BioMalaysia 2012 focuses on the nation's bio-economy

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia is looking at strategies to increase bio-scalability and increase competitiveness in the country ...

November 6, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Pharmaniaga has high hopes from Indonesian plant

Singapore: Chairman of Pharmaniaga, Mr Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin, expects its newly-acquired plant in Bandung, Indone...

April 8, 2013 | Monday | News
International bioenergy summit kicks off in New Delhi

New Delhi: The Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, along with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)...

November 6, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia enhances biotech commercialization fund

Singapore: Malaysia, which is making an all out effort to boost its biotechnology industry and give it a competitive edg...

November 12, 2012 | Monday | News
Ranbaxy allocated site for facility in Malaysia

New Delhi: Indian drug major Ranbaxy has announced that it has been allocated the site for setting up its Greenfield man...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | 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
Qualitas to acquire RadLink Asia?

Singapore: According to reports, Malaysia-based Qualitas healthcare is currently in talks to acquire a Singapore-based d...

March 26, 2015 | 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
Malaysia appoints standard assessment firm

Singapore: BSI, a global standard assessment company, has been registered by the Malaysian Medical Device Bureau as one ...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | 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
Malaysia aims at 1000 clinical trials by 2020, trains professionals

The rise of the National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs) has created a sense of urgency in Malaysia. The government, in its...

September 17, 2013 | Tuesday | Opinion
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
Zenotec Biotech to invest in R&D of new technology

Singapore: Zenotec Biotechnology, a bioscience start-up founded in October 2012, will invest $993,267 (RM3.06 million) t...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
LanzaTech adds oil and gas veteran to its board

Singapore: LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from carbon-containing gases, appointed of Datuk I...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
SimuGen's toxicity predictor to cut drug discovery costs

Due to the rising costs in drug discovery and development and a large proportion of drug failure being associated with a...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Malaysia: Emerges as a manufacturing hub

Malaysia is now emerging as a manufacturing hub for international pharmaceutical companies and provides them smooth pass...

May 14, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
F&S: Health record spendings to rise $29 mn

Singapore: As the healthcare industry across Asia Pacific (APAC) moves towards digitization, electronic health informati...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
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
Pioneering work in veterinary service

APSN is among the few private companies in Malaysia that produces polymer chain reaction (PCR) test kits for various ani...

March 26, 2012 | Monday | News
WHO draws treatment guidelines for early HIV/AIDS

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) is raising treatment initiation guidelines for HIV-positive individual...

July 2, 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
DKSH expands its Malaysian unit

Singapore: DKSH Business Unit Healthcare has expanded its infrastructure, by opening a new healthcare distribution cente...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
altona Diagnostics launches APAC headquarter in Malaysia

Singapore: German company altona Diagnostics has officially launched ADT Biotech, its new Asia Pacific regional headquar...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | News
Petronas joins hands with LanzaTech

Singapore: LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, and Petronas, the national oil comp...

October 15, 2012 | Monday | News