China's BeiGene opens new clinical R&D and biologics manufacturing facility in US

BeiGene, a China-based oncology company, has announced the opening of its flagship US facility in Hopewell, New Jersey, ...

July 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
China-based startup Triastek to advance 3D printed oral RNA therapeutics in $1.2 B deal with BioNTech

Triastek Inc., a global leader in 3D printing pharmaceuticals, has entered into a research collaboration and platform te...

July 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China-Swiss collaboration to push forward ethical use of AI technology in healthcare

QingSong Health, a leading health technology platform based in China, has announced a strategic partnership with Globeth...

July 22, 2024 | Monday | News
China-based startup Rona Therapeutics raises $35 M to advance metabolic siRNA pipeline

China-based startup Rona Therapeutics, a clinical stage pioneering platform company in nucleic acid drug research and de...

July 19, 2024 | Friday | News
Merck expands production capabilities for cell culture media with €6.6 M investment at Nantong site

Merck has announced the start of commercial production of its first GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) compliant manufac...

July 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Sanyou Bio and BioGeometry join forces to create next-generation antibody drug discovery platform

BioGeometry and Sanyou Bio have jointly announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement. China-based startup ...

July 15, 2024 | Monday | News
Hong Kong approves Eisai's Leqembi for treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Eisai Co. and Biogen Inc. have announced that the Department of Health in Hong Kong has approved humanised anti-soluble ...

July 11, 2024 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong identifies novel gut microbiome biomarkers to facilitate diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)'s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has conducted a large cohort study among ...

July 12, 2024 | Friday | News
Ascentage Pharma receives commercialisation approval for oncology drug in Macau China

Ascentage Pharma has announced that its novel BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), olverembatinib, has been ap...

July 8, 2024 | Monday | News
China-based HiRO acquires CRO DeltaMed Solutions to expand cross-border operations in US

China-based Harvest Integrated Research Organization (HiRO), a full-service, boutique global contract research organisat...

July 3, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Chinese startup Hasten Biopharma buys 14 products from Korean firm Celltrion

China-based startup Hasten Biopharmaceutical has successfully acquired the asset rights of 14 branded products across Pa...

July 2, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Porton Advanced introduces MaxCyte ExPERT GTx Flow Electroporation instrument for cell therapy

Porton Advanced, a subsidiary of China headquartered contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Porton P...

June 26, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong develops innovative mRNA drug for treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a cancer type strongly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. The Chinese...

June 21, 2024 | Friday | News
Chinese biotech firm MGI Tech partners with French startup SeqOne for advanced genomic analysis

China-based biotech company MGI Tech Co. has partnered with France-based startup SeqOne, a leading provider of AI-powere...

June 18, 2024 | Tuesday | News
AbbVie inks deal worth $1.56 B with China's FutureGen to develop IBD therapy

US-based firm AbbVie and FutureGen Biopharmaceutical (Beijing) have announced a license agreement to develop FG-M701, a ...

June 17, 2024 | Monday | News
French firm Ethypharm expands Mesalazine portfolio in China for IBD treatment

France-headquartered Ethypharm has announced the acquisition of a suppository form of Mesalazine by its Chinese affiliat...

June 14, 2024 | Friday | News
Peking University & Boehringer Ingelheim establish joint lab of human medicine in China

The signing ceremony for the Peking University Health Science Center (PKUHSC)-Boehringer Ingelheim Joint Laboratory of H...

June 13, 2024 | Thursday | News
CPHI & PMEC China 2024 returns to Shanghai with unprecedented global participation amid soaring pharma demand

CPHI & PMEC China (June 19-21st) returns to the Shanghai New International Expo Center amid soaring demand across th...

June 12, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong to integrate sports technology with biomechanics to enhance swimmers’ performance

A team led by Dr Billy SO, core member of the Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology (RISports) and A...

June 11, 2024 | Tuesday | News
US-China collaboration to deliver multiplexed solutions for mRNA vaccine and cell & gene therapy

US-based InDevR, Inc., a leading provider of analytical tools for vaccine quality control and testing, has teamed up wit...

June 7, 2024 | Friday | News
China's Alibaba DAMO Academy partners with WHO to advance medical AI

China-headquartered DAMO Academy, Alibaba Group’s research institute, has announced its partnership with the WHO C...

June 6, 2024 | Thursday | News
China-based biotech firm MGI unveils new European headquarters in Berlin

China-headquartered MGI Tech Co. has announced the opening of its new European headquarters in Berlin, Germany ...

June 5, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Scientists in Hong Kong develop 3D-printable bioactive material to treat large-to-massive tendon injuries

A research team led by Professor Elmer Ker, Assistant Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences at The Chinese...

June 4, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Australia's Novotech joins hands with Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park

Novotech, Australia-headquartered clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO) that partners with biotech companies to ...

June 3, 2024 | Monday | News
1 in 6 globally concerned about colorectal cancer screening costs: BGI Genomics report

By 2040, the burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) is projected to increase to 3.2 million new cases and 1.6 million deaths ...

May 31, 2024 | Friday | News
OBiO Tech launches Clinical Evaluation and Translation Centre for rare diseases in China

OBiO Technology, a world leading contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) for cell and gene thera...

May 30, 2024 | Thursday | News
HKBU and Agilent (China) establish joint lab to promote research on new pollutants and toxicology

The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis (SKLEBA) and Agile...

May 29, 2024 | Wednesday | News
“There’s a growing focus on developing novel ADCs tailored to address unmet medical needs”

Can you provide an overview of Nona Biosciences' integrated antibody discovery services? Nona Biosciences is a global l...

May 31, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
Hong Kong enhances stereotactic neurosurgery precision using MRI-guided multi-stage robotic positioner

A research team led by Professor Ka-Wai Kwok from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kon...

May 27, 2024 | Monday | News
Record numbers to turn up at CPHI & PMEC China 2024 as Asian markets boom

CPHI & PMEC China (June 19-21st) returns to the Shanghai New International Expo Center amid soaring demand acro...

May 25, 2024 | Saturday | News
New Frontier Group acquires Hong Kong Integrated Oncology Centre

New Frontier Group has completed the acquisition of Hong Kong Integrated Oncology Center (HKIOC), a leading comprehensiv...

May 24, 2024 | Friday | News
SGD Pharma invests €20 M to upgrade industrial facility at Zhanjiang plant in China

SGD Pharma, a global leader in primary glass packaging for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, has invested more than ...

May 23, 2024 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong-based startup Eieling Technology implements large-scale liver disease screening programme

According to the '2024 Global Hepatitis Report' by the World Health Organization, the number of lives lost due to viral ...

May 21, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China's Duoning Biotech to commercialise single-cell sorting system for antibody discovery

Duoning Biotechnology Group, a leading one-stop bioprocess provider in China, has announced a strategic partnership...

May 20, 2024 | Monday | News
India's GVSAP collaborates with China-based Biocytogen to accelerate biopharma innovation

GV Safety Assessment Platform (GVSAP), a leading integrated R&D enabler offering comprehensive preclinical research ...

May 17, 2024 | Friday | News
Certara & Cloudscientific accelerate AI for drug development in China

US-based Certara, Inc., a global leader in model-informed drug development (MIDD), has announced a new distributor agree...

May 14, 2024 | Tuesday | News
BGI establishes intelligent lab in China for initiating colorectal cancer risk assessment

The BGI-Heilongjiang Omics Health Axis Intelligent Laboratory (BGI-HL OHA Intelligent Laboratory) was recently inaugurat...

May 13, 2024 | Monday | News
China-based WestGene's mRNA therapeutic cancer vaccine receives US FDA approval

WestGene, a China-based biotech company dedicated to mRNA technology, has announced a historic milestone with the US FDA...

May 10, 2024 | Friday | News
RBobay Pharma boosts CRDMO offerings with Cytiva's FlexFactory platform

Ribobay Pharma, a leading Chinese biopharmaceutical contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDM...

