BioPharmaSpec launches New Host Cell Protein Detection Service

US based BioPharmaSpec, a contract research organization (CRO) has announced the launch of “The BioPharmaSpec Appr...

March 5, 2018 | Monday | News
Charles River Laboratories acquires MPI Research for $800 M

 Charles River Laboratories International announced that it has inked an agreement to acquire MPI Research for...

February 14, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Scientists in Ireland team up to tackle pharma challenges

Scientists at University of Limerick (UL), Ireland are teaming up with Enterprise Ireland (EI) to commercialize continuo...

February 2, 2018 | Friday | News
Singapore, Korea buy stake in Australia fertility clinic

South Korea's CHA Healthcare Co Ltd and Singapore Medical Group Ltd have together bought a majority stake in A...

February 1, 2018 | Thursday | News
INC Research/inVentiv Health is now Syneos Health

INC Research/inVentiv Health has announced that it has changed its brand identity to Syneos Health, Inc., effective Janu...

January 9, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Imperial College to lead a Vaccine Manufacturing Hub

A ground-breaking new research hub has been set up to help halt future outbreaks of killer diseases like Ebola and Zika....

January 4, 2018 | Thursday | News
Isodiol to acquire Biosynthesis Pharma Group

Global Bioactive Phytoceutical innovator, Isodiol International Inc. has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the...

December 18, 2017 | Monday | News
Samsung Medical Centre to focus on liver cancer treatment

Leading academic medical centre in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Samsung Medical Center (SMC) is collaborating with scientis...

December 14, 2017 | Thursday | News
SCIEX and NUS to launch new centre for proteomics

SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and the Protein and Proteomics Centre (PPC) under the De...

November 30, 2017 | Thursday | News
New research identifies early lung cancer autoantibody biomarkers using HuProt

Singapore - Newly published research in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Proteomics describes a collectio...

November 28, 2017 | Tuesday | News
AstraZeneca inks a pact with Chinese FIIF

A strategic joint venture has been announced by AstraZeneca with the Chinese Future Industry Investment Fund (FIIF) to f...

November 28, 2017 | Tuesday | News
The €34 million project for assessing liver disease

Testing Marker Utility in Steatohepatitis (LITMUS) funded by the European Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undert...

November 23, 2017 | Thursday | News
Evotec and Tesaro collaborates to discover novel immuno-oncology agents

Germany based CRO-biotech hybrid Evotec AG and US based Pharma Company TESARO, Inc. has announced a three-year integrate...

October 27, 2017 | Friday | News
McGill teams up with Japan’s NIPS for neuroscience research

McGill has entered into a formal partnership with Japan’s National Institutes of Physiological Sciences (NIPS) aft...

October 18, 2017 | Wednesday | News
GSK collaborates with Plasticell for stem cell technology

Plasticell, the biotechnology company specialising in stem cell screening and cell therapy development, has entered into...

October 17, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Otago University teams up with Chinese institutes

The University of Otago in New Zealand has teamed up with three leading Chinese health institutions to combat the growth...

October 16, 2017 | Monday | News
India and Japan sign 15 agreements including biotech, R&D, and science

India and Japan on Wednesday signed 15 deals in key areas, including civil aviation, trade, science and technology, and ...

September 18, 2017 | Monday | News
Sanofi and Regeneron announce results for Dupixent (dupilumab)

Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced positive results from the Phase 3 CAFÉ study o...

September 18, 2017 | Monday | News
Australia signs cooperation agreement with Brazil

The Australian and Brazilian governments have signed an agreement that will enable researchers from both countries to co...

September 11, 2017 | Monday | News
STA Pharmaceutical merges with WuXi Pharmaceutical Development Services

WuXi AppTec’s Pharmaceutical Development Services (PDS) division has announced its merger with STA Pharmaceutical ...

July 31, 2017 | Monday | News
NovellusDx collaborates with Gene Editing Institute

Israel-based NovellusDx has established a genomic cancer research partnership with Christiana Care Health System's Gene ...

July 25, 2017 | Tuesday | News
New research offers insights into how adjuvants increase Avian Flu Vaccine effectiveness

Singapore -  The Emmes Corporation (a US based company) announced that Johannes Goll (co-lead author),&nb...

July 14, 2017 | Friday | News
Eli Lilly to fund life science research at Purdue

Eli Lilly & Co. plans to provide up to $52 million to Purdue University as part of a collaboration in life science r...

July 7, 2017 | Friday | News
NIH grants $3 million to bring precision medicine to heart patients

Singapore – Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart defect in which patients are born with...

July 5, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Clintec secures Queen's Award for Enterprise ­ International Trade category for second time

Clintec, the global service Contract Research Organisation (CRO) has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise 2017 ...

May 16, 2017 | Tuesday | News
NovAliX signs agreement with UCB Biopharma

NovAliX, a drug discovery-focused Contract Research Organization (CRO) has signed a multi-year insourcing agreement with...

March 7, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Covance, NeoGenomics amends strategic alliance

Singapore: NeoGenomics, a provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services, has made amendments to strategic alliance...

October 29, 2015 | Thursday | News
What is needed for a successful trial supply management service in APAC?

Singapore: Today there is true growth potential in the Asian clinical trials market. Read any market report and this is ...

September 16, 2015 | Wednesday | Opinion
PPD appoints Hacene Makerri as VP

Singapore: Global CRO, Pharmaceutical Product Development, (PPD) has appointed Hacene Mekerri as vice president of its c...

April 14, 2016 | Thursday | News
Covance recieves Frost and Sullivan Award

Singapore: Covance, a global drug development company, has recieved the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific CRO Growt...

October 17, 2014 | Friday | News
ICON appoints APAC and Japan VPs

Singapore: ICON, a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and m...

November 3, 2015 | Tuesday | News
India's Kemwell acquires US-based CRO Cirrus

Singapore: Indian contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing firm Kemwell Biopharma has acquired US contract ...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | News
WuXi PharmaTech board member steps down

Singapore: Ms Ying Han, member of board of WuXi PharmaTech, has stepped down from the company. WuXi PharmaTech is China...

July 9, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Crystal Pharmatech, Partner Sciences join hands

Singapore: Crystal Pharmatech, a technology-driven solid-state research contract research organization (CRO) based China...

February 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
EU suspends GVK Bio medicine for non-compliance

Singapore: European Medicines Agency has slammed Indian contract research organization, GVK BioScience, for non-complian...

December 10, 2014 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Generics, small molecule injectables to drive growth, says Piramal

Singapore: India's Piramal Enterprises' Pharma Solutions division, focused on contract development and manufacturing (CD...

October 14, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
GVK BIO eyes top spot among Asian CROs

Singapore: In a bid to race ahead to be among the top three Asian clinical research organizations in the next five years...

July 18, 2014 | Friday | News
WuXi's API manufacturing passes FDA inspection

Singapore: China-based WuXiPharmaTech, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsour...

August 19, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Quintiles bags Frost and Sullivan's 'APAC CRO of the Year' award

Singapore: Quintiles has recieved Asia Pacific Contract Research Organization company of the Year recognition by Frost &...

October 19, 2015 | Monday | News
PAREXEL expands regulatory management services

Singapore: PAREXEL International has partnered with EMC Corporation to offer an end-to-end Regulatory Information Manage...

April 14, 2016 | Thursday | 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 lo...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
WuXi Life Science to acquire WuXi PharmaTech for around $3.3 bn

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, research and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medi...

August 17, 2015 | Monday | Company results
Gilead Science, WuXi partner to accelerate drug development

Singapore: Gilead Sciences and WuXi PharmaTech have entered into a strategic partnership to conduct analytical and stabi...

October 30, 2015 | Friday | News
Outsourcing strategy for drug development in Asia

The conventional view of contract research organizations (CROs) bears little relationship with the way in which they wer...

April 13, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
PAREXEL Academy conducts clinical research talent development roundtable in Taiwan

Singapore: PAREXEL and PAREXEL Academy hosted a Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) roundtable in Taipei, Taiwan on November 23, 2...

March 11, 2016 | Friday | News
Cogstate bets big on its cognitive test Cognigram

Singapore: Australian company Cogstate has earned overall revenue of $6.14 million and a net loss of $0.49 million in th...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Company results
Taiwan, China firms enter contract research alliance

Singapore: Taiwan-based ScinoPharm (Changshu) Pharmaceuticals and Shanghai-based Sundia MediTech entered in a strategic ...

August 12, 2013 | Monday | News
Local CROs and their challenges

Singapore: Monitoring a clinical study is an important challenge faced by local as well as global CRO where the sponsor ...

