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
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
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
Dr Jitendra Singh calls for Mission-based India-Australia technical cooperation

After talks between India's Union Minister for Science and Technology (S&T) Dr Jitendra Singh and Australian&nb...

February 19, 2026 | Thursday | News
AusBiotech & Proto Axiom launch national investor-focused life sciences partnership in Australia

AusBiotech and Sydney‑based life sciences company creator Proto Axiom have signed a Memorandum of  Understan...

February 19, 2026 | Thursday | News
Korea supports rapid growth of biopharma companies through global collaboration

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHW), South Korea government, and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (...

February 18, 2026 | Wednesday | 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
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
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
Japan's Saisei Ventures launches bridge-to-biotech venture creation initiative

Saisei Ventures, a pioneering investment firm focused on advancing Japanese biotechnology and therapeutic innovations gl...

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
Precision for Medicine broadens global footprint with new office in Singapore

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

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
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
Japan's GHIT invests $8.8 M in malaria, tuberculosis, and NTD R&D projects

Japan-based Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 1.39 b...

February 3, 2026 | Tuesday | 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
Researchers in Australia open ‘window to the brain' with powerful cancer tech

Researchers have opened a ‘window to the brain’ with a new diagnostic device that can tell how deadly brain ...

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
Japan develops monitoring technique for early diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness among people who are unable to monitor and manage their intraocular pressure (I...

January 31, 2026 | Saturday | News
Japan strengthening biopharma capabilities

The Asian biopharma landscape is evolving rapidly and undergoing major shifts, expanding focus beyond generics and contr...

January 31, 2026 | Saturday | Opinion
“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
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