Merck inks up to $2.13 B oncology deal with China's SciBrunch

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and China-based startup SciBrunch Therapeutics have entered...

October 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Novartis signs licensing deal worth $7.2 B with China's Abogen for mRNA therapies

China-based startup Abogen Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology group pioneering RNA innovation, has entered...

October 7, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan's Energenesis Biomedical joins hands with Korea-based Yoo Young Pharm to develop treatment for diabetic foot ulcers

Taiwan-based Energenesis Biomedical has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yoo Young Pharm (YYO), a South K...

October 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Korea's SK pharmteco invests more than $200 M to expand small molecule and peptide capacity in US

SK pharmteco, a subsidiary of SK Inc., the strategic investment company for SK Group, South Korea’s second-la...

October 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Qiagen expands AI-powered bioinformatics for research and drug discovery

Qiagen has announced new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to help researchers analyse complex biological and ge...

October 7, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japanese startup Celaid Therapeutics completes second close of Series B financing round with $2.6 M

Japanese startup Celaid Therapeutics Inc. has announced the completion of the second close of its Series B financing rou...

October 5, 2026 | Monday | News
Australia's CSL inks $1.2 B deal with Swiss firm Alentis to develop lixudebart for rare kidney and liver diseases treatment

Australia-based CSL and Swiss firm Alentis Therapeutics have entered into an exclusive global collaboration agreement to...

October 5, 2026 | Monday | News
Bayer to invest $2.2 B in new manufacturing site in US to create highly-skilled jobs

Bayer has announced plans to invest $2.2 billion in a new pharmaceutical manufacturing site in New Albany, Ohio, US. Bui...

October 3, 2026 | Saturday | News
China's Hengrui Pharma inks $2.6 B deal with Novo Nordisk for Once-Weekly oral GLP-1/GIP dual receptor agonist HRS-1596

China-based Hengrui Pharma has entered into a license agreement with Novo Nordisk for HRS-1596, a phase I-ready glucagon...

October 3, 2026 | Saturday | News
Toho, Reprocell partner for domestic distribution of regenerative medical product Stemchymal® in Japan

Reprocell Inc. has entered into a basic agreement with Toho Holdings toward a partnership concerning the domestic distri...

October 3, 2026 | Saturday | News
Korean govt expands market entry support for dermatology companies in Europe

The Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea government, has announced that it will open K-Beauty experience and reta...

September 30, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Chugai and InxMed enter into worldwide license agreement for RAF-MEK Molecular Glue

Japan’s Chugai Pharmaceutical and InxMed (Hong Kong) have entered into a worldwide license agreement regarding SPY...

September 30, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Ontario contributes $1.7 M investment to advance life sciences innovation at Piramal Pharma's Aurora facility

Piramal Pharma Solutions (PPS), India-based Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) and part of Piram...

September 30, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Australia’s Telix Pharma receives US FDA Fast Track Designation for BiPASS Pre-Biopsy Prostate Cancer Imaging

Australia-based Telix Pharmaceuticals has announced that the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has g...

September 30, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Lunit expands AI-powered breast cancer screening across Stockholm Region

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and precision oncology, has announced that its ...

September 29, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Grünenthal partners with DKSH to bring four pain medicines to eight new markets in APAC

Grünenthal, a global leader in pain management and research, and DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, a strategic healthc...

September 29, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher launches Gibco™ CHO-K1 Catalog Panel Media and Feed to accelerate biologics development

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the launch of Gibco™ CHO-K1 Catalog Panel, a cGMP-ready portfolio of basal ...

September 28, 2026 | Monday | News
China's InnoCare inks $3.5 B deal with Eli Lilly to develop new medicines

InnoCare Pharma, a China-based biopharmaceutical company focusing on the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, ha...

September 28, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development provides ¥2.8 B grant to United Immunity

United Immunity, a clinical stage biotechnology company, has raised a total of ¥2.2 billion in private financing, co...

September 28, 2026 | Monday | News
“International healthcare leaders should view Taiwan as a top-tier innovator of complete, end-to-end clinical systems”

What were some of the most distinctive healthcare and medtech innovations from Taiwan showcased at Medical Fair Asia 202...

October 1, 2026 | Thursday | Opinion
“Customers are increasingly seeking partners to combine local technical support with global innovation capabilities”

Which industries and applications will be the primary beneficiaries of the resins manufactured in Quzhou? The primary b...

October 1, 2026 | Thursday | Opinion
“There is a growing trend towards stronger localisation, driven largely by global supply chain risks and disruptions”

How do you see the relationship between Tenthpin's India Innovation Hub and its established Japan operations, particular...

October 1, 2026 | Thursday | Opinion
Qiagen launches QIAmini to automate small-batch sample preparation

QIAGEN N.V. has announced the launch of QIAmini, a compact automated sample preparation system designed to give research...

September 25, 2026 | Friday | News
Novotech buys Agilex Biolabs in Australia

Novotech, the global full-service clinical research organisation (CRO) and scientific advisory company, has reached agre...

September 25, 2026 | Friday | News
China's Sanyou Bio and NovoCodex partner to co-develop innovative dual-payload ADCs

China-based Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals and NovoCodex Biopharmaceuticals have jointly announced that the two companies hav...

September 25, 2026 | Friday | News