Johns Hopkins releases NCD policy briefs
Thailand | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterprise has released a focused set of policy briefs that provide actionable...Read more
Amgen to acquire rights of three drugs from GSK
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Dec, 2015
Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Amgen, has plans to reacquire all of its remaining rights from GSK on Prolia (denosumab), XGEVA (denosumab) and Vectibix (panitumumab) in 48 countr...Read more
Yongyuth - The man behind the first Thai drug
Thailand | Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Feb, 2013
Thailand is on the verge of getting its first indigenously developed drug, an oral anti-malarial drug, that acts against the dihydrofolate reductase target in the Plasmodium. Leading this i...Read more
Chitosan nanoparticles to target breast cancer cells
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 01 Jun, 2012
Singapore: Thai Researchers at the National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) and King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) developed a target drug delivery system using folate...Read more
Asian endoscopy market clocked $264.7 mn in 2012
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 10 Dec, 2013
Singapore: Endoscopy devices market in Australia, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, earned revenues of USD264.7 million in 2012 and estimates this to reach USD408.3 million in 2017, accordin...Read more
Activists challenge Gilead to give up Hep C drug patent
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2015
Singapore: Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), a team of lawyers and scientists campaigning for global accessibility of medicines for hepatitis C and HIV patients, has...Read more
Thai develops blast, blight resistant glutinuous rice
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Jan, 2013
Singapore: A new variety of glutinuous rice with resistance to both blast and bacterial blight has been developed by Rice Gene Discovery Unit, BIOTEC, and other institutes such as Kasetsar...Read more
Medical Tourism: Asia's top destinations
Thailand | Analysis | By Aishwarya Venkatesh | 0 Comment | 10 Mar, 2015
Singapore: Asia is a special destination for those looking for quality healthcare at low cost. BioSpectrum takes a look at some of the hottest destinations that are attracting patients fr...Read more
F&S: APAC hospital market touches $378 bn
Thailand | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 10 Jun, 2013
Singapore: According to a Frost and Sullivan report, Asia Pacific hospital market earned revenues of more than $377.90 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $1085.98 billion in 2017. ...Read more
Thai HIV vaccine shows promise in clinical trials
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2014
Singapore: The Thai HIV vaccine that showed promise in initial clinical trials held in Thailand in 2009, has also exhibited significant protection in a clinical trial held in South Africa. ...Read more
Incense ash may cause cancer: Thai Ministry
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 19 Feb, 2015
Singapore: In wake of Chinese New Year celebrations across Asia, the Thai Health Ministry has urged its citizens to stop lighting joss sticks and placing them near food, stating that consum...Read more
BIOTEC-NSTDA, Keeen join hands for oil bioremediation
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 06 Jun, 2013
Singapore: Thailand's National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) have collaborated with Keeen, which w...Read more
Sale of wound care devices spurs in Asia-Pacific: Frost & Sullivan analysis report
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Sep, 2013
Singapore: Advanced wound care and modern wound closure products are gaining an edge over traditional wound dressings in Asia Pacific as lower bed capacity in hospitals and the trend toward...Read more
Thailand develops its first-ever indigenous drug
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Dec, 2012
Singapore: Thailand's former science and technology (S&T) minister, Professor Yongyuth Yuthavong, and his team have successfully developed Thailand's first indigenous drug for combating...Read more
Novartis, BIOTEC tie-up to explore Thailand's biodiversity
Thailand | Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2012
In 2005, Novartis, a leading healthcare solution provider, decided to partner with The National Center For Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand, to decipher the potentia...Read more
BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013
Thailand | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 02 Jan, 2014
Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase in the number of acquisitions and mergers (M&A), it also led to a ...Read more
Sanofi's dengue vaccine candidate shows positive results
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 12 Sep, 2012
Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi has published clinical study results of its dengue vaccine candidate in the online publication of The Lancet. The results of the t...Read more
WHO stresses on effective immunization
Thailand | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2015
Singapore: Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million dea...Read more