China's Jiangsu Hengrui to build a new biologics facility

Singapore: China-based Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine recently announced plans to build a biologics manufacturing plant in Suz...

July 20, 2015 | Monday | News
Aussie firm gets FDA nod to supply cancer antibody in US labs

Singapore: Sienna Cancer Diagnostics, Melbourne-based biotechnology company focused on developing novel in-vitro diagnos...

May 29, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Korea's Green cross expands cell therapy business in China

Singapore: South Korean biopharmaceutical company, Green Cross, is expanding its presence in China by building a cell th...

March 12, 2015 | Thursday | News
BioGenes launches enhanced generic HCP assay

Singapore: Germany-based BioGenes, a global leader in host cell protein (HCP) assay development, has launched a new gene...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
LabCorp launches 4th gen HIV antigen assay

Singapore: Laboratory Corporation of America has released 4th generation HIV antigen/antibody combination assay and a ne...

November 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Novartis gets EU nod for psoriasis biologic drug

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Novartis, has recieved European Commission (EC) nod for Cosentyx (secukinumab,...

January 20, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Sartorius Stedim enhances single-use product portfolio

Singapore: Biotechnology supplier company, Sartorius Stedim Biotech, has launched new range of single-use bags, under it...

June 3, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Takeda partners with Nanotherapeutics to expand influenza vaccine program

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has recieved expanded commercialization and technology access rights related to Nanothe...

August 28, 2015 | Friday | News
China ramps up efforts to curb Ebola

Singapore: The Chinese mobile laboratory stationed at the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital at Jui, is playing an i...

December 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops animal-free screening platform to predict nephrotoxicity

Singapore: Researchers from Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed an animal-fr...

October 9, 2015 | Friday | News
A*Star peptides help understand Alzheimer's, cancer

Singapore: A new class of ultrasmall peptides developed by A*Star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN)...

April 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Australia's Anteo Diagnostics to acquire Belgium Dx firm

Singapore: Australia based Anteo Diagnostics has decided to acquire DIAsource ImmunoAssays, (DIAsource), a global specia...

August 27, 2015 | Thursday | News
India biotech rides on biologics manufacturing

A large chunk of the Indian firms are also looking at contract manufacturing of biologic products for western companies....

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Dr Brian McNamee: The force behind CSL

A doctor by training, Dr Brian A McNamee was enjoying himself in various job roles starting out as product manager, a jo...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Is repeated MRI harmful to brain? FDA investigates

Singapore: FDA is investigating the risk of brain deposits following repeated use of gadolinium-based contrast agents (G...

July 28, 2015 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Taiwan's ITRI showcases biomedical innovations

Singapore: Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) celebrated BIO Day on August 30th with a focus on pe...

September 1, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Chinese Ebola diagnostic kit receives WHO nod

Singapore: Shanghai's ZJ Biotech recently announced that its Ebola diagnostic kit has received the WHO nod. The kit was ...

June 4, 2015 | Thursday | News
Chemistry Nobel winner, Dr Irwin Rose, dies at 88

Singapore: Dr Irwin Rose, an American biologist, who shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004 for the discovery of cell b...

June 4, 2015 | Thursday | Influencers