Institute of India, Oxford University to establish world’s largest Nipah virus vaccine reserve

One of the world’s deadliest viral pathogens, Nipah virus, could soon have a new line of defence against it as Nor...

October 29, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Naobios and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science to develop new vaccine against mpox

France-based Naobios, a CDMO providing bioprocess development and GMP production of clinical batches of virus-based prod...

October 27, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's GC Biopharma secures contract manufacturing rights for Shingles vaccine from Curevo

GC Biopharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has signed an agreement with Curevo Vaccine to secure contract m...

October 13, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore researchers develop novel Nanovaccine to halt tumour growth and reduces cancer recurrence

Professor Shawn Chen Xiaoyuan, Nasrat Muzayyin Professor in Medicine and Technology from the Department of Dia...

September 24, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's International Vaccine Institute supports vaccine manufacturing ecosystem in Zambia

The Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) and South Korea-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) has sign...

September 8, 2025 | Monday | News
Redefining Vaccine Manufacturing: mRNA technology and global collaboration to advance health security and vaccination equity

Josephine Cheng, Senior Modality Leader, Process Solutions, Life Science Business of Merck The global pharmaceutic...

September 5, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Australian government to implement new pneumococcal vaccine on National Immunisation Programme

Australian children will now have stronger protection against pneumococcal with the Australian Government implementing a...

September 2, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Australia's Vaxxas secures ~A$90 M in funding to commercialise needle-free vaccination delivery technology

Australia-based Vaxxas Pty Ltd, the biotechnology company pioneering the high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) for need...

August 26, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Australia's CSL announces demerger of vaccines arm

Australian biotech firm CSL has announced its intention for CSL Seqirus to be demerged as a substantial ASX-listed entit...

August 20, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore approves Beyfortus® (nirsevimab) to protect all infants against RSV disease

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved Sanofi and AstraZeneca’s BEYFORTUS (nirsevimab) for the preventio...

August 19, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Leading science labs in Korea join world’s largest vaccine testing network

Two leading scientific organisations based in Korea, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and Int...

August 6, 2025 | Wednesday | News
UK supports world-first library of vaccine-enhancing adjuvants

Scientists have launched the first-ever library of adjuvants - substances that could boost the performance of vaccines t...

August 4, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Dx&Vx signs $220 M agreement for mRNA cancer vaccine development with US biotech firm

South Korea-based Dx&Vx (DXVX) has signed its first-ever global out-licensing agreement since its establishment. DXV...

July 30, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's International Vaccine Institute opens collaboration centre in Bhutan

The Bhutan-International Vaccine Institute (IVI) Collaborating Centre has been officially launched in Thimphu, Bhutan, m...

July 25, 2025 | Friday | News
Sanofi to acquire Vicebio, expanding respiratory vaccines pipeline

Sanofi has entered into an agreement to acquire Vicebio Ltd, a privately held biotechnology company headquartered in Lon...

July 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
New project in Australia to support faster approvals of vaccines

Australian scientists will kickstart research into how early vaccine studies can safely support faster approvals of vacc...

July 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
New drug research partnership aims to deliver $1 malaria prevention shot

Eyam Health and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) are excited to announce a strategic research partnership to discover...

July 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Shanghai Healthcare M&A Fund strategically acquires Chengdu Kanghua Biological

Chengdu Kanghua Biological Products Co. has announced that Shanghai Healthcare M&A Fund intends to acquire the compa...

July 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
GC Biopharma receives marketing authorisation for varicella vaccine BARYCELA in Vietnam

GC Biopharma, a South Korean pharmaceutical company, has announced that its varicella vaccine BARYCELA has received mark...

July 17, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's Next-generation 'nanoball' approach strives for a paradigm shift in vaccine technology

(From Left to Right) Professor Kouichi Morita, Dean, Program Coordinator, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki Un...

