Flu vaccine reduces heart attack risk

Singapore: Regular shots of influenza injections have the added benefit of reducing the risk of heart attacks in people ...

August 22, 2013 | Thursday | News
M&A activity slows down in APAC

In 2011, the number of mergers and acquisitions in the life sciences field of Asia Pacific witnessed a fall. An indepen...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Viralytics melanoma study shows +ve results

Singapore: Assistant Professor (Dr) Robert H I Andtbacka presented a summary of his ongoing study with Viralytics' Cavat...

March 25, 2013 | Monday | News
Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential

The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Prima BioMed announces changes in senior management

Singapore: Australian firm Prima BioMed suggested several changes to its senior management and its board of directors, w...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | News
Genetic diagnostics usher in a new era in healthcare

Thanks to the Human Genome Project, scientists now have a set of tools that can be readily used to understand the comple...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
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