OUELH extends footprint in healthcare market

China |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2018

OUE Lippo Healthcare Limited (OUELH) has announced that its joint venture company with leading Chinese state-owned conglomerate China Merchants Group, China Merchants Lippo Hospital Managem...Read more

Tot Biopharm opens new biologics facility in Suzhou

China |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2018

Chinese bio-pharmaceutical developer, manufacturer and marketer of oncology drugs Tot Biopharm recently announced that its second phase project, a monoclonal antibo...Read more

Alibaba sells medical assets for HK $10.6 B

China |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Jun, 2018

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is selling its medical assets for HK$10.6 billion ($1.4 billion) to a Hong Kong-listed unit that will then become its flagship healthcare arm. Alibaba Health Inf...Read more

Alpha Biopharma announces series A financing

China |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Jun, 2018

Alpha Biopharma Inc has announced the first $37 million closing of its $65 million Series A financing led by Qiming Venture Partners, one of the most prominent venture capital fir...Read more

Nuance enters $58 M deal for non-opioid pain treatment in China

China |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Jun, 2018

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Nuance Biotech Co. Ltd have entered into an agreement with Nuance, a China based specialty pharmaceutical company, to advance the development and commercial...Read more

HKBU researchers invent medical device using nanotechnology

China |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2018

The research team of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has invented a medical device with a specific nanotechnology layer for the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells (N...Read more

WuXi Biologics Initiates Construction of a Integrated ADC Solution Center in China

China |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2018

WuXi Biologics , a leading global open-access biologics technology platform company offering end-to-end solutions for biologics discovery, development and manufacturing, announced today...Read more

China approves country's first immunotherapy drug for cancer

China |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2018

Bristol Myers Squibb recently announced  that the China National Drug Administration (CNDA) has approved Opdivo (nivolumab injection) for the treatment of locally advanc...Read more

HK researchers invent universal antibody drug against HIV/AIDS

China |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2018

AIDS remains an incurable disease. In the world, HIV/AIDS has resulted in estimated 40 million deaths while 36.9 million people are still living with the virus. There are two major scienti...Read more

Aptose inks license agreement with CrystalGenomics

China |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2018

Aptose Biosciences Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to developing personalized therapies addressing unmet medical needs in oncology, has entered into a license agreeme...Read more

Scientists find stem cell therapy helpful in curing Parkinson’s

China |  News | 2 Comment | 18 Jun, 2018

Parkinson’s disease is one of the leading neural degenerative disorders which is primarily caused by death of dopamine neurons. Stem cell research has great potential to treat Parkins...Read more

Yaoshibang completes $65.7M financing round

China |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Jun, 2018

Yaoshibang, a Guangzhou-based online pharmacy trading and education platform, recently completed a RMB420 million ($65.7 million) series C round led by Shunwei Capital and DCM Ventures. Th...Read more

J & J Innovation to offer new solutions to fight cancer

China |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2018

Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Division of Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Ltd., launched the Shanghai Lung Cancer Innovation QuickFire Challenge to identify new solutions for l...Read more

Suven Life Sciences gets patents in China and US

China |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2018

Suven Life Sciences said it has obtained one product patent each from China and the US related to its  5-HT4 and 5 HT6 compounds. These patents add to the similar protections won in c...Read more

Ganovo approval marks a milestone for MAH policy in China

China |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2018

Ascletis (partner of WuXi STA) receives approval from National Drug Administration of China (CNDA, former CFDA) of its Category 1 new drug, Ganovo® (also known as Danoprevir or ASC08), ...Read more

Hebron Technology to expand in Healthcare Industry Solutions

China |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2018

Hebron Technology Co., Ltd., a developer, manufacturer and installer of valves and pipe fittings for use in the pharmaceutical, biological, food and beverage, and other clean industries has...Read more

Shanghai Kinetic to acquire Elliquence for $77 M

China |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2018

Shanghai Kinetic Medical Co recently announced that it plans to take over US medical technology company Elliquence LLC for $77.15 million. Elliquence makes radiofrequency products that are...Read more

WuXi AppTec, Insilico unite to integrate AI with Drug Discovery

China |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2018

Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence company specialized in the application of deep learning for target identification, drug discovery and aging rese...Read more