October 14, 2014 | Tuesday | Opinion
AMRI acquires Cedarburg at $41mn

Singapore: AMRI has completed the acquisition of Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals, a contract developer and manufacturer of tec...

April 8, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Clinical trial firm BioClinica expands in China

Singapore: BioClinica, a global provider of clinical trial management services, has merged with CoreLab Partners as an i...

June 20, 2013 | Thursday | News
Quintiles shuts down India phase I unit

Singapore: Leading global contract research giant Quintiles has cited a challenging external business environment as the...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
Riken launches iPS cell therapy pilot study

Singapore: Riken has launched a pilot study to assess the safety and feasibility of the transplantation of autologous in...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | News
WHO demands transparency in clinical trial results

Singapore: In a study that analysed reports from large clinical trials (more than 500 participants), registered on Clini...

April 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
Research capital will continue to flow eastward

        Growth of the biotech industry in Singapore over the last 10 years has, in a number of measures, outpa...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Biochips market to be worth $11.4 bn by 2018

Singapore: A recent report released by RnRMarketResearch.com has analyzed the Global Biochips Industry and forecasted th...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
WuXi acquires US based CRO

Singapore: Pharma and biotech R&D service provider, WuXi PharmaTech, has acquired XenoBiotic Laboratories, a contrac...

October 2, 2014 | Thursday | News
Charles River acquires microbe testing lab

Singapore: Charles River has acquired Brass, a Singapore-based microbiology subcontract test laboratory specializing in ...

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Australia to boost clinical trial landscape

Singapore: Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has taken up the task of implementing initia...

August 22, 2014 | Friday | News
WuXi PharmaTech appoints William Keller to Board

Singapore: China bioscience service provider, WuXi PharmaTech, has appointed Mr William Robert Keller as an independent ...

October 1, 2014 | Wednesday | Influencers
Evolving trends in clinical trial designs

In the current competitive era of drug development, establishing the superiority of a new medical intervention compared ...

October 9, 2014 | Thursday | Opinion
Strategic site selection could help reduce study delays

With surveys indicating that 70 percent of clinical trials across Asia, Europe, Canada and Latin America experience dela...

October 9, 2014 | Thursday | Opinion
Australian CRO Novotech opens new office in India

Singapore: Further expanding its presence in Asia, Australia's leading Contract Research Organization Novotech recently ...

June 29, 2015 | Monday | News
WuXi Pharma ventures into Israel

Singapore: China headquarterd WuXi PharmaTech has expanded its presence in Israel to provide integrated R&D services...

November 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Dishman might sell China plant to clear debts

Singapore: India's Ahmedabad based contract research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) company Dishman Pharmaceuticals ...

January 13, 2014 | Monday | News
Clinical Outsourcing Models: "Drive a Hybrid"

Singapore: When we think "hybrid" we think of taking the best components from often opposing approaches and forming a ne...

June 2, 2015 | Tuesday | Opinion
Parexel acquires Turkish firm

Singapore: Parexel, a global clinical research organization with strong base in Asia, has acquired all outstanding equit...

July 2, 2014 | Wednesday | News
GVK announces successful completion of project

Singapore: GVK biosciences has announced the successful completion of in-silico based alternative indications of shelved...

October 22, 2014 | Wednesday | News
USFDA issues haunts Jubilants's Q1 growth

India: The board of Jubilant Life Sciences, an integrated pharmaceutical and lifesciences company met on August 06, 2014...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | Company results
WuXi to establish presence in Boston, SF by 2015

Singapore: China-based research and development service provider, WuXi PharmaTech, plans to expand its operations in US ...

December 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
PPD forms JV to tap Japan clinical trial market

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) and Japan based Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (SNBL) have form...

April 9, 2015 | Thursday | News
PAREXEL launches clinical trial data monitor solution

Singapore: PAREXEL International has launched an integrated suite of applications for managing clinical trials called Pe...

May 21, 2014 | Wednesday | News
PPD appoints Mr Robert Hureau as CFO

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development, (PPD) has appointed Mr Robert Hureau as executive vice president and chie...

August 26, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
WuXi Pharma launches mobile app for research services

Singapore: China's research contract service provider, WuXi PharmaTech, has launched WuXi V-Lab, a mobile app available ...

