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
Healthcare needs change in business process'
Thailand | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 21 Jan, 2014
Singapore: Healthcare across the Asia-Pacific is in a state of accelerated evolution due to not only changing demographics, but also due to disruptions in the traditional industry value-cha...Read more
BIOTEC researcher gets Thai young scientist award
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Aug, 2012
Singapore: Dr Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, head, genomic research laboratory, BIOTEC, has been chosen by the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of H...Read more
Interventional radiology earned $591mn in 2012
Thailand | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 28 Mar, 2013
Singapore: A new report by Frost & Sullivan titled 'Asia Pacific interventional radiology and cardiology market assessment', has found that the market earned revenues of more than $591....Read more