July 16, 2025 | Wednesday | Opinion
Korea's IVI forges partnership with Bio Investments Group to accelerate vaccine self-reliance in Africa and the Middle East

The Bio Investments Group AG (BIG), a Swiss healthcare-technology transfer platform, and South Korea-headquartered Inter...

July 11, 2025 | Friday | News
Indian biopharma firm Biological E partners with China's Recbio to produce HPV9 vaccine

Jiangsu Recbio Technology, a leading Chinese biopharmaceutical company, has entered into a licensing cooperation agreeme...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News
SK bioscience completes expansion of new vaccine production facility in South Korea for global market

SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company based in South Korea, has secured a large-scale co...

June 30, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore pledges contribution of $1 M to Gavi for better access to vaccines

Singapore has pledged a contribution of $1 million to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi). This reflects Singapore&rsquo...

June 26, 2025 | Thursday | News
CanSinoBIO launches pneumococcal vaccine to safeguard children's health

CanSino Biologics Inc. has developed and launched its 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, trade name "iPneucia", o...

June 20, 2025 | Friday | News
Immuno Cure and PharmaJet advance novel HIV therapeutic DNA vaccine using needle-free technology in humans

Immuno Cure BioTech, a clinical-stage biotechnology startup based in Hong Kong Science Park, has announced its upcoming ...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
Sanofi to accelerate development of new global vaccines in Abu Dhabi

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in Abu Dhab...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
BioNet and Bio Farma sign strategic MoU to expand TdaP vaccine access in ASEAN

BioNet, a Franco-Thai vaccine biotech group, and PT Bio Farma (Persero), Indonesia's state-owned vaccine manuf...

June 4, 2025 | Wednesday | News
“Vaccine firms and governments remain focused on more traditional platforms in the near term”

What trends are shaping the next generation of vaccine manufacturing in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region? Traditional vac...

May 31, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Challenges and opportunities in vaccine manufacturing for APAC

An unenviable challenge for many countries in the APAC region seeking to establish sovereign capability, is the brain dr...

May 31, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Korea's Dx&Vx accelerates development of universal COVID-19 vaccine

Bio-healthcare company Dx&Vx (DXVX) has accelerated the development program for a universal COVID-19 vacci...

May 29, 2025 | Thursday | News
Vietnam's National Vaccine Company (VNVC) begins manufacturing unit construction with $77M initial investment

VNVC Vaccine and Biological Products Factory in Long An Province, in southern Vietnam, has begun construction on i...

May 28, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Sanofi and VNVC to establish a vaccine manufacturing facility in Vietnam with a $77M initial investment

Sanofi and Vietnam Vaccine JSC, or VNVC, launched a project on 27 May to establish vaccine manufacturing facility in...

May 27, 2025 | Tuesday | News
China's CanSinoBIO obtains approval for clinical trials on inhaled TB vaccine in Indonesia

CanSino Biologics Inc, based in China, has obtained clinical trial approval from the Badan Pengawas Obat danMakanan, Rep...

May 19, 2025 | Monday | News
TriLink BioTechnologies and International Vaccine Institute ink MoU to support development of mRNA-based vaccines

US-based TriLink BioTechnologies, a Maravai LifeSciences company and global provider of life science reagents and s...

May 15, 2025 | Thursday | News
Singapore boosts access to mRNA vaccines through innovative delivery platform

New research led by a team of scientists in Singapore will explore whether a novel targeted delivery platform could help...

May 13, 2025 | Tuesday | 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
New project to advance vaccine uptake and address AMR in the Philippines

South Korea-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in collaboration with International Centre for Antimicrobial Res...

May 9, 2025 | Friday | News
SK bioscience joins Korea's national initiative to develop Avian Influenza Vaccine

SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cu...

