What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

Thailand |  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

BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

Thailand |  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

Thai rice researcher gets NSTDA Research Chair Grant

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Dr Apichart Vanavichit, associate professor, Kasetsart University, and director, Rice Gene Discovery Unit, Thailand, was awarded the 2012 NSTDA Research Chair Grant to work on "...Read more

Generics take center stage in South East Asia

Thailand |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Aug, 2013

Singapore: The South East Asian pharmaceuticals industry is forecast to witness a boost to $3.9 billion by 2016. The industry is fast taking center stage in the region and continues to gai...Read more

NANOTEC marks 10 years of success, aims higher

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

Singapore: National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), with a research pool comprising over 100 researchers and 357 international publications to its credit, is all set to mark the completion...Read more

Hexaxim vaccine gets EMA nod for global use

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2012

Singapore: The European Medicines Agency has issued a scientific opinion recommending that the benefits of the vaccine Hexaxim outweigh its risks and that it can be used in regions outside ...Read more

KEEEN wins Greenovation product award

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Jun, 2012

Singapore: KEEEN, which was developed through a joint research by Hi-Grimm Environmental and Research and BIOTEC, won the gold award for "Bioremediation Agent developed to Greenovation Pro...Read more

What were Asia's Top 20 bio companies in 2012?

Thailand |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2013

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording a double-digit growth of 11.07 percent over $139 billion of 2011. Aro...Read more

Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access

Thailand |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 1 Comment | 30 Nov, 2012

Telemedicine is re-defining access to healthcare in many ways. It has, in particular, proved to be an effective solution in providing specialty healthcare, improving access and reducing cos...Read more

BIOTEC researchers provide insights on rice

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2013

Singapore: Four ground breaking articles regarding rice research in Thailand have been published by Dr Theerayut Toojinda, principal researcher, National Center for Genetic Engineering and ...Read more

Consumers are winners in the BRCA gene case

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

In the wake of US Supreme Court's win-win verdict in Association for Molecular Pathology vs Myriad Genetics case, Frost and Sullivan life sciences industry analysts, Mr Justin Collishaw and...Read more

Thai researchers' new yeast acts as protein 'factory'

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

Singapore: Many diseases can be treated with protein-based drugs, however, producing them affordably in large quantities continues to remain a major hurdle. Although yeast can be geneticall...Read more

Biotec Int'l Advisory Board meets in Bangkok

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

Singapore: BIOTEC, Thailand, recently held its Meeting of International Advisory Board (IAB) from March 15-16, 2013, at Chatrium Hotel Riverside in Bangkok. The International Advisory Boar...Read more

Biotec's Dr Kirtikara: 70% of our staff is female

Thailand |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Mar, 2013

I graduated from Chulalongkorn University with a BS in Genetics, enrolled at the University of Connecticut, US, to continue studies in plant genetics, my area of interest. I obtained an MS ...Read more

Rural Thailand is facing severe health challenges

Thailand |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Dec, 2012

Thailand's healthcare system has come a long way, we have a population of almost 70 million people and 99.5 percent of the population is covered by Universal Healthcare Coverage. While this...Read more

X-Change to launch Phytiva in China, SE Asia

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Jan, 2013

Singapore: X-Change, a US-based boutique company whose niche is extract-based cosmeceutical and nutraceutical solutions through its Phytiva brand product line, has been in discussions with ...Read more

Thai researchers get NRCT awards

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

Singapore: A research project titled, 'Development of Biological Process for Histamine Degradation in Fish Sauce by Histamine Dehydrogenase from Natrinema gari BCC 24369', was one-of-the-...Read more

Australia, Thailand to participate in NIH-sponsored trials

Thailand |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Feb, 2013

Singapore: Three clinical trials that seek to find more effective treatments for influenza are enrolling volunteers with influenza at the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center in ...Read more