May 9, 2024 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong approves Pfizer's vaccine to fight against lower respiratory tract disease

American firm Pfizer Inc. has announced that the Hong Kong Department of Health (DH) has granted marketing authorisation...

May 9, 2024 | Thursday | News
Medtronic receives approval for first Symplicity Spyral Renal Denervation System in China

Medtronic has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China for its Symplicity Spy...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Inocras, AstraZeneca strengthen genetic testing services in Hong Kong and Macau

Inocras Hong Kong, a subsidiary of Inocras Inc., headquartered in San Diego, USA (formerly Genome Insight, Inc.), a pion...

May 7, 2024 | Tuesday | News
HKBU announces launch of Institute of Translational Chinese Medicine Research

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has received a donation of HK$230 million from the Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation...

May 6, 2024 | Monday | News
PolyU's Department of Health Tech announces new master's degree programmes in Hong Kong

The Department of Health Technology and Informatics (HTI) is currently introducing three new master’s degree progr...

May 3, 2024 | Friday | News
Hong Kong designs computational model to facilitate improvement of influenza vaccines’ protective effects

A research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has developed ...

May 2, 2024 | Thursday | News
China's Sino Biological acquires Canadian firm SignalChem Biotech for $48 M

China-based Sino Biological, Inc. has concluded the acquisition of Canadian biotechnology company SignalChem Biotech Inc...

April 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
MGI Tech opens Customer Experience Center in Brazil for advancement of genomics in Latin America

Contributing to the advancement of genomics in Latin America, China-headquartered MGI Tech Co., a company comm...

April 29, 2024 | Monday | News
PolyU forms global partnership with Zeiss to accelerate market penetration of myopia control technology

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is partnering with Zeiss Vision Care, one of the world's leading manufactur...

April 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
invoX Pharma and Insilico Medicine partner to enhance R&D using AI

invoX Pharma, a UK-based research-driven global biopharmaceutical company with an advancing pipeline of innovative produ...

April 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong develops machine learning model to predict risk of severe hypoglycemia in diabetics

In Hong Kong, one in three adults over the age of 65 have diabetes. To improve the management of this group of older adu...

April 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China-based BGI Genomics opens new clinical laboratory at Uruguay

China-headquartered BGI Genomics, a global leader in integrated precision medicine solutions, has established a new clin...

April 22, 2024 | Monday | News
China-based biotech startup D3 Bio raises $62 M to advance innovative oncology pipeline

D3 Bio, a China-based biotechnology startup that focuses on discovery, development, and registration of innovative cance...

April 12, 2024 | Friday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim takes cancer therapies to China in partnership with Sino Biopharma

Sino Biopharmaceutical Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Germany-headquartered Boehringer Ingelh...

April 10, 2024 | Wednesday | News
MAIWEIJIAN becomes first approved biosimilar of Denosumab (120mg) in China

Biopharmaceutical company Mabwell has announced that Denosumab Injection (trade name- MAIWEIJIAN) developed by its wholl...

April 9, 2024 | Tuesday | News
New research partnership with UK to improve health in China’s Greater Bay area

Researchers at the University of Birmingham, UK and Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China have jo...

April 8, 2024 | Monday | News
Merck expands M Lab collaboration center in Shanghai with additional €14 M investment

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has expanded its M Lab Collaboration Center in Shanghai, the compa...

April 8, 2024 | Monday | News
Hong Kong designs nanorobots for saving stroke patients from brain damage

A cross-disciplinary research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has developed magnetic tissue plasmin...

April 4, 2024 | Thursday | News
CMS and Incyte collaborate to develop vitiligo drug Povorcitinib in China and Southeast Asia

China Medical System Holdings (CMS) and Incyte have entered into a collaboration and license agreement for the developme...

April 4, 2024 | Thursday | News
National University of Singapore opens new research institute in China to incubate medtech startups

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Guangzhou Research Translation and Innovation Institute (NUS GRTII)...

April 1, 2024 | Monday | News
Recbio and Rongsheng Biotech collaborate over a new Adjuvant Vaccine Project in China

Two Chinease firms, Jiangsu Recbio Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Rongsheng Biotech Co.,Ltd. have partnered to l...

March 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
China's Scivita Medical expands collaboration with Boston Scientific

Scivita Medical Technology Co. and Boston Scientific Corporation, a leading global medical technology company, have...

March 26, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Novo Nordisk invests ¥4 B in China for sterile preparation expansion project

Danish pharma firm Novo Nordisk has announced that it would invest approximately 4 billion yuan (¥) in Tianjin for a...

March 22, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore gives nod to China-based Everest Medicines' drug for nephropathy treatment

Everest Medicines, a China-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and comm...

March 20, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong commences first large-scale programme to promote sleep health

The Department of Psychiatry at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine), al...

March 19, 2024 | Tuesday | News
WuXi Biologics to establish new CRDMO facility in Singapore

China's WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CRDMO), has brok...

March 19, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Scientists in Hong Kong invent non-invasive diagnostic device for chronic kidney disease

A team of scientists at the Department of Health Technology and Informatics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University...

March 15, 2024 | Friday | News
Annalise.ai augments radiology services at Gleneagles Hospital in Hong Kong

Annalise.ai, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven radiology based out of Australia, has announced a ne...

March 14, 2024 | Thursday | News
China-based startup Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals launches advanced intelligent R&D service platform

Sanyou Biopharmaceutical Co., contract research organisation based in China, has announced the official launch of t...

March 13, 2024 | Wednesday | News
China hosts ISoOR 2024 fostering organoid industry evolution in the region

The International Society of Organoid Research (ISoOR) convened its 2024 annual meeting on From March 7 to 8 i...

March 12, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China-based medtech firm Zylox-Tonbridge partners with Avinger in US for vascular disease diagnosis

Zylox-Tonbridge, a leading medical device company in the peripheral and neurovascular interventional market in China, ha...

March 12, 2024 | Tuesday | News
American firm Cytek Biosciences opens new facility in China for cell analysis solutions

US headquartered Cytek Biosciences, Inc. has opened a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Wuxi, China. This strategic mov...

March 11, 2024 | Monday | News
Chinese biotech startup EurekaBio raises $40 M to advance lentiviral vector production system

Shenzhen Eureka Biotechnology Co. (EurekaBio), a leading upstream supplier in the cell and gene therapy field, has annou...

March 8, 2024 | Friday | News
China Life Science Conference and China Life Science Expo (CILSE) Set to Drive Innovation and Collaboration in Guangzhou

The China Association for Science and Technology (CAS) Consortium of Life Sciences Societies is proud to announce the ...

March 7, 2024 | Thursday | News
Luye Pharma launches Zepzelca drug in Hong Kong and Macao for treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer

Luye Pharma has launched its innovative drug Zepzelca (lurbinectedin) for the treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (...

March 7, 2024 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong Polytechnic University proposes to establish medical school

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) Council Chairman Dr LAM Tai-fai and President Prof. Jin-Guan...

March 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China's MGI Tech and Eurofins Genomics elevate precision health with sequencer technologies

China-based MGI Tech has announced a milestone collaboration with Eurofins Genomics Europe Genotyping A/S, which ha...

March 4, 2024 | Monday | News
Fujifilm's Irvine technology expands assisted reproductive technology product portfolio in China

Fujifilm Irvine Technologies, a leader in the innovation and manufacturing of cell culture solutions for the global life...

February 27, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore approves AffaMed Therapeutics drug for Ocular Inflammation

China's AffaMed Therapeutics, has obtained New Drug Application (NDA) from Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA...

February 21, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Neuroscientists in Hong Kong develop blood test for Alzheimer's & mild cognitive impairment

An international research collaboration has achieved a significant milestone in Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis and m...

February 20, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Biocytogen Pharma Beijing and Gilead enter into multi-target antibody collaboration agreement

Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co. has announced an antibody evaluation and option agreement with American bi...

