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

Sanofi working to bring dengue under control

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Jul, 2014

Singapore: Sanofi announced that the phase III clinical trials for its dengue vaccine was successful, in a press conference held by the company recently. The extensive clinical study proved...Read more

BioElectronics enters Malaysian pain relief market

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

Singapore: US-based BioElectronics, the maker of unique pain relief, inexpensive, patented, consumer medical devices, has ventured into the Malaysian market. It has begun distribution of i...Read more

Malaysia a hotbed for medical tourism'

Malaysia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2014

Singapore: Medical tourism, easy regulatory guidelines, a lack of strict price regulation and an increasing elderly population will be the main contributors to the rapid rise in Malaysia's ...Read more

Genetic diagnostics companies speed ahead

Malaysia |  Opinion | By Nandita Singh | 0 Comment | 28 Jun, 2013

The playing field for research and development for genetic diagnostics has been leveled. The landmark decision by the US Supreme Court on June 13, 2013, stating that human genes cannot be p...Read more

BiotechCorp appoints new chairman

Malaysia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Aug, 2012

Singapore: Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (BiotechCorp), the organization involved in nurturing biotechnology companies and creating holistic environments for the industry's growth, h...Read more