Asia bags $6.6 bn M&A deals in 2013

Singapore: The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region attracted around 101 M&A deals in pharma, medical, and biotech industry in...

March 28, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
CyberKnife System earns over 1 mn in revenue

Singapore: CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, located in Changhai Hospital, along with da Vinci Surgical System, ha...

June 20, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Novozymes to help build bio-refinery in China

Singapore: Europe-based Novozymes has partnered with M&G Chemicals to supply enzyme technology for glycols bio-refin...

November 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Medtronic, LifeTech alliance to serve heart patients

Singapore: Medtronic and LifeTech Scientific have entered into a strategic alliance to serve cardiovascular patients an...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
3SBio posts 31% revenue growth in Q2 2012

Singapore: 3SBio, a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and mark...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | Company results
ActiViews gets SFDA nod for needle guidance system

Singapore: ActiViews, a company pioneering the development of simple, accurate, and cost-effective surgical navigation s...

May 23, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Swedish radiation therapy solution gets CFDA nod

Singapore: Swedish medical technology company RaySearch Laboratories that develops advanced software solutions for impro...

August 14, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Novartis posts 20 percent rise in Q1 profit

Singapore: Novartis announced that it has recorded a 20 percent rise in its first-quarter profit. Reports said that the...

April 29, 2014 | Tuesday | Company results
Ventana gets CFDA nod for cancer antibody assay

Singapore: Ventana Medical Systems, which is a member of the Roche Group, received approval for its Ventana ALK (D5F3) R...

September 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
ShangPharma appoints committee chairman

Singapore: ShangPharma, a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing comp...

July 18, 2012 | Wednesday | News
BGI study gives insight into human gut microbiota

Singapore: A novel metagenomic study on human gut microbiota and their potential impact on type 2 diabetes, the most com...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | News
BioTime director passes away

Singapore: Mr Abraham (Barry) E Cohen, member of BioTime's board of directors, passed away at the age of 76. BioTime is ...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
Dehaier develops portable oxygen inhaler

Singapore: Dehaier Medical Systems, an emerging leader in the development, assembly, marketing and sale of medical devic...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | News
China SFDA drug lab gets WHO prequalification

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) has included China's National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFD...

January 10, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
APAC stem cell therapy market to reach $972mn in 2018

Singapore: A new study by Reports and Reports predicted that the stem cell therapy market in Asia Pacific (APAC) will gr...

January 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BGI-Shenzhen gets clearnace from NDRC for BGI's acquisition

Singapore: BGI-Shenzhen and Complete Genomics have obtained clearance from the National Development and Reform Commissi...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
GSK CEO accompanies UK PM on China visit

Singapore: After facing a storm of controversy in China, Sir (Dr) Andrew Witty, CEO, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) visited the c...

December 2, 2013 | Monday | News
How Chinese economy will impact its life sciences?

During a January 2013 economic forum in Beijing, Lou Jiwei, chairman of the China Investment Corporation (CIC), presente...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion