Biotechcorp launches bioshoppe in Malaysia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2014

Singapore: Malaysian biotech corp, the lead development agency for the biotech industry in Malaysia,has ventured into opening up the first BioShoppe retail presence which features primarily...Read more

Bio-XCell offers customized tech parks in Malaysia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Malaysian Bio-XCell, a joint venture between Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation and UEM Sunrise, Malaysia, launched Titanium Scheme, the next phase of bioscience parks that are ...Read more

Novartis: Malaysia signed MoU only with us

Malaysia |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Sep, 2012

Malaysia has geared itself to become a high-income developed nation by 2020. Working towards that goal, the government had launched the economic transformation programme (ETP), which is exp...Read more

AseaCyte predicts cell behaviour for future therapies

Malaysia |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 10 Jan, 2013

Malaysia-based AseaCyte is emerging as an instrumental firm in the domain of human disease analysis, through its cell culture technology and cell-based analysis services. The start-up compa...Read more

What are the key mergers & acquisitions of Q1 2013?

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2013

Most pharmaceutical companies are sitting on the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are facing severe exhaustion. The big players of the industry are thus looking for mergers & acqui...Read more

Cancer claimed 8.2 mn lives in 2012: UN

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Feb, 2014

Singapore: Cancer is the biggest cause of mortality worldwide as the killer disease claimed an estimated 8.2 million lives in 2012 and the number of cases is set to rise by 75 percent in co...Read more

BP healthcare opens new centers in Malaysia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Jul, 2014

Singapore: BP healthcare, a day care medical center operator, declared the opening of four new medical centers this year. This would be an addition to its already existing network of five c...Read more

Asia kills big pharma monopoly dream

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2013

Indian apex court has made its intentions clear with the rejection of Novartis' plea to obtain patent protection for cancer drug Glivec in India. The Supreme Court of India will not encoura...Read more

What were the top 20 M&A deals in pharma and biotech sector in 2012?

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2013

A majority of life science firms are standing on the edge of the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are experiencing acute scarcity. This is making them seek out partners for mergers &am...Read more

Home care devices market to reach $1.21bn in 2016

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2013

Singapore: An analysis conducted by Frost & Sullivan regarding the Asia Pacific Home Care Devices Market, has revealed that the market earned approximately $967 million in 2012 and esti...Read more

Malaysia to promote IoT in healthcare

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Feb, 2015

Singapore: German-based Kontron has helped Malaysia set up an Internet of Things Cloud Data Center and Research Laboratory (ICDC Research Lab) in Penang. The lab aims to foster R&D in c...Read more

Malaysia issues guidance for medical devices

Malaysia |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Malaysia's Medical Device Authority (MMDA) has issued guidance on good distribution practices for medical devices. The guidance specify the scope of activities performed by the ...Read more

Malaysia eyes OEM sector for growth

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2013

Singapore: Riding on the annual double-digit percent increase in domestic medical device consumption and overseas demand, Malaysian medical device manufacturers and distributors, including ...Read more

First Global Manipal Convention to be held in Malaysia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013

Singapore: The first Global Manipal Alumni Health, Science and Technology Convention will be conducted in Kuala Lumpur on August 7-8, 2014. The event, organized by the Manipal Alumni Associ...Read more

Bio-XCell, Agila seals US$35mn deal

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013

Singapore: Malaysian Bio-XCell and Agila Biotech have sealed US$34.4million (RM107million) build-and-lease agreement during BioPharma Asia Convention held in Singapore from March 19-22. Thi...Read more

Dengue endemic in Malaysia

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Jul, 2014

Singapore: Dengue has gripped Malaysia in a deadly epidemic with more than 48,000 people falling victim to the disease this season. The government has set up a national task emergency forc...Read more

AseaCyte gets BioSpectrum award for drug discovery efforts

Malaysia |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2013

A meeting between Dr Teo Soo Hwang, current CEO of AseaCyte; Dr Lee Hong Boon from Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), a non-profit cancer research institute in Malaysia; and Dr...Read more

What the future holds for the APAC CRO market?

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2013

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conducted in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR), yet again identifie...Read more