Boehringer sets up $94 mn R&D unit in China

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim has invested around $94 million to fund the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Chin...

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
Life science leaders to converge at Biologics World China in Nov

Singapore: China is undergoing major healthcare reform and the bio and pharmaceutical market is expected to maintain dou...

July 31, 2012 | Tuesday | News
China: GSK used sexual bribery to boost sales

Singapore: The police in China have made it official that four senior Chinese executives of GlaxoSmithKline have been de...

July 15, 2013 | Monday | News
International consortium sequences tomato genome

Singapore: The Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC), which is a group of over 300 scientists from 13 countries sequenced the g...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News
China Biologic to report Q2 results

Singapore: China Biologic Products, a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, will rel...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | Company results
Bird flu spreads easily between ferrets, humans may be next

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals has revealed the results of its phase II clinical trial with Aslan001, a small-molecule...

May 28, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Charles River to acquire Galapagos at USD 179 mn

Singapore: Charles River Laboratories is soon to acquire CRO services division of Galapagos, which includes both Argenta...

March 19, 2014 | Wednesday | News
GE Healthcare enters into collaboration with BGI

Bangalore: GE Healthcare, and BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, have entered into a pioneering multi-year ...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | 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
Temptime expands business in Asia

Singapore: Temptime, the world leader in time temperature indicators, has opened a business office in Beijing, China, ma...

June 1, 2012 | 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
BMS partners with Chinese univ for research

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Tsinghua University, Beij...

May 15, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Lai to head LanzaTech China operations

Singapore: LanzaTech appointed Mr Ken C Lai as VP of its Asia Pacific operations. Based in Shanghai, he will oversee the...

April 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Bribery inquiries rising in China: SPP

Singapore: Chinese prosecutors have received more than 600,000 inquiries about bribery records involving companies or in...

July 15, 2013 | Monday | News
Foreign firms in China on high alert after GSK scandal

Singapore: After a series of long drawn investigations that led to scandalous allegations and even more scandalous confe...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
China bans GSK finance head from leaving country

Singapore: Even as police in China are investigating claims of bribery against the British drug major for bribing doctor...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
Challenge No 3: Policy issues

Government policies are among the major challenges before companies operating in the life sciences sector in the Asia Pa...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis