Singapore stem cell firm initiates for ASX listing

Singapore: On Q Group, changing its name to StemCell United, a Singapore-based biotechnology company headquartered in Au...

July 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Novogen announces cancer drug breakthrough

Singapore: Australian biotech firm Novogen has made a breakthrough in the development of its anticancer candidate TRXE-0...

June 5, 2015 | Friday | News
Biocon chief gets 'Mazumdar Drive' in Aussie University

Singapore: Ms Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson, Biocon has been honoured by Federation University Australia (FedUni) by ...

March 9, 2015 | Monday | Influencers
Australia to get independent clinical trial regulatory authority

Australia, often regarded by market experts as the most mature clinical research market in Asia Pacific, has leveraged s...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Measure of central BP better than cuff BP in heart patients: AtCor study

Singapore: AtCor Medical highlighted that the results of a new randomized clinical study had demonstrated the benefits o...

September 30, 2013 | Monday | News
Cellmid receive patent approval from Australia

Singapore: Australia-based Cellmid has received patent approval from IP Australia for method of treatment or prevention ...

January 13, 2015 | Tuesday | News
An app to detect skin cancer

Singapore: An app embedded with skin identification system using image recognition software is on a trial by general pra...

February 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Philips appoints new head for Aus-NZ

Singapore: In a swift move, Royal Philips has announced the appointment of Mr Kevin Barrow as both Country Manager for P...

September 1, 2014 | Monday | News
A combo-drug designed to treat TB in HIV patients

Singapore: A novel drug combination, unveiled at the AIDS 2014 symposium allows tuberculosis to be treated while battlin...

July 23, 2014 | Wednesday | News
CSL ships 11 mn influenza vaccine doses to the US

Singapore: CSL Biotherapies, the US subsidiary of Australia-based CSL, has begun the shipment of its seasonal influenza ...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Indian-origin doctor gets Order of Australia medal

Singapore: Professor Ajay Rane, Townsville hospital's director of urogynecology and James Cook University professor, who...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Aussie mhealth firm to roll out tool for Parkinson's

Singapore: Australian technology company, Global Kinetics Corporation (GKC), is set to roll out a new mobile health tech...

August 25, 2014 | Monday | News
What's the stem cell regulatory scenario like in APAC?

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

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Virax to acquire cancer drug developer AKTivate

Singapore: Australian biotechnology company Virax plans to acquire oncology company AKTivate Therapeutics and its novel ...

October 17, 2014 | Friday | News
Proteomics develops predictive test for diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease

Singapore: Australia based biotech company, Proteomics International Laboratories, has produced and validated a predicti...

June 11, 2015 | Thursday | News
Aussie firm Vaxine gets research contract from NIH

Singapore: Australia-based vaccine research firm, Vaxine, is one of the seven recipients of research contracts by Nation...

September 30, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Fortis sells Dental Corporation for $284 mn

Singapore: Fortis Healthcare is selling its 64 percent stake in Dental Corporation (DC), Australia, to healthcare compan...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Australia launches website to enroll trial patients

Singapore: Ms Tanya Plibersek, federal Minister for Health, and Mr Greg Combet, Minister for Innovation and Industry, Au...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
Tech drive demand for 3D medical imaging

Singapore: Global Industry Analysts (GIA) announces the release of a comprehensive global report on 3D medical imaging m...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Aussie, Indonesia to co-develop AIDS, cancer drugs

Singapore: Australia and Indonesia are jointly working towards the research to understand prevalence of AIDS and cancer ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Bionomics, Merck collaborate on drug development

Singapore: Australian biotech firm, Bionomics, has partnered with Merck for research and license agreement for its BNC37...

June 24, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Aussie start-up firm gets MRCF funding

Singapore: Australia's Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) has funded the start-up firm Solvanix, an early st...

January 16, 2015 | Friday | News
Fujifilm Australia wins National iAward

Singapore: At the 20th year celebration of iAwards, the group honoured the 'best of the best' from companies at the cutt...

September 4, 2014 | Thursday | News
Monash Univ finds how IFNβ activates immune response

Singapore: Monash University researchers have gained new insights into the early stages of immune response, providing no...

July 26, 2013 | Friday | News