Takeda partners with Monash University

Singapore: The Japanese pharma major Takeda, recently announced that the company has entered into a strategic partnershi...

December 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Sydney sounds measles health alert

Singapore: A public health alert has been sounded in Sydney after a person contracted the highly infectious virus. The d...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
Uniting care inaugurates Australia's first digital hospital

Singapore: Uniting healthcare recently inaugurated Australia's first digital hospital in Queensland. The $96 mn hospital...

December 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
CSL subsidiary gets $1.5 bn US govt Influenza vaccine contract

Singapore: CSL Biotherapies, a subsidiary of CSL Limited, has been awarded a contract by the US Department of Health and...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Aus disinfection technology gets Korea FDA nod

Singapore: The Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has approved Australia-based medical device firm Nanosonics' ...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
Asia bioscience grows 11 percent, crosses $150 bn

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording ...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Pharmaxis' anti-inflammatory drug candidate

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim has acquired investigational drug PXS4728A from Australia based Pharmaxis, to develop it...

May 18, 2015 | Monday | News
Aussie firm gets FDA nod to inititate trial of wet AMD drug

Singapore: Australia based, Circadian Technologies, through its wholly owned subsidiary Opthea has recieved USFDA approv...

June 15, 2015 | Monday | News
AusBiotech, KoreaBIO join hands for mutual growth

Singapore: AusBiotech and Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (KoreaBIO) are signing a memorandum of understanding...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Australia to ban sunbeds to reduce skin cancer cases

Singapore: In a bid to reduce the soaring cases of skin cancer in the country, many states of Australia are set to ban c...

January 1, 2015 | Thursday | News
Tissue patches to repair congenital heart defects

Singapore: Australian biomedical company Allied Healthcare launched cardiovascular tissue patch, CardioCel, to surgicall...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
Cure for peanut allergies found?

Singapore: Peanut allergy is one of the most dreaded forms of allergies across the globe. It is recognized as some of th...

February 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Australia lists pancreatic cancer drug in reimbursement scheme

Singapore: Australian biopharmaceutical company, Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA)'s Abraxane (nanoparticle album...

November 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
BioDiem gets European patent for BDM-1 antimicrobial

Singapore: Australian vaccine development company BioDiem has been grated a key European patent for its synthetic antim...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | News
Prana raises $6 million for clinical trials

Singapore: Prana Biotechnology has raised $6 million (A$6 million) approximately through a placement of 32,500,000 ordin...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
AusBiotech CEO: Biotech is unpredictable economic market

AusBiotech, which is Australian biosciences' flagstaff industry organization comprising of a network of over 3,000 life ...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Smartphones preferred channel for healthcare'

Singapore: Smart phones are the preferred tool for patient's engagement and communication with their healthcare provider...

July 6, 2014 | Sunday | Analysis
ResMed announces record financial results

Singapore: ResMed reported a record revenue of $371.9 million, a nine percent increase (and a 13 percent rise on a const...

August 3, 2012 | Friday | Company results