Agilent, Korea institute to launch neurometabolomics center

Singapore: Agilent Technologies and Korea-based Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have collabo...

October 28, 2013 | Monday | News
What is the revenue size, range of CROs in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Biogen to commercialize MS therapies in Asia

Singapore: Belgium based pharmaceutical company UCB and global pharmaceutical company, Biogen, have entered into an agre...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential

The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Wacker restructures sales network in Asia

Singapore: Munich-based Wacker Group is restructuring its sales network for biotech products in Asia to enhance efficien...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Asia biologics manufacturers face the 'quality challenge'

Biologics manufacturers in Asia have to be more vigilant and give higher priority to product safety and product efficacy...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Korean, Indonesian authorities sign MoU

Singapore: Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Agency...

July 30, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Is South Korea struggling to pay healthcare bills?

Singapore: Since 2000, South Korea has grown from a developing pharmaceutical market to one boasting of universal health...

June 21, 2012 | Thursday | News
Anti-depression medical device gets Korean nod

‎Singapore: Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has approved Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation technolog...

August 23, 2013 | Friday | News
What are the hurdles before stem cell research?

The pioneering research of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has ...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Takeda R&D filed 7 NDAs in the last 8 months

Singapore: Takeda Global Research and Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical, has filed seven n...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
Agilent launches training center in South Korea

Singapore: Agilent Technologies has opened a new customer applications and training center in South Korea, showcasing it...

September 7, 2012 | Friday | News
US court lifts temporary injunction against Hanmi

Singapore: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has lifted a temporary injunction against the US launch of...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Indian state of AP signs MoU with Korean techpark

Hyderabad: The state undertaking of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development, India, signed a memorandum of ...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Ildong gets nod to market weight loss drug in Korea

Singapore: Arena Pharmaceuticals' wholly owned subsidiary entered into a marketing and supply agreement with Ildong Pha...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Misonix signs agreement with Seoul-based Soelim

Singapore: Misonix, a surgical device company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative therapeutic ultrasonic p...

July 16, 2012 | Monday | News
AstraZeneca, LegoChem drug to curb superbugs

Singapore: AstraZeneca has formed collaboration with Korea's LegoChem Biosciences to develop a novel antibiotic to treat...

December 21, 2012 | Friday | News
BS Survey: Healthcare is getting smarter in Asia

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November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Korea-Arizona trauma summit is underway

Singapore: South Korea is trying to establish a national trauma system and is going to make several significant devlopme...

April 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Biocnd, Genor develop Humira, Herceptin biosimilars

Singapore: Mr David Song, president and CEO, Biocnd, signed an agreement with Dr Joe Zhou, CEO, Genor Biopharma, for the...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: APAC CROs stick to an average of 50 clients

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
RNL Bio founder to donate 90% of his wealth

Singapore: Dr Jeong-Chan Ra, founder and director of RNL Bio, a biotechnology R&D firm based in Seoul, South Korea, ...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News
Samsung BioLogics appoints new vice president

Singapore: Samsung BioLogics, a full-service biopharmaceutical contract development and cGMP manufacturing organization,...

May 30, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Can Asian biologics manufacturers live up to global regulatory standards?

When it comes to contract biologics manufacturing, despite the increasing opportunities, there is a concern regarding th...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Arena, Ildong Pharma enter deal in South Korea

Singapore: Arena Pharmaceuticals has entered into a co-development and license agreement with Ildong Pharmaceutical, fo...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | News
What services do APAC CROs offer to their clients?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Korean patent nod for BioElectronics pain device

Singapore: BioElectronics received patent allowance from the South Korean Intellectual Property office. The patent was a...

January 28, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
3D dental printing now in South Korea

Singapore: US-based Stratasys, a leading manufacturer of 3D printers and production systems for prototyping and manufact...

January 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Korea determined to make it big in CMO space

Korea, which is pushing hard to enter the CMO space, is making all efforts. In August 2010, the World Health Organizatio...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Molecular diagnostics is key to future

China, Japan, India and Singapore are leveraging on genetic technologies to develop molecular diagnostic platform which ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Teva enters Korean pharmaceutical market

Singapore: Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical and Korea's Handok Pharmaceuticals will establish a business venture in Sout...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Medical tourism market to reach $32.5 bn globally in 2019: Report

Singapore: The global medical tourism market was valued at $10.5 billion in 2012 and is estimated to reach a market wort...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Bosung Meditech develops safe blood drawing equipment

Singapore: At a time when the issue of secondary infection is emerging as a big problem in many countries, South Korean ...

July 31, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Seoul NUH, Agilent collaborate on biomarker research

Singapore: Agilent Technologies and Seoul National University Hospital (NUH) have collaborated for the development and v...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSp...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
MNCs boost Asia biologics industry

Entry of multinational companies has been a big boost to Asia's position in biologics manufacturing, especially with cGM...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Catalent and CTC to take Korean pharma to US, EU

Singapore: Catalent Pharma Solutions and CTC Bio entered into a collaboration to provide optimal solutions to South Kore...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Hanmi, Cell>Point enters manufacturing deal

Singapore: US-based commercialization-stage biopharmaceutical company, Cell>Point has entered into a license agreemen...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Korean FDA clears Mazor's robotic platform

Singapore: The Korean distributor of Mazor Robotics, BR Holdings, received marketing clearance from the Korean Food &...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | News
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Aquavit to market Korean micro-needle technology

Singapore: US-based Aquavit Pharmaceuticals has collaborated with South Korea's medical technology company Ubiquitous Bi...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Industry Records 11% Growth

Singapore: The bioscience industry in the major markets of Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan and comprising Australia...

June 22, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
Biostar, RNL Bio make stem cell lab FDA compliant

Singapore: US-based Human Biostar and South Korea-based RNL Bio have completed the revision and supplementation of the f...

November 22, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Quintiles signs bioanalytical deal with Korean CRO

Singapore: To enhance its bioanalytical service offerings in Asia, Quintiles has signed an exclusive partnership with Bi...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Seegene licenses technologies to DuPont

Singapore: Korean company Seegene, a leading developer of multiplex molecular technologies and multiplex molecular diag...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
IBS Director wins Korea Science Award

Singapore: Professor Yeom Han Woong of the IBS Center for Artificial Low Dimensional Electronic Systems has received the...

January 6, 2016 | Wednesday | 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
Korea to spend $8.9 bn to develop 20 drugs by 2017

Singapore: South Korea will channelize a combined $8.9 billion (10 trillion Won) on developing 20 new drugs over the nex...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
CEVEC signs deal with Yuhan in South Korea

Singapore: CEVEC Pharmaceuticals, the developer of a novel human expression system derived from amniocytes, and Yuhan Co...

December 24, 2012 | Monday | News
Kinex will lead Orascovery program in China

Singapore: Kinex Pharmaceuticals and Hanmi Pharmaceutical announced the execution of an agreement for Kinex Pharmaceutic...

July 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Seegene gives food safety tech license to bioMérieux

Singapore: Seegene, a leading developer of multiplexed molecular technologies and diagnostic tests, has given bioMéri...

April 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
One drug for three diseases

VM202 is a DNA-based drug that is designed to produce two isoforms of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) - HGF 728 and HGF ...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
What were Asia's Top 20 bio companies in 2012?

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording ...

June 19, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
What were the top 20 global M&A transactions of 2012?

A majority of life science firms are standing on the edge of the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are experiencing ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Samsung forays into medtech market in India

Samsung India strengthened its presence in the health and medical equipment business in the country by launching digital...

June 11, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access

Telemedicine is re-defining access to healthcare in many ways. It has, in particular, proved to be an effective solution...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
CrystalGenomics antibiotic gives positive results in trial

Singapore: CrystalGenomics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Korea, has received the draft of...

January 10, 2013 | Thursday | News
Samsung strengthens wearable device portfolio

Singapore: Samsung Electronics is set to launch all-in-one advanced system logic chip, Bio-Processor, for the health-ori...

December 29, 2015 | Tuesday | News
PharmAbcine uses Avacta instrument for R&D

Singapore: Scientists at Korean biotech company PharmAbcine are completing formulation and stability studies based on Op...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | News
ASKLEP joins Medidata partner program

Singapore: ASKLEP, a leading Tokyo-based provider of clinical research services, has joined the Medidata Solutions Part...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Why did mergers & acquisitions plunge in APAC?

The global bioscience industry, in 2012, reported 450 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions valued at $67 bill...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
SK gets rights to sell TheraVida urinary drugs

Singapore: TheraVida and SK Chemicals announced the execution of a license agreement for two of TheraVida's proprietary ...

April 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News
John Hurrell is Seegene's new senior executive VP

Singapore: Seegene, a leading developer of multiplex molecular technologies and multiplex molecular diagnostic tests, an...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Miltenyi Biotec expands presence in South Korea

‎Singapore: Miltenyi Biotec, a cell innovation company, has opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea, enlarging t...

July 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aslan gastric cancer phase II study shows +ve results

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

May 28, 2013 | Tuesday | News
ViewRay gets Korea's nod to sell radiotherapy program

Singapore: ViewRay, US based medical device company, that develops advanced radiation therapy technology for the treatme...

October 19, 2015 | Monday | News
Daewoong buys China's Liaoning Baifeng for $20 mn

Singapore: Daewoong Pharmaceutical is going to acquire Liaoning Baifeng, a Shenyang (Liaoning Province)-based manufactur...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | News
WHO instructs Korea to raise cigarette prices

Singapore: The Health and Welfare Ministry of Korea said that it planned to hike cigarette prices, in the interest of he...

