Danaher to acquire Pall Corp for $13.8 bn

Singapore: Danaher Corp announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Pall Corporation pursuant ...

May 14, 2015 | Thursday | News
American Chemical Society accolades WuXi member

Singapore: Dr Joseph Vacca, senior VP, Early Success Sharing Partnerships (ESSP), WuXi PharmaTech, a leading R&D out...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
DKSH obtains packaging license in Hong Kong

Singapore: Hong Kong-based DKSH, a provider of market expansion services, has obtained "License for Manufacturer (second...

February 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Roche collaborates with DalCor Pharma

Singapore: Roche Diagnostics, a leading diagnostic and pharmaceutical firm, announced collaboration with DalCor Pharmace...

June 10, 2015 | Wednesday | News
US CRO to test tobacco in Beijing's E-Town

Singapore: US-based contract research organization (CRO), iPhase Pharma Service (IPS), which has been formed by a group ...

November 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
As a child I was a bit of a rebel: Nidhi Saxena

"Don't just think you are the one. Know that you are the one." This famous line from the movie Matrix motivates me a ...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase i...

January 2, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Dr Loke Wai Chiong, KPMG: Convergence of healthcare and life science is a must

In the coming year, we expect to see greater convergence between the healthcare and life sciences sectors. This inevitab...

December 24, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
Sanofi's dengue vaccine candidate shows positive results

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi has published clinical study results of its dengue vaccine ca...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
IMS Health acquires Cegedim's CRM business

Singapore: IMS Health, global provider of information and technology services to the healthcare and life sciences indust...

April 6, 2015 | Monday | News
Sartorius Stedim acquires BioOutsource

Singapore: Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a global supplier for biopharmaceutical industries, acquired the Scottish com...

April 22, 2015 | Wednesday | News
PerkinElmer launches genetic disorder screening system in China

Singapore: PerkinElmer, has announced that it has received market authorization from the China Food and Drug Administrat...

April 17, 2015 | Friday | News
Merck to provide diabetes management education in India

Singapore: German headquartered Merck has collaborated with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences and Directorate of...

April 14, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Germany's Vetter creates new entity in Japan

Germany-based Vetter has opened a new business entity in Tokyo, Japan. Vetter is a leading manufacturer of drug-delivery...

October 15, 2015 | Thursday | News
Japan to provide medical assistance to Kyrgyzstan

Singapore: In a bid to improve medical services and healthcare scenario in Kyrgyzstan, Japan has inked a pact with five ...

March 9, 2015 | Monday | News
OxOnc, Pfizer drug trial to be held in Asia

Singapore: OxOnc Development, an oncology development company founded by pharmaceutical development executives and oncol...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Envirotainer conducts temperature controlled logistics workshop in India

Singapore: Logistics solution provider, Envirotainer organized a workshop on active temperature control management for l...

February 27, 2015 | Friday | News
Tosoh buys an Indian invitro diagnostics company

Singapore: As part of expanding and strengthening its bioscience operations, Japan-based Tosoh Corporation has acquired ...

April 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
A re-think on site staff competency training required

When drugs are trialed in patients, they move into a clinical setting in which the busy routine care of patients, rath...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
IKA receives “Top 100” innovator award

At the German SME Summit in Essen, IKA-Werke GmbH & Co. KG has been presented with an award recognizing the company ...

July 22, 2015 | Wednesday | News
F&S: APAC healthcare analytics to be $654.2 mn

Singapore: Frost & Sullivan's APAC business analytics for healthcare providers finds that the market earned revenues...

January 10, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
India origin Singapore lecturer gets International Achievement Award

Singapore: Ms Subhadra Devi, a nurse and senior lecturer at School of Health Sciences (Nursing) at Nanyang Polytechnic i...

April 2, 2015 | Thursday | News
We scaled back operations at our Mumbai R&D unit: Piramal

Singapore: The global CRAMS (Contract Research and Manufacturing Services) segment is becoming intensely competitive. Co...

April 29, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
China: Is this an end to foreign monopoly?

Singapore: With 1.3 billion population and a burgeoning middle class, China has witnessed an unprecedented increase i...

March 4, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Strong clinical trial infrastructure puts Australia in a strong position

Australia's strong history of quality and experience in clinical research is well known, and whilst being a comparativ...

September 11, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion