Merck to use genome editing for studying gut bacteria

Merck, a leading science and technology company and leader in genome editing, announced collaboration with Washington Un...

May 22, 2018 | Tuesday | News
AxoGen appoints Karen as Chairman of the Board

Singapore –  AxoGen, a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for perip...

May 21, 2018 | Monday | News
Congo begins Ebola vaccination

Singapore - With three new Ebola cases confirmed in Mbandaka, a city of about 1.5M people, Congo is beginning ...

May 21, 2018 | Monday | News
Accent Therapeutics to provide precision cancer treatments

Accent Therapeutics has been launched with $40m Series A financing for precision cancer treatments targeting RNA-modifyi...

May 21, 2018 | Monday | News
US approves first drug that prevents migraines

The first drug aimed at preventing the headaches has gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. It was found tha...

May 21, 2018 | Monday | News
UK trial approves breath test for cancer detection

A new clinical trial by the Imperial College London has validated the use of their breath test as a first-line diagnosti...

May 21, 2018 | Monday | News
Minerva’s drug shows treatment effect in schizophrenia patients

 Singapore- Minerva Neurosciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapi...

May 18, 2018 | Friday | News
Cabometyx gets approval in Europe for first-line kidney cancer

 Singapore- The European Commission (EC) has approved commercialization partner Ipsen's marketing application for C...

May 18, 2018 | Friday | News
Regeneron, Sanofi's drug shows positive effect in lung cancer study

 Singapore- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and development partner Sanofi announce positive preliminary data from a...

May 18, 2018 | Friday | News
UNAIDS calls for an increase in vaccine research

On HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, 18 May, UNAIDS is calling for an increase in research and investment to find an effective ...

May 18, 2018 | Friday | News
Dicerna’s hyperoxaluria treatment gets orphan status from FDA

 Singapore- Dicerna Pharmaceutical’s drug recently received an orphan drug status designation for i...

May 18, 2018 | Friday | News
Ligand Pharma readies $650M convertible debt offering

Singapore- Ligand Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing or acquiring technologies announced...

May 17, 2018 | Thursday | News
Cerus receives $15M government contract

Singapore- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Res...

May 17, 2018 | Thursday | News
FDA approves first non-opioid treatment for opioid withdrawal

Singapore- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved privately held US WorldMeds LLC's Lucemyra (lofexidine hydroch...

May 17, 2018 | Thursday | News
ASLAN Pharma to present two posters on varlitinib at ASCO

Singapore- ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company targeting cancers that are both highly prev...

May 17, 2018 | Thursday | News
Orgenesis, Atvio to present at the WATRM Congress

Orgenesis Inc., a manufacturer, service provider and developer of advanced cell therapies has announced that the Company...

May 17, 2018 | Thursday | News
Qventus receives $30M investment to bring AI to hospital workflows

Healthcare management tech platform Qventus has announced that it landed $30 million Series B funding in a rou...

May 16, 2018 | Wednesday | News
US researchers develop tool to improve diagnostic accuracy

A research team at the University at Buffalo (UB) in the US has developed a new protein analysis tool called IonStar whi...

May 15, 2018 | Tuesday | News