Hummingbird Bio raises $19M in Series B round

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Dec, 2019

Hummingbird Bioscience, an innovative biotherapeutics company located in Singapore and US, has announced that it has raised $19 million in a Series B financing round. The fi...Read more

Lumosa to initiate bridging study of analgesic injection in the US

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Dec, 2019

Opioid misuse, addiction, and overdoses have caused significant social and economic burdens leading to the opioid crisis. LT1001 (brand name Naldebain®) is a prodrug of nalbuphine, an a...Read more

Siddharth Mittal takes over as CEO and JMD of Biocon

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Dec, 2019

Biocon Ltd, an innovation-led global biopharmaceuticals company, announced that Siddharth Mittal has taken over as Chief Executive Officer & Joint Managing Director of the Company start...Read more

Singapore announces its first brain bank

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Dec, 2019

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore’s (NTU Singapore) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), in partnership with National Healthcare Group (NHG) and National Neurosc...Read more

Fujitsu Labs, ACC to advance cancer genomic medicine

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Dec, 2019

Japan based Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Aichi Cancer Center (ACC) have successfully concluded a comprehensive cooperative research agreement to leverage newly developed AI technology to i...Read more

Shamrock Biopharma closes 304 M yuan in Series B financing

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2019

China based Shamrock Biopharmaceuticals, a global clinical stage, biopharmaceutical company committed to innovative and transformative biopharmaceutical research and development, has announ...Read more

NSG BioLabs launches co-working space for startups

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2019

NSG BioLabs, a Singapore-based incubator founded to provide a conducive R&D environment to life sciences companies, had its official launch recently.  The co-working laboratory and...Read more

Hitachi develops automation technology of 3D culture

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2019

Hitachi, Ltd. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is focusing on Social Innovation Business combining its operational technology, information technology and products, has developed a new automat...Read more

UK, China develop pancreatic cancer vaccine system

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2019

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Zhengzhou University have developed a personalised vaccine system that could ultimately delay the onset of pancreatic cancer. ...Read more

Lucence raises $20M to advance liquid biopsy

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2019

Lucence, a Singapore based genomic medicine company that invents blood-based tests for cancer screening and treatment selection, has announced the close of $20 million in Series A funding. ...Read more

Novoheart, AstraZeneca to develop Human Heart-in-a-Jar model

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2019

Canada headquartered Novoheart, a global stem cell biotechnology company, is pleased to announce a collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, in an effort to develop t...Read more

Drive for ‘Innovation Thailand’

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Nov, 2019

The aim is to generate 5 per cent of GDP or to add 1.5 trillion Thai Baht to the economy in a decade. And the medium to reach the target is innovation. After establishing itself firmly as a...Read more

NUS team creates new material for flexible soft robots

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2019

Origami robots are state-of-the-art soft and flexible robots that are being tested for use in various applications including drug delivery in human bodies, search and rescue missions in dis...Read more

Avita Medical in research partnership with University of Colorado

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2019

AVITA Medical, a regenerative medicine company with a technology platform positioned to address unmet medical needs in therapeutic skin restoration, and scientists at the Gates Center for R...Read more

Mayo Clinic, Hitachi to build new oncology facility

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2019

Mayo Clinic and Hitachi, Ltd. have reached an agreement in principle to build a carbon ion treatment facility as part of Mayo Clinic's recently announced integrated oncology facility which ...Read more

Japan grants ODD to Merck's investigational therapy Tepotinib

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2019

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) for its investigatio...Read more

ABL Bio inks strategic partnership with GenScript

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Nov, 2019

China based GenScript Biologics, a world leading bio-pharmaceutical CDMO company, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with ABL Bio Inc., a South Korean biotech company dedic...Read more

NTU makes novel discovery in diabetes research

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Nov, 2019

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have discovered that a type of immune cell known as ‘pancreatic islet macrophages’ is capable of promoti...Read more