Ybrain, Menisa join forces to treat Alzheimer's disease

Singapore: France-based Mensia Technologies has announced its collaboration with Korea-based Y brain, which is currently...

October 1, 2014 | Wednesday | News
What's the stem cell regulatory scenario like in APAC?

The pioneering work of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has open...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
7 dead; 2500 quarantined in South Korean MERS outbreak

Singapore: South Korea is currently grappling with one of the largest outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus...

June 9, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Korean scientists discover leukopenia gene

Singapore: The Korean Health Ministry has announced that Korean medical researchers have discovered a specific gene a...

August 12, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Tech drive demand for 3D medical imaging

Singapore: Global Industry Analysts (GIA) announces the release of a comprehensive global report on 3D medical imaging m...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
EyeWire: A game that maps the brain

Singapore: South Korea based KT, a top fixed line operator in Korea, said that it would participate in the Human Connect...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | News
Inovio, GeneOne to develop Ebola vaccine

Singapore: Inovio Pharmaceuticals has collaborated with Korea-based GeneOne Life Science to begin clinical trials of its...

September 29, 2014 | Monday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Asia gets $15 mn donation for better sanitation

Singapore: Last year, the Asian Development Bank created the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund to help provide...

March 21, 2014 | Friday | News
VPS, Korea's SSMH to develop healthcare centers

Singapore: UAE-based VPS Healthcare announced that it had signed an agreement with Seoul St Mary's Hospital (SSMH) to es...

August 13, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Toolgen signs MOU with KAIST

Singapore: The Advanced Biomass R&D Center (ABC) at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST...

September 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Transcatheter embolization market up in APAC'

Singapore: Asia Pacific market for transcatheter embolization and occlusion (TEO) devices in countries including Austral...

August 12, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Lupin, LG to launch an anti-diabetes drug

Singapore: Indian drug major Lupin has inked a marketing pact with South Korea's LG Life Sciences to launch its anti-...

August 12, 2014 | Tuesday | News
German, Korean firm join hands to discover cancer drugs

Singapore: Germany's translational drug discovery organization, Lead Discovery Center (LDC), has entered into a licence ...

June 4, 2015 | Thursday | News
Korean megacorp to export HIS to Saudi

Singapore: A Korean consortium of healthcare firms have successfully inked a $69.1 million worth deal, with the Saudi Ar...

July 11, 2014 | Friday | News
Alvogen acquires Korea's Dream Pharma

Singapore: The birth of one of the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in South Korea just came about when Alvogen ...

August 8, 2014 | Friday | News
Globalization, demography drive APAC healthcare industry

Singapore: The healthcare industry in Asia Pacific (APAC) is rapidly growing, fuelled by increased spending on health, l...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Planmed 3D CT imager gets Korean FDA nod

Singapore: Planmed, which is represented in Korea by Dong Kang Medical Systems, received clearance for its Verity Extrem...

February 22, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Singapore, Korea scientists find clue to tumour suppression mechanism

Singapore: RUNX3, a gene that is intensively studied for its function as a tumour suppressor, is likely to be a key and ...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Samsung to make BMS cancer antibody drug in Korea

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Samsung BioLogics entered into a 10-year agreement under which Samsung BioLogi...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
FDA nod for Samsung's new radiography system

Singapore: NeuroLogica, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics has announced that the Samsung GC85A Digital Radiography (DR...

August 7, 2015 | Friday | News
US firm files antibody patent in Japan, Korea

Singapore: MMRGlobal received confirmation of the filings of a divisional application for its antibody technology in Jap...

August 27, 2013 | Tuesday | News
F&S: S. Korea will be biosimilars leader by 2020

‎Singapore: Since South Korea introduced a regulatory pathway for manufacturing biologics in 2009, the gov...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Is a new therapy for diabetes on the way?

Singapore: In a breakthrough discovery, Korean scientists have identified that regulating the effect of a protein relate...

September 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
3SBio to develop antibody for acute leukemia

Singapore: Chinese biotechnology firm, 3SBio, has signed an exclusive license with Korean firm, DiNonA  for the devel...

August 8, 2014 | Friday | News