February 19, 2024 | Monday | News
US-based VBI Vaccines sells manufacturing capabilities to China's Brii Biosciences for $33 M

US-based VBI Vaccines Inc., a biopharmaceutical company driven by immunology in the pursuit of powerful prevention and t...

February 16, 2024 | Friday | News
China develops potential new treatment for brain tumours and Parkinson’s disease

A joint multi-disciplinary team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine...

February 15, 2024 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong-based genomics company Prenetics initiates new project to focus on accelerated ageing in space

Prenetics Global Limited, a leading genomics-driven health sciences company, has announced the signing of a Memorandum o...

February 12, 2024 | Monday | News
Chugai’s Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria drug bags world’s first approval in China

Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical has announced that crovalimab, a humanised complement inhibitor C5 monoclonal antibody, ha...

February 13, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Yiviva allies AstraZeneca to develop platforms, tools, and botanical therapeutics in China

Yiviva, a clinical-stage, platform biotechnology company developing systems biology medicines to treat aging-related dis...

February 8, 2024 | Thursday | News
I-Mab divests China business to become US-based biotech firm

I-Mab, a global biotech company exclusively focused on bringing highly differentiated immunotherapies and biologics for ...

February 9, 2024 | Friday | News
China's Luye Pharma partners with Korea-based Myung In Pharm to improve Alzheimer's related dementia treatment

China-based Luye Pharma Group has entered into an agreement with South Korea's Myung In Pharm, granting the latter the e...

February 7, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore, China explore use of spider-silk inspired electrode to shape future of medical devices

An international team of scientists from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanj...

February 2, 2024 | Friday | News
MGI unveils expansion of automation product lines for life science and healthcare research

MGI Tech Co., a China-based provider of cutting-edge tools and technology for life science and healthcare research, has ...

January 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Study in Hong Kong sparks new therapeutic target for lung cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Hong Kong and worldwide, but there is still an unmet clinical need ...

January 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Glenmark inks licensing agreement with Chinese firms for oncology drug Envafolimab

Glenmark Specialty S.A. (GSSA), a subsidiary of India-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Glenmark), has announced the ...

January 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
WuXi XDC and Celltrion sign MoU for integrated services for Antibody-Drug Conjugates

WuXi XDC, China-based contract research, development and manufacturing organisation (CRDMO) focused on antibody drug con...

January 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Sanyou Biopharma launches Super Trillion Peptide Molecule Discovery Platform

China-based startup Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals has officially announced the launch of its "Sanyou Super Trillion Pep...

January 22, 2024 | Monday | News
Hong Kong backs establishment of first Assistive Technology Rehabilitation and Education Centre in Mongolia

The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Department of Physical...

January 19, 2024 | Friday | News
Chinese medicine drug for myofibrillar myopathy receives orphan drug designation by US FDA

The Centre for Chinese Herbal Medicine Drug Development of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has develo...

January 12, 2024 | Friday | News
China's WuXi Biologics announces research service agreement worth $20 M with BioNTech

China's WuXi Biologics has signed a research service agreement with Germany-based BioNTech SE, a next generation immunot...

January 11, 2024 | Thursday | News
Novartis acquires China-based startup SanReno Therapeutics to enhance kidney diseases treatment

China-based startup SanReno Therapeutics,  a clinical-stage company specializing in the discovery, development...

January 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Menarini Group and Insilico Medicine ink oncology deal worth $500 M

The Menarini Group, a leading international pharmaceutical and diagnostics company headquartered in Italy, and Stemline ...

January 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Heranova Lifesciences debuts with $13.5 M funding to focus on women's healthcare

US-based startup Heranova Lifesciences Holdingce in China as well, has announced the successful completion of a $ 1...

January 2, 2024 | Tuesday | News
“We are looking at NIPT, cancer screening tests, and infectious disease surveillance as growth areas”

BGI Genomics has a strong foundation in supporting the Human Genome Project. How has the organisation evolved over the y...

December 31, 2023 | Sunday | Opinion

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