Apollo partners with New South Wales for e-course

Singapore: Apollo's Medical e-learning initiative, Medvarsity, has tied up with University of New South Wales (UNSW),to ...

December 12, 2014 | Friday | News
Merck alzheimer's trial is a success

Singapore: Merck, which is known as MSD outside the US and Canada, revealed positive results from its phase Ib study sho...

July 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Viralytics multi-cancer drug shows +ve results

Singapore: Viralytics has finalized the clinical study report on the phase I evaluation of Cavatak, which is administere...

April 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Why big pharma is busy acquiring injectables firms?

Big pharma companies are gearing up to combat the shortage of injectables in the US through acquiring companies with app...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Cellabs: We make customized diagnostic kits

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November 29, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Patrys gets 2nd Aus patent for cancer drug

Singapore: Australia-based Patrys, a clinical stage biotechnology company, has been granted a second Australian patent f...

November 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Mutton re-elected as Bioxyne chairman

Singapore: Institutional and retail investors of Bioxyne re-elected chairman Mr Ian Mutton and managing director Mr Dav...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | News
USAID, AusAID to fight pandemic threats in SE Asia

Singapore: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Australian Agency for International Development (...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | News
AtCor Medical product gets US FDA approval

Singapore: Australia-based AtCor Medical, the developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor system that noninvasively measure...

November 26, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
CPR to provide access to phase I units in APAC

Singapore: Australian-based CRO, CPR Pharma Services, is launching a service aimed at US-based companies who want access...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
CBio to merge with US firm Inverseon

Singapore: Australian drug development company CBio will merge with US-based Inverseon in a deal to establish a clinical...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Genentech, startup sign $330 mn deal for cancer targets

Singapore: Immunocore entered into a research collaboration and licensing agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roch...

June 28, 2013 | Friday | News
China, Australia dominate APAC pharma market

The pharmaceutical market in several nations of the Asia Pacific (APAC) region witnessed a significant growth during 201...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Spinifex appoints a new chief medical officer

Singapore: Spinifex Pharmaceuticals announced that Dr Ronald Marcus would be the new Chief Medical Officer. He would be ...

June 10, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Celgene halts phase III trial of cancer drug Revlimid

Singapore: Celgene has discontinued treatment with Revlimid (lenalidomide), prescribed for for multiple myeloma, in open...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Immune cells essential to establish pregnancy: Study

Singapore: Research from University of Adelaide have shown that immune cells known as macrophages are critical to fertil...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
NZ, Aus govt commit $2.5 mn for rheumatic vaccine

Singapore: The decision by New Zealand and Australian Prime Ministers to investigate potential vaccines against rheumati...

February 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Australia, China team up to promote healthy ageing

Singapore: Senior scientists from Australia and China are meeting at the Australian Academy of Science on July 23 and 24...

July 23, 2012 | Monday | News
Aus firm to raise $10 mn for multiple sclerosis drug

Singapore: Australia medical biotechnology company, Innate Immunotherapeutics, plans to raise up to $10.93 million (A$12...

November 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
CardioCel continues to get surgeons' nod in Australia

Singapore: CardioCel, a cardiovascular tissue patch to repair heart deformities including repairing and reconstructing h...

October 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aimedics recalls sleep-time glucose monitor HypoMon

Singapore: Australia-based medical device developer Aimedics, in consultation with Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Benitec, uniQure sign cross-licensing deal

Singapore: Benitec Biopharma and uniQure, a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced a non-exclusive cross...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
US patent for Unilife Unifill syringes

Singapore: The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Unilife patent for the Unifill ready-to-fill (prefille...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Fujikura to license Cellmid's cancer antibody

Singapore: Japan-based Fujikura Kasei is going to licence cancer diagnostic antibody midkine (MK) developed by Australia...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Molecular diagnostics is key to future

China, Japan, India and Singapore are leveraging on genetic technologies to develop molecular diagnostic platform which ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
DSM launches cGMP facility in Brisbane

Singapore: DSM Pharmaceutical, the custom manufacturing and technology business of Royal DSM, has launched its new cGMP ...

