India, Taiwan set up funds to boost investments

Taiwan |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Jun, 2012

Countries in Asia are pushing policies to attract investments. India has taken many steps to encourage investments and tweaked regulations to meet international standards. Taiwan and China ...Read more

Excess plasticizers in body ups breast cancer risk'

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Jul, 2014

Singapore: Taiwanese scientists have revealed that overexposure to plasticizers doubled the risk of a women contracting breast cancer. The 20-year extensive research was conducted by Academ...Read more

WuXi Pharma to manufacture Ibalizumab for TaiMed

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Aug, 2012

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech entered into a contract manufacturing agreement with TaiMed Biologics for the manufacture of ibalizumab (TMB-355) in support of phase II and phase III clinical t...Read more

Pharmigene leads in adverse drug reaction tests

Taiwan |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Mar, 2012

Treatment of Pompe disease, an inherited disorder caused by build-up of a complex sugar called glycogen in the body's cells, was unknown to the scientific fraternity until Dr Y T Chen disco...Read more

Molecular diagnostics is key to future

Taiwan |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2013

China, Japan, India and Singapore are leveraging on genetic technologies to develop molecular diagnostic platform which is much more efficient and effective in tracking diseases. According ...Read more

Right partner is key to combination products

Taiwan |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Dec, 2012

Extensive project management expertise and logistical control know-how are obviously required when working on a combination product, from the concept stage to its eventual launch. Cross-fun...Read more

Events gala in Taiwan for medical devices industry

Taiwan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), Department of Health, Executive Yuan, is hosting a series of international events on medical devices in November (Nov 2-8). The events...Read more

Medical tourism market to reach $32.5 bn globally in 2019: Report

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Oct, 2013

Singapore: The global medical tourism market was valued at $10.5 billion in 2012 and is estimated to reach a market worth $32.5 billion in 2019 at a CAGR of 17.9 percent from 2013 to 2019, ...Read more

BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2013

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSpectrum Asia has now launched the fifth annual survey of the contract ...Read more

Dengue breaks 11 year records: Taiwan CDC

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Jul, 2014

Singapore: Taiwan's Center for Disease Control (CDC) declared that dengue cases had swelled in the country in the past months. Taiwan reported 162 cases of dengue fever as of June 30. Fifty...Read more

Icon, Taiwan's national clinical trials center sign deal

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Icon, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, and the National Clinical Trials and Research Cente...Read more

Association to promote biopharma R&D in Taiwan

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Twenty-five pharmaceutical companies of Taiwan have come together to set up an association to promote the development of new biopharmaceuticals in the country. The new body, Taiw...Read more

SHL to invest $40 mn in Taiwan drug delivery industry

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Taiwan based SHL Group, a designer, developer and manufacturer of advanced drug delivery devices, has plans to invest USD40 million in Taiwan and has signed a second Letter of In...Read more

Chung-Yi becomes 1st Taiwanese to David Gin award

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Dr. Chung-Yi Wu, associate research fellow, Genomics Research Center, has been elected as the winner of the 2014 David Y Gin New Investigator Award. The award is sponsored by the...Read more

What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

Taiwan |  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

Industry Records 11% Growth

Taiwan |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2015

Singapore: The bioscience industry in the major markets of Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan and comprising Australia, China, India, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan recorded...Read more

Insight into mechanism in Staphylococci bacteria

Taiwan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Sep, 2012

Singapore: A recent study by a research team from the Institute of Biological Chemistry (IBC) in Taiwan, led by distinguished research fellow Andrew H-J Wang, has increased understanding of...Read more

BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

Taiwan |  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