First South-east Asia cancer care summit highlights plight of patients in the region

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Mar, 2016

Singapore: Global experts gathered at the Mundipharma Cancer Care Summit to plan how to improve the quality-of-life for cancer patients in Asia. A key focus was the alarming number of peopl...Read more

Thailand hospital trials mHealth application

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Thai patients will begin receiving SMS appointment reminders direct to their mobile phones as Bangkok's Vibhavadi Hospital commences a trial of New Zealand company Vensa Health's...Read more

BIOTEC launches microbe management course

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Jan, 2013

Singapore: Thailand's flagship biotechnology organization, BIOTEC, NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC) of Japan and World Data Center for Microorganisms (WDCM), have launched a training...Read more

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