October 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Phosphagenics appoints US advisers

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics has appointed US pharmaceutical consulting company,...

August 2, 2012 | Thursday | News
Mylan to develop, market Biocon generic insulin

Bangalore: India's No 2 biotech company, Bangalore-based Biocon has announced a strategic partnership with global generi...

February 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Transplant pig cells into human brain to treat Parkinson's

Singapore: Living Cell Technologies (LCT) has received ethical approval from the New Zealand Ministry of Health's Healt...

November 19, 2012 | Monday | News
Glen Pater is APAC head of UK-based CRO TranScrip

Singapore: TranScrip Partners, a UK-based contract service organization, has appointed Australia-based Dr Glen Pater. D...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
QRxPharma resubmits Moxduo NDA to US FDA

Singapore: QRxPharma announced that the company resubmitted its Moxduo New Drug Application (NDA) to the US FDA. As dis...

March 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Australia's Mayne Pharma launches Doryx in US

Singapore: Mayne Pharma Group has announced the launch of Doxycycline Hyclate Delayed-Release tablet in the US through t...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
French cosmetic giant to use Phylogica skin-repair peptide

Singapore: Phylogica licensed its anti-aging, skin-repair Phylomer peptide, PYC35, to Le Métier de Beauté for use ...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Neopec implant cures breast cancer

Singapore: Neopec has demonstrated proof-of-concept for breast tissue growth using its breast reconstruction chamber in ...

October 26, 2012 | Friday | News
Lignol Energy increases stake in ARW

Singapore: Lignol Energy (LEC), a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sector, ha...

March 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Eisai pharma opens its new Australia division

Singapore: Eisai, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, is seeking to expand its global network by opening a new office in ...

November 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Ellex raises funds to advance eye diagnostic tech

Singapore: Australia-based Ellex Medical Lasers, medical technology developers for the diagnosis and treatment of eye di...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | News
Sanofi launches JE vaccine in Australia

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, has launched IMOJEV vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (J...

December 10, 2012 | Monday | News
Alchemia issues shares, raises $10 mn

Singapore: Australian-based drug discovery and development company Alchemia has raised $10.44 million (A$10.2 million) ...

March 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Aquavit, Uniquest sign medtech MoU

Singapore: Aquavit Life Sciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aquavit Pharmaceuticals, signed a memorandum of understa...

October 10, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Challenges teach you a lot about yourself: Julie Philips

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." — Henry Ford I started my ...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSp...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Antibody R&D: What APAC firms are working on?

Over the years, some of the Asian companies have made significant breakthroughs in antibody research and are exploring f...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Imugene expands scientific advisory board

Singapore: Australian biopharmaceutical company Imugene has appointed Dr Christoph Zielinski and Dr Ursula Wiedermann to...

January 20, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
LCT, Otsuka to co-develop NTCELL for Parkinson's

Singapore: Living Cell Technologies have signed an agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory to co-develop NTCELL for...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
CSL files biologics license plea with FDA

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Australia-based CSL Behring's biologics license applic...

May 30, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Victoria launches 'Code of Best Practice' for biotech directors

Singapore: Victorian Minister for Technology, Mr. Gordon Rich-Phillips, has launched a Guide for Life Science Company Di...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
MNCs boost Asia biologics industry

Entry of multinational companies has been a big boost to Asia's position in biologics manufacturing, especially with cGM...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Genetic test predicts Autism risk

Singapore: A team of Australian researchers, led by University of Melbourne has developed a genetic test that is able to...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
LCT conducts first implant of regenerative therapy

Singapore: Australia-based Living Cell Technologies (LCT) has implanted regenerative cell therapy NTCELL, a treatment fo...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
Gilead leukemia study gets complete response

Singapore: Gilead Sciences' phase II study (Study 101-08) evaluating idelalisib (formerly GS-1101), an investigational, ...