May 7, 2025 | Wednesday | News
“Southeast Asia has been a major focus of China's vaccine diplomacy”

How has vaccine manufacturing capacity evolved in the Asia-Pacific region over the past decade? Over the past decade, I...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | Opinion
“Asia-Pacific region has firmly established itself as a global vaccine export powerhouse”

How has vaccine manufacturing capacity evolved in the Asia-Pacific region over the past decade? Over the past decade, v...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | Opinion
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
Korea announces new partnership to expand adult vaccination

The British Embassy in Korea, the British Chamber of Commerce in Korea, and GSK Korea have signed a three-way Memorandum...

April 28, 2025 | Monday | News
Sanofi strengthens ties with Health Ministry in Vietnam

Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan in Vietnam recently received a delegation led by Burak Pekmezci, Country Lead of Sanofi-...

April 18, 2025 | Friday | News
Scientists at University of Queensland tests vaccine response in ‘moonshot’ challenge

Australia's Queensland researchers are attempting to create a vaccine in just 150 days to prove how far their response c...

April 16, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's GC Biopharma receives regulatory approval for world's first recombinant anthrax vaccine

GC Biopharma has announced that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has approved its anthrax vaccine...

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong develops nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine

The State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the InnoHK Centre for...

April 4, 2025 | Friday | News
Uvax Bio receives $2.6 M funding to develop vaccine against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Efforts to advance the first-ever vaccine against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) are progressing, with a new in...

March 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
World Vaccine Congress Washington 2025 - the world's largest vaccine event; April 21-24, 2025; Registration is Open

The World Vaccine Congress Washington 2025, the largest and most influential global vaccine event, is officially open fo...

March 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's GHIT invests $11.4 M for treatment of neglected tropical diseases

Japan's Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 1.7 b...

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
WHO deploys PharmaJet’s needle-free injection system for polio eradication in Pakistan

US-based PharmaJet, a company that strives to improve the performance and outcomes of injectables with its enabling...

March 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
SK bioscience expands global reach with influenza vaccine exports to Southern Hemisphere

South Korea-based SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health fro...

March 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea's SK bioscience secures additional PAHO contract to supply varicella vaccine to Latin America

South Korea-based SK bioscience had received prior notification from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a spec...

February 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore host 2nd APIC-ADVA Summit on Infectious Diseases and Immunization to build resilience

The Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition (APIC) and the Asia Dengue Voice & Action (ADVA), with the Centre for Behavi...

February 11, 2025 | Tuesday | News
SK bioscience and Sanofi expand partnership to target domestic market for RSV and Hepatitis A prevention medicines

South Korea-based SK bioscience, and global healthcare leader Sanofi, are strengthening their partnership to jointly tar...

January 23, 2025 | Thursday | News
Australia's Vaxxas advances $4.8 M programme for needle-free thermostable mRNA vaccines

Vaxxas, an Australia-based clinical-stage biotechnology company commercialising a novel high-density microarray patch (H...

January 23, 2025 | Thursday | News
Harnessing mRNA technology to tackle unmet medical needs in Asia

Asia is emerging as a hub for biopharmaceuticals and vaccine manufacturing, leveraging its strengths in manufacturing an...

January 21, 2025 | Tuesday | Opinion
UQ and Vaxxas in Australia win $2 M from US to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine

Australia-based University of Queensland’s (UQ) BASE facility, within the Australian Institute for Bioenginee...

January 14, 2025 | Tuesday | News
TechInvention partners with Ethiopia's Ministry of Health to advance vaccine manufacturing in Africa

In a significant step toward enhancing vaccine self-sufficiency and pandemic preparedness in Africa, TechInvention, an I...

January 6, 2025 | Monday | News
SK bioscience inks KRW 75.5 B deal with Sanofi to develop next-gen pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

South Korea-based SK bioscience and French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi have announced the signing of an expanded agreem...

December 23, 2024 | Monday | News
Building vaccine and therapeutics manufacturing capacity in Asia Pacific

Scientists from Australia's Biomedical Manufacturing Programme are partnering with Thailand and Malaysia to en...

December 20, 2024 | Friday | News
Consortium set to further establish vaccine safety evidence-generation network in Africa

A research consortium is set to further establish a vaccine safety evidence-generation network in Africa, seeking to und...