January 6, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Response Genetics renews deal with Taiho Pharma

Singapore: US-based Response Genetics, a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests that ...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
SunTech Medical and PRA sign agreement

Singapore: The SunTech Medical Oscar 2 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) system has been selected by PRA for u...

January 16, 2014 | Thursday | News
Charles River acquires Galapagos at $172 mn cash

Singapore: Charles River Laboratories has completed the previously announced acquisition of the CRO services division of...

April 1, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Antisense Therapeutics ties up with China CRO for trial

Singapore: Antisense Therapeutics, an Australian publicly listed biopharmaceutical drug discovery and development compan...

March 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
India's CRO industry raises concerns at workshop

New Delhi: At a media workshop on the clinical research industry (CRO) held at Delhi on July 13, 2012, industry experts ...

July 16, 2012 | Monday | News
Ono ties up with BioFocus for drug research

Singapore: Japanese firm Ono Pharmaceutical and BioFocus, a service division of Galapagos and based in the UK, have sign...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Sundia appoints three new independent board members

Singapore: Sundia MediTech, a China-based CRO company, appointed Mr Albert Liou, Mr Haibo Wang, and Ms Wilma Wei as inde...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Marc Wolff is CFO of ReSearch Pharma Services

‎Singapore: ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, a clinical research firm, has appointed Mr Marc Wolff as its chief f...

July 25, 2013 | Thursday | News
WuXi concludes 2013 Life Science Awards in Beijing

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D outsourcing company with ...

December 13, 2013 | Friday | News
Vietnam, Quintiles enter deal to advance clinical trials

Singapore: Vietnam Ministry of Health's Administration of Science, Technology and Training (ASTT) has signed an agreemen...

November 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Aussie firm Mayne to acquire Metrics

Singapore: Mayne Pharma has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Metrics, a privately-owned, US-based provider of...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
Integrated drug discovery fuels healthy outcomes

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies reap the most benefit from their strategic collaborations, by working with su...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
TranScrip CRO expands in Australia

Singapore: UK-based contract organization TranScrip Partners launched its operations in Australia. TranScrip Partners su...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
PPD appoints new vice president

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development, a leading global contract research organization, has appointed Dr Louis R...

July 18, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Parexel launches regulatory outsourcing services

Singapore: Parexel, a global biopharmaceutical services provider, has launched a new service line designed to provide a ...

February 20, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Dx assay announces new service for its pharma clients

Singapore: Dx assays, Singapore-based provider of contract development services to the global diagnostics, pharmaceutic...

October 25, 2012 | Thursday | News
Curadev, Endo Pharma oncology program reaches milestone

Singapore: New Delhi-based Curadev Pharma has successfully advanced its oncology program to the next stage with its clin...

October 1, 2012 | Monday | News
Harlan Japan appoints Hiroharu Okochi as president

Singapore: Harlan Contract Research Services (CRS), a division of Harlan Laboratories, a privately held provider of gene...

December 10, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
WuXi PharmaTech partners with Pharmacyclics

Singapore: Shanghai SynTheAll (STA) Pharmaceutical, subsidiary of WuXi PharmaTech, a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnolo...

November 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
AstraZeneca boosts drug discovery through partnership

Singapore: Pharmaron, a premier R&D service provider for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, has formed a dru...

October 15, 2012 | Monday | News
SFJ Pharma, Pfizer collaborate for dacomitinib trial

Singapore: SFJ Pharmaceuticals, primarily focused on funding and executing phase III studies of drugs, has entered into ...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News
India bioservices registers 12% growth

The bioservices sector witnessed a growth of 15.5 percent in 2011-12 in spite of facing many issues from the regulatory ...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
GVK licenses its biomarker database to National Cancer Institute

Singapore: GVK Biosciences, Asia's leading contract research organization (CRO) has licensed its popular clinical bioma...

September 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Quintiles signs bioanalytical deal with Korean CRO

Singapore: To enhance its bioanalytical service offerings in Asia, Quintiles has signed an exclusive partnership with Bi...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
CROs fertile ground for career growth

        Over the past few years, a significant shift has occurred in the depth and type of relationships that ...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Quintiles to acquire Novella Clinical

Singapore: Quintiles is all set to acquire US-based Novella Clinical, a full-service clinical research organization (CRO...

August 16, 2013 | Friday | News

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