May 16, 2013 | Thursday | News
Fund freeze by Australia govt worries biotech

Singapore: AusBiotech calls on the Federal Government to provide some certainty to the innovation sector as support pro...

September 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Projects under Indo-Australia Biotechnology Fund

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May 18, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
FDA accepts resubmission of Moxduo NDA by QRxPharma

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set August 26, 2013, as the date for action on QRxPharma's res...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | News
Mr Schwarz: We track samples at subzero degrees

Melbourne-based bluechiip is a tracking technology company that was listed on the Australia Stock Exchange in June 2011....

December 10, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
ASX biotech stock surge 54 percent in 2013

Singapore: Analysis from leading healthcare fund manager BioScience Managers has highlighted the outstanding year for bi...

January 7, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Aus Govt, Apotex sue Sanofi for extending patent

Singapore: The Australian government has joined hands with generics manufacturer Apotex in suing Sanofi Aventis seeking ...

April 22, 2013 | Monday | News
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Phosphagenics to begin oxymorphone patch trial

Singapore: Melbourne-based drug delivery technology company, Phosphagenics, is going to launch phase I study of a transd...

January 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
Massive cancer vaccination starts in Aus schools

Singapore: Australian schoolboys have begun receiving the first-of-three vaccinations to protect them against cancers a...

February 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Patrys gets approval for myeloma trials in Australia

Singapore: Patrys has received approval to commence its planned phase I/IIa multiple myeloma trial with lead anti-canc...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | News
AtCor revenue up by 41 percent in FY 2013

Singapore: AtCor Medical, the developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor system that measures central aortic blood pressur...

September 2, 2013 | Monday | Company results
Patrys cancer drug gives hope to patients

Singapore: Patrys, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, has confirmed anti-cancer properties of PAT-SM6 and has d...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Industry Records 11% Growth

Singapore: The bioscience industry in the major markets of Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan and comprising Australia...

June 22, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
ImmusanT starts trials of celiac disease vaccine, Nexvax2

Singapore: ImmusanT initiated clinical trials in New Zealand, Australia and the US to evaluate Nexvax2, the first thera...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Queensland marks 15% less HIV cases in 2013

Singapore: Ministerial Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS (MAC) in Australia has achieved 15 percent reduction in HIV notifi...

September 6, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Alchemia gets US patent for oncology platform technology

Singapore: Brisbane-based drug discovery and development company Alchemia has been granted a key US patent critical to ...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Elsevier: Prana drug among 'Top 10 CNS Projects'

Singapore: A clinical drug for Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease by Australia-based Prana Biotechnology, a global dev...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aussies commit $652 mn for medical research

Singapore: Australia Minister for Health, Ms Tanya Plibersek, announced that $652 million will be provided for 1,141 gra...

October 19, 2012 | Friday | News
BioDiem partners with VIVALIS for vaccine development

Singapore: Australian vaccine development company BioDiem announced that it has begun research collaboration with France...

May 16, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Atcor's SphygmoCor XCEL gets Mexican nod

Singapore: Australia-based AtCor Medical, the developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor system which measures central aor...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Avexa to invest in mining to fund drug development

Singapore: How far will a drug company go to fund drug discovery and development? Melborne-based biotechnology company A...

November 6, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Clinuvel gets positive results in Scenesse trial

Singapore: Australian company Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals reported successful, statistically significant results from its U...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
BioPharma Asia: Dr Deborah Rathjen wins Life Science Woman Executive of the Year award

Singapore: Dr Deborah Rathjen, CEO of Australia based Bionomics, was awarded the Life Science Woman Executive of the Yea...

March 17, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
Hyaluronic acid properties to enhance drug delivery

A company that has been leveraging on drug delivery products is Alchemia. Its HyACT technology uses hyaluronic acid's (H...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer to shut plant in Australia, slash 140 jobs

Singapore: Pfizer will make a phased exit of its West Ryde plant in Australia, which produces tablets and capsules for b...