December 17, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Korea's SK bioscience gets approval for global clinical trials of mRNA Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine candidate

South Korea-based SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company, has received approval from the Human R...

December 13, 2024 | Friday | News
Moderna officially opens new vaccine manufacturing facility in Australia

Moderna has officially launched its new vaccine manufacturing facility at Monash University’s Clayton campus in so...

December 10, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong approves Pfizer's 20-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for infants and children

American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has announced that the Hong Kong Department of Health (DoH) has approved the company...

December 3, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Sanofi introduces 'Modulus', world’s first modular manufacturing facility in Singapore

Sanofi announced the inauguration of its state-of-theart manufacturing facility, Modulus, in Singapore, on 27 Nov, marki...

November 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Korea-Africa partnership for advancing vaccine end-to-end capabilities

The Government of the Republic of Kenya and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in South Korea, have signed a Memo...

November 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Sanofi, A*STAR and NSC collaborate to advance Acne Vaccine R&D in Singapore

Sanofi, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and the National Skin Centre Singapore (NSC) establish...

November 22, 2024 | Friday | News
Asia-Pacific Takes the Lead in Vaccine Innovations: Transforming Public Health with Prophylactic and Therapeutic Breakthroughs

Vaccines are the bedrock of public health, providing preventive solutions against infectious diseases while increasingly...

November 25, 2024 | Monday | Analysis
Meiji Seika Pharma invests in ARCALIS to boost production of mRNA vaccines in Japan

Japan-based Meiji Seika Pharma Co. has announced its investment in ARCALIS, Inc. which is a joint venture between Axcele...

November 18, 2024 | Monday | News
Australia's Vaxxas licenses next-gen vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus from NIH

Australia-based Vaxxas, a clinical-stage biotechnology company commercialising a novel high-density microarray patc...

October 29, 2024 | Tuesday | News
SK bioscience's Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine SKYCellflu approved in Indonesia

SK bioscience, a global innovator in vaccines and biotechnology, announced that Indonesia's Food and Drug Agency, BPOM (...

October 23, 2024 | Wednesday | News
CEPI supports advancement of open-access coronavirus vaccines R&D roadmap with $3.2 M funding

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, US will receive $3.2 mill...

October 13, 2024 | Sunday | News
China's CanSino receives over $17 M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate polio vaccine development

China-based CanSino Biologics Inc. has received an additional financial boost, securing a grant exceeding $17 million to...

October 10, 2024 | Thursday | News
SK bioscience invests $3 M in US-based FinaBio specialising in next-gen conjugate vaccine technology

South Korea-based SK bioscience has signed an agreement to acquire a stake in Fina Biosolutions, a promising R&D bio...

October 8, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Cenra Healthcare to promote Moderna’s mRNA respiratory vaccine portfolio in Taiwan

Moderna, Inc. and Cenra Healthcare, the sales and marketing arm of Cenra Inc., have entered into a joint agreement regar...

October 1, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore HSA approves Abrysvo Vaccine by Pfizer to combat Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved the Pfizer's bivalent vaccine, Abryvso, for active immu...

September 25, 2024 | Wednesday | News
WHO prequalifies first vaccine against mpox

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its pr...

September 16, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan approves self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for protection against JN.1 strain

Global biotechnology leader CSL and self amplifying-mRNA pioneer Arcturus Therapeutics have announced that Japan's Minis...

September 13, 2024 | Friday | News
GSK announces launch of Herpes Zoster vaccine Shingrix in Malaysia

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Sdn Bhd (GSK) has announced the launch of its Herpes Zoster vaccine, Shingrix, ...

September 13, 2024 | Friday | News
BIOCHINA 2025: China’s Largest Bio Convention to Host Over 3,000 Biotech Companies

Looking ahead, BIOCHINA 2025 has officially announced its next conference, set for March 13-15, 2025. The 10th edition o...

September 12, 2024 | Thursday | News

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