AZ enters licensing agreement with China Medical System Holdings for hypertension medicine

Bangalore: AstraZeneca announced it has entered into a licensing agreement with China Medical System (CMS) Holdings for ...

March 1, 2016 | Tuesday | News
China VC invests in Israel surgical firm

Singapore: Israel based Gordian Surgical, a portfolio company of Trendlines Medical, has raised nearly $1 million, inclu...

October 20, 2015 | Tuesday | News
2015 Biotech China to be held in September

Singapore: The All China Biotech Conference and Exhibition will be held on September 21-23 in Nanjing International Expo...

June 30, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Mindray Medical is set to penetrate the medtech market

Mindray Medical created a strong name in a wide array of medical devices and consumables. It is further complementing ...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
DKSH partners with Bristol-Myers Squibb

Singapore: DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, service provider for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in As...

April 9, 2014 | Wednesday | News
ResMed acquires China based Curative Medical

Singapore: Australia firm focused on sleep disorder, ResMed, has completed the previously announced acquisition of China...

October 9, 2015 | Friday | News
Buchang to increase stake in alliance with Tiyanyin

Singapore: Buchang Pharma is likely to significantly increase its stake in the Tianyin-Buchang Alliance joint venture, t...

June 16, 2015 | Tuesday | News
US firm opens photonics R&D centre in China

Singapore: US based Cambridge Technology (CTI) has launched its first research and development center in China to provid...

September 28, 2015 | Monday | News
China surpasses Korea in sci-tech competitiveness

Singapore: A report published on February 11 by the Hyundai Economic Research Institute titled, 'Comparison of Korea-Chi...

February 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
WuXi invests on on-dose authentication solution

Singapore: China's WuXi PharmaTech and TruTag Technologies, developer of an innovative edible security platform for phar...

August 11, 2015 | Tuesday | News
3SBio, Alteogen to develop antibody for metastatic cancer

Singapore: 3SBio, China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biop...

October 13, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Sino Biopharma banks on quality manufacturing

Sino Biopharmaceutical, an integrated name in R&D, manufacturing and marketing of health enhancing modernized Chin...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
China SFDA 'blacklist' to crack down on fake drug firms

Singapore: The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) will implement a regulation on the management of a drug...

October 2, 2012 | Tuesday | News
China Resources Sanjiu Medical to acquire Zhejiang Zhongyi Pharmaceutical

Singapore: China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical plans to fully acquire Zhejiang Zhongyi Pharmaceutical in...

August 20, 2015 | Thursday | News
WuXi's subsidiary gets manufacturing nod in Japan

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech's small-molecule process development and manufacturing subsidiary Shanghai SynTheAll Pharmace...

August 28, 2015 | Friday | News
Hong Kong approves asthma drug flutiform

‎Singapore: Mundipharma, an Asian pharmaceutical company, has launched Flutiform (fluticasone propionate/formotero...

November 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Chugai Pharma to set up sales unit in China

Singapore: With a capital of $30 million, Tokyo based Chugai Pharmaceutical has announced to establish a wholly owned dr...

December 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
WuXi's API manufacturing passes FDA inspection

Singapore: China-based WuXiPharmaTech, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsour...

August 19, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
China Jo-Jo Drugstores marks 90% growth in online sale

Singapore: China Jo-Jo Drugstores, China's wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and health care products through onli...

June 15, 2015 | Monday | Company results
Astellas, FibroGen start CKD anemia trial in Japan

Singapore: Japan-based Astellas Pharma and US-based FibroGen initiated a phase II clinical study in Japan of ASP1517/FG-...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Vésale, Chinese pediatric firm enter probiotic deal

Singapore: Leading probiotics supplier from Belgium, Vésale Pharma has entered into a partnership with China's leadin...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
US-based GenScript opens R&D center in Nanjing

Singapore: GenScript USA, a leading biotech company, has opened a new R&D facility in Nanjing, China. This new faci...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | News
How does bacteria become drug resistant?

Singapore: According to a news article by the South China Morning Post, researchers in Fudan University's Shanghai Medic...

January 28, 2013 | Monday | News
F&S: APAC hospital market touches $378 bn

Singapore: According to a Frost and Sullivan report, Asia Pacific hospital market earned revenues of more than $377.90 b...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
WuXi signs to be exclusive supplier to Lee Pharma

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech's Laboratory Testing Division (LTD) has partnered with Lee Pharma as an exclusive supplier of...

August 27, 2015 | Thursday | News
Sanofi's China, Brazil sales and profits plunge

Singapore: French Drugmaker Sanofi has posted a decline in sales from emerging markets for the second quarter in a row. ...

October 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Alzheimer's drug breakthrough by researchers

Singapore: A new drug discovered by researchers' from the University of South Australia and the Third Military Medical U...

April 8, 2015 | Wednesday | News
BMS partners with China's Zai Lab

Singapore: US drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has entered into a licensing agreement with Chinese drug maker Zai L...

March 31, 2015 | Tuesday | News
China Biologic clocks 19% growth in 2014 turnover

Singapore: China Biologic Products clocked $243.3 million in 2014, marking a jump of 19.6 percent from 2013 that scaled ...

March 5, 2015 | Thursday | Company results
China strengthens vaccine controls

Singapore: In a bid to increase the penetration of immunization programs in rural areas, the Chinese government recently...

May 15, 2015 | Friday | News
Soon, a single flu shot may offer universal immunity!

Singapore: A single vaccine that immunizes against all types of influenza may soon be a reality, after a team of scienti...

May 19, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Sale of wound care devices spurs in Asia-Pacific: Frost & Sullivan analysis report

Singapore: Advanced wound care and modern wound closure products are gaining an edge over traditional wound dressings in...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Stryker to acquire China orthopedic player Trauson

Singapore: US-headquartered Stryker will make a voluntary general offer to acquire all the shares of Trauson, a manufact...

January 21, 2013 | Monday | News
DKSH transfers two pharma brands to CMS

Singapore: DKSH, a leading expansion service provider in Asia has inked a pact to transfer two pharmaceutical brands- Co...

March 31, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Fortis sells its Singapore hospital

Singapore: Fortis Healthcare has sold its Singapore Hospital to Concord Medical Services for $40 million (Rs 251 crore) ...

March 31, 2015 | Tuesday | News
China plans to slap 'astronomical' fines on GSK

Singapore: In a bid to send out a strong statement, the Public Security Ministry in China has said on its official websi...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
Matt Kerr: Tough task ahead for APAC HR managers

With rapid growth of life sciences industry in Asia, we have seen many success stories over the last decade. However, an...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
BeiGene to build its first cGMP facility in Suzhou BioBAY

Singapore: China's BeiGene, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing molecularly-targeted and im...

August 27, 2015 | Thursday | News
TaiGen initiates clinical trial of leukemia drug in China

Singapore: Taiwan's TaiGen Biotechnology has initiated first burixafor trial for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid le...

May 4, 2015 | Monday | News
China approves Bayer's Xarelto

Singapore: Bayer's anticoagulant drug, Xarelto (rivaroxaban), has been approved by the China Food and Drug Administratio...

May 5, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Genovate biotech to invest $1bn in China

Singapore: Genovate Biotechnology, Taiwan based pharmaceutical company, has started the construction of phase I of its I...

September 28, 2015 | Monday | News
Innovation is the key driver

Singapore:  CHINA NATIONAL ACCORD MEDICINES, ChinaChairman: Mr Yan ZhigangRevenue: $3746.3mnBusiness: Engaged in whole...

June 24, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Mercury fever thermometers to phase out by 2020

Singapore: WHO and Health Care without Harm, a non-governmental organization, have taken a new initiative to get mercur...

October 14, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
GSK fires 100 Chinese employees over corruption charges

Singapore: To clean up its act in China, GSK has further fired nearly 100 employees for misconduct and violation of GSK'...

March 11, 2015 | Wednesday | News
American Chemical Society accolades WuXi member

Singapore: Dr Joseph Vacca, senior VP, Early Success Sharing Partnerships (ESSP), WuXi PharmaTech, a leading R&D out...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
DKSH obtains packaging license in Hong Kong

Singapore: Hong Kong-based DKSH, a provider of market expansion services, has obtained "License for Manufacturer (second...

February 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Chinese Ebola vaccine found effective in human trials

Singapore: An experimental Ebola vaccine candidate developed by the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology and the Tianjin C...

March 26, 2015 | Thursday | News
Catalent enters in multiple JVs in China

Singapore: Catalent Pharma Solutions announced two joint ventures in China for its Softgel Technologies and Clinical Sup...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Law firm investigates claims on behalf of Tibet Pharma investors

Singapore: Pomerantz Haudek Grossman & Gross LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Tibet Pharmaceuti...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | News
Market cap in APAC touches $200 bn

About 500 bioscience companies comprising pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology companies listed on diffe...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
China's CSPC Pharma has a rich product pipeline

Singapore:  CSPC PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP, China Chairman: Mr CAI DongchenRevenue: $1358.3 mnBusiness: Manufacturers of ge...

July 7, 2015 | Tuesday | Analysis
A need to revive performance for this Chinese pharma company

Singapore:  CHINA RESOURCES SANJIU MEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL, China Chairman: Mr Li FuzuoRevenue: $1138mnBusiness: ...

July 9, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
WuXi to raise $250 mn to fund in lifescience startups

Singapore: According to a new regulatory filing, WuXi PharmaTech one of China's leading drugmaker, is planning to raise ...

July 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Chinese scientists attempt to create 'designer babies'

Singapore: For the first time in science, Chinese scientists have carried out an experiment that alters the DNA of embry...

April 24, 2015 | Friday | News
JD.com, Shanghai Pharma to develop online pharmacy

Singapore: With an aim to develop its online healthcare business, Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holdings has inked a pact wit...

May 19, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Is this China's Global Brand?

Singapore:  MINDRAY MEDICAL, ChinaChairman: Mr Xu HangRevenue: $1323.3 mnBusiness: Developer and manufacturer of medic...

July 8, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
BASF will invest $13 bn, create 9,000 jobs in APAC

Singapore: German chemical giant, BASF, is going to invest $13.08 billion (€10 billion) and create around 9,000 ne...

June 6, 2013 | Thursday | News
China announces plans to improve rural medicare

Singapore: China's State Council has recently devised a plan to improvise the country's rural medical care by deploying ...

January 22, 2015 | Thursday | News
US CRO to test tobacco in Beijing's E-Town

Singapore: US-based contract research organization (CRO), iPhase Pharma Service (IPS), which has been formed by a group ...

November 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China's vaccine for polio receives approval

Singapore: The China Food and Drug Administration made an announcement that China's top drug authority has licensed a do...

January 17, 2015 | Saturday | News
Clue to future universal dengue vaccine found

Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a clue that has the potential to c...

August 14, 2013 | Wednesday | News
QPS CRO opens office in China

Singapore: QPS Holdings, a leading full-service clinical research organization, announced the launch of its QPS Qualiti...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Janssen terminates R&D alliance with Hutchison Medipharma

Singapore: Janssen Pharmaceutical has terminated the research and development alliance with China based Hutchison Mediph...

August 26, 2015 | Wednesday | News
WHO issues guidance on dietary salt

Singapore: Adults should consume less than 2,000 mg of sodium, or 5 grams of salt, and at least 3,510 mg of potassium pe...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase i...

January 2, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
ShangPharma enters consolidation mode

Singapore: ShangPharma entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger with ShangPharma Holdings, ShangPharma Pa...

December 24, 2012 | Monday | News
WuXi Life Science to acquire WuXi PharmaTech for around $3.3 bn

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, research and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medi...

August 17, 2015 | Monday | Company results
China's IMPACT Therapeutics raises $10mn

Singapore: IMPACT Therapeutics, a company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel and "be...

February 24, 2016 | Wednesday | News
China's online medicine sales crosses $1 trillion

Singapore: According to a report issued by Chinese drug authority, online sales of medicines are skyrocketing in China w...

July 9, 2015 | Thursday | News
Bayer, Regeneron start phase III trial of Eylea

Singapore: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Bayer HealthCare have initiated a new phase III trial (named Vivid East-DME) t...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
PerkinElmer launches genetic disorder screening system in China

Singapore: PerkinElmer, has announced that it has received market authorization from the China Food and Drug Administrat...

April 17, 2015 | Friday | News
CFDA approves the use of 3D printed hip implants

Singapore: The Chinese Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of 3D printed hip implants in China, a breakthr...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Gilead Science, WuXi partner to accelerate drug development

Singapore: Gilead Sciences and WuXi PharmaTech have entered into a strategic partnership to conduct analytical and stabi...

October 30, 2015 | Friday | News
OxOnc, Pfizer drug trial to be held in Asia

Singapore: OxOnc Development, an oncology development company founded by pharmaceutical development executives and oncol...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | News
China: Shines despite slower pace of growth

The investments pouring in China are aligned with the government's plan to boost the pharmaceutical industry of the coun...

May 14, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
World's largest pharma event opens in Shanghai

Singapore: Literally all the roads led to the swanky National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Shanghai as over...

May 15, 2015 | Friday | News
Boehringer, Lilly diabetes drug shows +ve results

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company have presented their results from two randomized phase III cli...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Moleac takes Traditional Chinese Medicine to the world

With an intention to address a therapeutic gap by introducing novel drug in the market, a group comprising Mr David Pica...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
Oncology drug pipeline is the most robust'

Singapore: The oncology drug pipeline is far larger than any other therapy area across the pharmaceutical industry, with...

August 6, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Swiss firm partners with Mundipharma to expand in Asia

Singapore: Helsinn, a Swiss pharmaceutical firm focused on cancer care, has partnered with Singapore based pain drug com...

April 3, 2015 | Friday | News
PPD opens central lab in Shanghai

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) has opened a central laboratory in Shanghai, China, to deliver globa...

April 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Fosun Pharma, WuXi to acquire US biotech firm Ambrx

Singapore: A consortium consisting of entities affiliated with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, HOPU Investments, Ch...

May 28, 2015 | Thursday | News
Sinovac reports 31% decline in Q1, 2015 revenue

Singapore: China biotech firm, Sinovac Biotech, has reported a decline of 31.6 percent in the first quarter of 2015, clo...

May 15, 2015 | Friday | Company results
Sinovac to begin clinical trial of varicella vaccine

Singapore: Sinovac Dalian, subsidiary of China's Sinovac Biotech, has received China Food and Drug Administration approv...

October 27, 2015 | Tuesday | News
A Challenging Year

Singapore:  North China Pharmaceutical, ChinaChairman: Mr Yang HaijingRevenue: $1470 mnBusiness: Manufacturer and dist...

July 5, 2015 | Sunday | Analysis
Fiji health sector and China ink MOU

Singapore: In a bid to improve the healthcare scenario of Fiji islands, the country's health minister Mr Jone Usamate ha...

April 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
GE to build pharma plant for JHL Biotech in China

Singapore: GE Healthcare Life Sciences, an unit of GE Healthcare, will build KUBio modular biopharmaceutical factory in ...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
Struggling To Ride Ahead

Singapore:  SHENZHEN NEPTUNUS BIOENGINEERING, ChinaRevenue: $1533.1 mnChairman: Mr Simin ZhangBusiness: Manufacturer o...

July 5, 2015 | Sunday | Analysis
AAMG makes a foray into China's healthcare market

Singapore: With a view to cash-in on the huge demand for medical expertise in China, home-grown healthcare company Asian...

August 14, 2015 | Friday | News
A re-think on site staff competency training required

When drugs are trialed in patients, they move into a clinical setting in which the busy routine care of patients, rath...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
FDA to add 10 new drug inspectors in China

Singapore: In an effort to eliminate the weak industry oversight, the US drug regulatory body, the Food and Drug Adminis...

December 13, 2013 | Friday | News
Chinese luring Indian scientists to boost formulation business

Singapore: In a new trend, Chinese drugmakers have been hiring Indian scientists, with a view to boost the country's for...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Nutrastar marks steady revenue in Q2, 2015

Singapore: China based healthcare product supplier, Nutrastar International, has marked revenue of $13.24 million in thr...

August 14, 2015 | Friday | Company results
WuXi Healthcare Ventures raises $290M

WuXi Healthcare Ventures announced the closing of its $290 million WuXi Healthcare Ventures II,exceeding its initial tar...

December 17, 2015 | Thursday | News
Is India losing to China in the investment race?

While both India and China - both have a billion plus population - present similar pictures in terms of opportunities an...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
WuXi AppTec, Fudan Uni to jointly research on genomics

Singapore: China's WuXi AppTec has partnered with Fudan University to bring WuXi NextCODE's population human genomics da...

June 8, 2015 | Monday | News
Start-up landscape in Southeast Asia

Singapore: The findings are surprising, mentions BVGH, as often it is the big pharmaceutical companies that invest larg...

April 30, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Asian firms lack antibody manufacturing capabilities

There are very few manufacturers in Asia capable of manufacturing antibodies on a large commercial scale. Manufacturing ...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
China hep B market to touch $1.4 bn by 2024'

Singapore: China will remain the largest major hepatitis B market over the next decade, rising from just under $923 mill...

March 1, 2016 | Tuesday | Analysis
BioSpectrum award winner Biomics uses RNAi for therapeutics

Biomics Biotechnologies, China, founded in February 2006, is on road to be counted as one of Asia's leading RNA interfer...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers

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