September 27, 2013 | Friday | News
BioDiem BDM-1 gets Chinese divisional patent

Singapore: BioDiem received a grant of a Chinese divisional patent, expanding the patent position for its novel antimicr...

February 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Lawrence Gozlan is part of AusBiotech board

Singapore: AusBiotech has appointed Mr Lawrence Gozlan as a non-executive director to its board. He has experience in gl...

March 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
Vaxxas bags AusBiotech emerging company award

Singapore: Vaxxas, a UniQuest start-up established in 2011 to commercialize the Nanopatch vaccine delivery system based...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
Bionomics MD Deborah Rathjen is PIC's new chair

Singapore: Dr Deborah Rathjen, managing director of Bionomics and chair of AusBiotech, has been elected as the chair of ...

August 9, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Phosphagenics to initate Ph 2 trial of pain reducing patch

Singapore: Australian drug delivery company, Phosphagenics, has received regulatory nod to commence proof of concept of ...

December 9, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Phylogica gets patent to model libraries from protein

Singapore: Australia-based Phylogica recieved allowance of its US patent application for synthetic Phylomer libraries. T...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Mesoblast to develop neuro diseases therapies

Singapore: Australian company Mesoblast has outlined the company's strategic plans to develop adult stem cell therapies...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | News
Melbourne institute gets $590k funding for stomach cancer

Singapore: Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, have been awarded funding from Can...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Alchemia records $3.5 mn profit in Q2 2013

Singapore: Australian drug discovery and development company Alchemia reported a record quarterly profit share of $3.5 m...

August 21, 2013 | Wednesday | Company results
Starpharma drug targets cancer more effectively

Singapore: Australia-based Starpharma reported significant tumor-targeting results with its proprietary dendrimer-doceta...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
TGA nod for iSonea's wheeze detection device

Singapore: Medical technology company iSonea received approval from Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) t...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
ResMed revenue increases 11% to $414 mn

Singapore: Australia-based ResMed reported record revenue and income for the quarter ending June 30, 2013. Revenue was $...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | Company results
CNS hires former TGA toxicologist for BioDesk

Singapore: Clinical Network Services (CNS), an Australian-based CRO offering integrated development services, has appoin...

March 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Phosphagenics' Esra Ogru sells all shares, repays firm

Singapore: Dr Esra Ogru, former chief executive of Phosphagenics has sold her shares in the company to repay $5.7 millio...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Bionomics' presents +ve data on Alzheimer's drug

Singapore: Bionomics presented data on BNC375, its drug candidate for the treatment of memory loss in Alzheimer's diseas...

February 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Grapefruit nanoparticles can deliver cancer drug

Singapore: A study conducted at the University of Louisville, US, has found out the way to create nanoparticles using na...

May 23, 2013 | Thursday | News
Mayne Pharma acquires generic drugmaker Libertas

Singapore: Mayne Pharma from Australia has made a second US acquisition by buying privately-held US-based generic drugma...

July 5, 2013 | Friday | News
Medical laser market to reach $8.8 bn by 2018: GIA

Singapore: Technological advancements in laser technology have created a plethora of applications in the medical field, ...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
UPS opens new facilities for healthcare in APAC

Singapore: US-based United Parcel Service (UPS) has expanded its global healthcare distribution facility network in the ...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | News
Universal Biosensors gets manufacturing award

Singapore: Australia-based Universal Biosensors (UBI) has bagged 'Technology in Manufacturing Award' at Victorian Manufa...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Australia's Blackmores buys Chinese herbal medicine firm

Singapore: Australia's leaing vitamin maker Blackmores recently announced the acquisition of Chinese herbal medicine fir...

May 12, 2016 | Thursday | News
Menopause not to blame for weight gain

Singapore: Menopause doesn't cause women to gain weight, but affects where weight gain occurs, according to the latest ...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
Australians one step closer to malaria vaccine

Singapore: Scientists in Australia have been studying people, who have developed an immunity to malaria. These scientist...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | News