Melbourne firm, Optimer sign deal for DIFICID

Singapore: A new therapy to treat a common hospital superbug infection Clostridium difficile will soon be available to A...

June 20, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Aussie's CardioCel gets US approval

Singapore: Australia based Admedus has received FDA clearance to market CardioCel in the US. CardioCel is the group's l...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Biolife HER-Vaxx B cell peptide vaccine hailed

Singapore: Biolife Science's strategy of targeting the tumour-associated antigen HER-2/NEU has been the focus of a recen...

March 25, 2013 | Monday | News
Asia biologics manufacturers face the 'quality challenge'

Biologics manufacturers in Asia have to be more vigilant and give higher priority to product safety and product efficacy...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Biota shareholders' meet on Sept 25 for merger with Nabi

Singapore: The Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, has ordered a meeting of Biota Holdings shareholders to consider an...

August 13, 2012 | Monday | News
Viralytics presents +ve results of phase II Cavatak trial

Singapore: Viralytics reported strong interim results from its phase II clinical trial of Cavatak treatment in late stag...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Breakthrough in prostate cancer research

Singapore: Researchers in Monash University, Australia, have found prostate cancer cells that survive androgen withdrawa...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Competition intensifies for type 2 diabetes drugs

Singapore: The global pre-diabetes population is three times the size of the current diabetes patient population and the...

August 28, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Digital healthcare, the next big thing

A radical shift in how healthcare is delivered globally is underway. Game-changing developments in sensor technologies w...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Phylogica gets Aus patent for Phylomer library

Singapore: Phylogica has received a core patent in Australia (Registration no: 2009251209; Divisional of AU 2008200790)...

March 25, 2013 | Monday | News
Top brass changes at medical device major iSonea

Singapore: In a bid to shift its focus from technology development to sales, Australia's top medical device manufacturer...

January 7, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Logistics provider STL Warehousing expanding

Singapore: In a move to venture into the global market, Australia's leading healthcare logistics provider STL Warehousin...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
GI Dynamics gets FDA nod for diabetes and obesity trial

Singapore: GI Dynamics received conditional approval from the US FDA to commence a pivotal clinical trial of the EndoBar...

August 24, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
What are the hurdles before stem cell research?

The pioneering research of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has ...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Takeda R&D filed 7 NDAs in the last 8 months

Singapore: Takeda Global Research and Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical, has filed seven n...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
Start-up to commercialize blood collection tube

Singapore: Australia's Medical Research Commercialization Fund (MRCF) and the Uniseed Commercialization Fund have jointl...

June 18, 2012 | Monday | News
US firm wins stem cell drug patent in Australia

Singapore: US-based Osiris Therapeutics, which develops and markets stem cell products to treat serious medical conditio...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
iSonea launches first mobile asthma technology

Singapore: Medical technology company iSonea launched its first asthma management smartphone app, AsthmaSense, for iPhon...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | News