Japan, which has the lowest infant mortality rate and highest adult life expectancy in the world, is fast turning into an aging society. A survey by the country's... Read more
The pharmaceutical market in India is highly competitive because of affordable medicine with low-priced, locally-produced generics. India accounts for less than... Read more
Sigma-Aldrich, a leading life sciences and high technology company headquartered in the US, recently opened new facilities in Wuxi, China, and Bangalore, India.... Read more
South Korea has high growth potential in the life sciences industry with its strong governmental support, highly educated personnel, growing infrastructure, and... Read more
Life Technologies, a US-based biotechnology company with customers in more than 160 countries, introduced a new benchtop Ion Proton Sequencer in India designed to... Read more
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... Read more
Continuous drug price cuts will further squeeze margins for both multinational and domestic pharma. "The National Reform and Development Commission (NRDC), China's... Read more
Finding the perfect partners in the supply chain, marketing channels and co-development collaborations to ensure maximum speed and growth of product development,... Read more
Fluctuation in currency value has resulted in many companies showing a negative growth. Even inflation has a direct impact on the cost of living leading to attrition... Read more
For the CRO industry, the biggest challenge will be to develop a credible mid-sized offering to the industry. Currently, this does not exist. (Read about all 10... Read more
The regulatory environment for life sciences companies is known for its challenging nature. The framework is confusing and at times overshoots the understandable... Read more
The Asia Pacific region, barring the developed nations of Australia and Singapore, needs "critical mass" where interdependent biotechnology firms can exist and support... Read more
Lack of appropriate funding for early- to mid-stage innovation companies, limited local capital, local grants for small biotechnology firms related to the percentage... Read more
Government policies are among the major challenges before companies operating in the life sciences sector in the Asia Pacific region. For larger multinationals,... Read more
Lack of trained and skilled workforce, identifying a market-savvy work force and retaining the right people on key positions are problems in certain regions, especially... Read more
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