China Cord Blood clocks $21 mn in Q1 2014

Singapore: China Cord Blood Corporation (CCBC), a leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematop...

August 27, 2013 | Tuesday | Company results
Healthcare equity investment grows by 125% in APAC, declines in west

Singapore: As the global investment community continues its recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, the total value of ...

March 28, 2014 | Friday | News
German, Taiwan firms join hands for genital wart drug

Singapore: Germany-based Medigene and SynCore Biotechnology, a member of Taiwan's Sinphar Pharmaceutical Group, expanded...

April 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
China Nuokang merges with Merger Sub

Singapore: China Nuokang Bio-Pharmaceutical, a leading China-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the R&D, ma...

October 1, 2012 | Monday | News
Agenix seeks China SFDA nod for hepatitis candidate

Singapore: Drug and diagnostic company Agenix announced that it was on track to submit a new drug clinical trial applic...

April 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioSpecifics, Auxilium, Sobi join hands for Xiapex

Singapore: US-based BioSpecifics Technologies, a biopharmaceutical company, and its partner Auxilium Pharmaceuticals hav...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
US biosimilars market to be $9 bn by 2020

Singapore: A new report by global business intelligence firm GBI Research has highlighted that the massive potential for...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Novo Nordisk invests $100 mn in Beijing

Singapore: Novo Nordisk, which was the first multinational company to open a research center in China in 1997, now reaff...

September 25, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Cell death pioneer wins Agilent thought leader award

Singapore: Dr Junying Yuan, a pioneer and leading researcher in the field of cell death at the Chinese Academy of Scienc...

December 11, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Mr Harish Nuggehalli & Mr Ashwin Sreenivasan: Focus on quality, cost will intensify in 2013

We are looking to take several initiatives in 2013, including the development of a local eco-system of vendors by connec...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Sinopharm Shyndec passes clean production inspection

Singapore: The Pudong base of Shanghai Shyndec Pharmaceutical (Sinopharm Shyndec) in China received clearance from an in...

December 3, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
China to buy Gamma Knife surgery worth $25 mn

Singapore: National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China is to purchase seven Leksell Gamma Knife Perf...

September 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
Luqa launches scar treatment in China

Singapore: China-based Luqa Pharmaceuticals has launched its first product in China, Strataderm Gel, an innovative silic...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Beijing Genomics Institute, Gates foundation to collaborate

Singapore: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China-headquarter...

September 28, 2012 | Friday | News
Eisai expands its anti-obesity drug market

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical firm, Eisai has expanded the marketing and supply agreement between its U.S. subsidiary...

November 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Co-Diagnostics, DNA Logix JV to target poor nations

Singapore: US-based Co-Diagnostics and DNA Logix have formed a joint venture, Co-Diagnostics HBDC to address diagnostic ...

July 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Average bioscience R&D spend in APAC down 50%

The research and development (R&D) spend in Asia Pacific in 2011 was down by 50 percent to an average of 6.58 percen...

June 18, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
3SBio retains Jefferies and Merrill Lynch as advisers

Singapore: 3SBio, a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on R&D, manufacturing and marketing biopharma...

October 1, 2012 | Monday | News