July 19, 2014 | Saturday | News
IVI promotes vaccine awareness through video

Singapore: The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) broadcasted a new integrated video to promote awareness on vaccinat...

July 2, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Agilent, Korean Univ study sugars to combat cancer

Singapore: Agilent Technologies and Korea's Chungnam National University have taken initiatives to further research in g...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | News
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
Agilent takes steps to empower Korea women

Singapore: Biotechnology supplier company, Agilent Technologies is taking initiatives to support women scentists in Kore...

May 30, 2014 | Friday | News
ImmunoReagents appoints new distributors in Korea, India

Singapore: ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality polyclonal antibodies used by researchers, pharmaceutical and ...

October 15, 2012 | Monday | News
Bayer recognizes innovation by Korean start-up

Singapore: Vital Smith, a Korean startup which focuses on developing innovative technology for diagnostics devices is r...

August 30, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Combating infectious diseases with innovative weapons

The vision at CrystalGenomics is to discover and develop truly novel therapeutics in different disease areas where t...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Aquavit, Green Cross sign MoU

Singapore: Green Cross, a leading biotechnology company in South Korea, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | News
Shinogi starts supply of Pirespa to Ildong

Singapore: Osaka-based Shionogi has began to supply Pirespa 200mg tablet (pirfenidone) to Ildong Pharmaceutical, which i...

October 16, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Quest signs $2mn development deal with Korean firm

Singapore: Quest PharmaTech, a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of cance...

July 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Baraclude tops Korea pharma products list

Korea, whose pharma market is being fueled by an aging population with a rising demand for drugs, made it to the top thr...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: Korea

Singapore: South Korea is the fourth largest contributor to the lifescience market in the region. • Korean Minis...

June 20, 2015 | Saturday | Analysis
Novotech to support drug development in Korea

Singapore: Australian clinical research organization, Novotech, has partnered with Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) to...

July 5, 2014 | Saturday | News
Samsung Bioepis, Merck in biosimilars deal

Singapore: Seoul-based Samsung Bioepis and MSD, known as Merck in the US and Canada, have entered into an agreement to d...

February 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
What bioscience trends do the industry leaders predict for 2013?

The bioscience industry is about to step into 2013 and the year is predicted to unfold with new opportunities and trends...

January 3, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
What are the key mergers & acquisitions of Q1 2013?

Most pharmaceutical companies are sitting on the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are facing severe exhaustion. The...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Cancer claimed 8.2 mn lives in 2012: UN

Singapore: Cancer is the biggest cause of mortality worldwide as the killer disease claimed an estimated 8.2 million liv...

February 4, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Celltrion launches Remisma in 12 EU countries

Singapore: Celltrion Healthcare has announced the launch of Remisma (infliximab) in 12 European markets, namely, Austria...

February 25, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Will the next blockbuster emerge from Asia?

Blockbusters and super profits. Will the bioscience industry in this decade see these words come to life? More important...

October 17, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
What were the top 20 M&A deals in pharma and biotech sector in 2012?

A majority of life science firms are standing on the edge of the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are experiencing ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
KHIDI, UAE armed forces sign healthcare MoA

Singapore: Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) for healthcare...

November 23, 2012 | Friday | News
Preview of Biologics World Korea 2013

Singapore: Biologics World Korea, which attracted over 130 biologics industry leaders in 2012, has decided to conduct th...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Korea drug dev fund joins hands with US CRO

Singapore: WCCT Global announced a mutual cooperation and business agreement with Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) lo...

October 23, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Asia vaccine strategists call for collaboration

Asia needs a solution, that goes beyond traditional structure, models and pathways, to meet the essential vaccine supply...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
VM202 trial completes patient administration

Singapore: ViroMed, a leading biotechnology company, announced the final enrollment and administration of 105 patients f...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
Singapore opens window for Korea medtech firms

Singapore: Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Korean Health Industry Development Insti...

June 20, 2014 | Friday | News
Asia goes paperless for patient records

The rising demand for cost containment in healthcare and the need to improve quality of services are driving the growth ...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Korea in grip of a deadly measles epidemic

Singapore: Measles in North Korea has turned to be a deadly outbreak in seven years killing three children last week. Th...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Boehringer heart drug is particularly effective in Asian population

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim has reported that in Asian populations, Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) offers considerab...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Pharma giants warn Korea of low drug pricing

Singapore: International pharma companies are concerned about the low pricing of their drugs in the Korean markets and h...

July 7, 2014 | Monday | News
Bio & Medical Korea 2014: Global healthcare tourism event

Singapore: Bio and Medical Korea 2014 an international event of the medical industry, was held over three days beginning...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News

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