Dr. Steven Rosenberg's achievements in cancer immunotherapy motivate young researchers

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2019

Using the function of the individual's own immune system to combat cancer, this out-of-the-box concept was proposed by Dr. Steven Rosenberg about thirty years ago. His initiative laid ...Read more

Curiox Biosystems achieves commercialization, fund raising success in North Asia

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2019

ZIG Ventures Ltd (ZIG), a Singapore-based medtech investment and commercialisation company, is pleased to announce the successful completion of a US$15M fund raising from lea...Read more

Chinese biotech startup receives $80 M in Series B funding

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Oct, 2019

Ansun Biopharma , which is committed to developing first-in-class innovative biopharmaceuticals for the most urgent and unmet clinical needs in the field of respira...Read more

Immutep receives A$2.5 M R&D tax incentive from French Govt

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Oct, 2019

Immutep Limited, an Australian biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapy treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases, is pleased to announce that it has received a €1,568,...Read more

A New Route to Blocking Children’s Bone Cancer

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Oct, 2019

Ewing sarcoma is a bone cancer that appears mainly in teenagers. Due to a single defective gene, once it spreads to distant organs it is hard to treat. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute...Read more

Novo Nordisk, bluebird bio plan next-gen in vivo genome editing

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Oct, 2019

US headquartered bluebird bio, Inc. and Denmark based Novo Nordisk have announced that they have entered into a three-year research collaboration to jointly develop next-generation in vivo ...Read more

NTU startup unveils robot with human-like grip

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Oct, 2019

A robotics technology start-up from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) named Eureka Robotics, has unveiled a new robot that can pick up delicate opti...Read more

True Digital Park to propel digital economy in South East Asia

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Oct, 2019

True Digital Park, Thailand's first and Southeast Asia's largest digital innovation hub, has announced the completion of its startup ecosystem, reinforcing the readiness...Read more

Korean lab develops cosmetics to improve skin acne

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2019

A research institute in South Korea has succeeded in developing cosmetics that can change the skin properties of people with acne skin types. Natural Substances Lab Inc. has successfully co...Read more

I-Mab novel antibody gets IND approval in China

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2019

I-Mab Biopharma, a China and U.S.-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company exclusively focused on the discovery and development of novel or highly differentiated biologics i...Read more

Australia grants Patent to Krystal Biotech

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2019

 Krystal Biotech ,a gene therapy company dedicated to developing and commercializing novel treatments for patients suffering from skin diseases, announced the granting of a new patent ...Read more

Biocept technology receives South Korean patent

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2019

Biocept, Inc., a US based  commercial provider of liquid biopsy tests designed to provide physicians with clinically actionable information to improve the outcomes of patients dia...Read more

Scientists in UK identify cause of antibiotic resistance

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2019

Scientists have confirmed for the first time that bacteria can change form to avoid being detected by antibiotics in the human body. Studying samples from elderly patients with recurring u...Read more

Singapore-India Hackathon provides platform for innovation

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Oct, 2019

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Innovation Cell, and All India Council for Technical Education (AI...Read more

CanSino partners with Ocugen to work on gene therapy

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Oct, 2019

Ocugen, Inc., a UK based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative therapies that address rare and underserved eye diseases, has entered into a strategic partnership wi...Read more

MIMETAS and HUB to develop and promote Organoids-on-a-Chip

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Oct, 2019

MIMETAS, with its presence in the Netherlands, US and Japan, and Hubrecht Organoid Technologies (HUB), a not-for-profit organization based in the Netherlands, have announced that they enter...Read more

Biocon announces price reduction for insulin

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Sep, 2019

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CMD, Biocon has promised to enable universal access to rh-Insulin by reducing prices to less than 10 US cents /Day for Low and middle income countries which bear t...Read more

NTU builds chip to analyse health of immune system

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Sep, 2019

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a lab-on-a-chip system that can identify the health aspects of a person’s immune s...Read more