Call for Ideas: Innovative technology to reduce visual impairment & blindness

US based Seva Foundation has announced a call for ideas to identify innovative technology-based solutions to improve eye...

March 2, 2020 | Monday | News
Gilead Initiates Ph 3 trials of remdesivir for COVID-19

Gilead Sciences, has announced the initiation of two Phase 3 clinical studies to evaluate the safety and efficacy of rem...

March 2, 2020 | Monday | News
Moderna ships mRNA vaccine against novel coronavirus (mRNA-1273) for Ph 1 study

Moderna, a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a ne...

February 27, 2020 | Thursday | News
Takeda appoints new Area Head for ICMEA

Takeda Pharmaceutical has announced the appointment of Dr.Mahender Nayak as Area Head for the Company’s ICMEA...

February 26, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Indian Pharma market to raise from US$34.3bn in 2020 to more than US$45bn by 2025

Following the recent news that Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) has agreed to acquire Wockhardt Ltd’s select division...

February 24, 2020 | Monday | News
New drug combination hopes to exploit metabolic habits of glucose-hungry cancer cells

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, US have designed a new drug cocktail that kills some types of brai...

February 24, 2020 | Monday | News
Arctoris launches BioTarget 2020 to support biotech company innovations

Arctoris Ltd, an Oxford-based company that operates the world’s first fully automated drug discovery platform, has...

February 21, 2020 | Friday | News
Abbott partners with Insulet for seamless diabetes care

Abbott and Insulet Corporation, the global leader in tubeless insulin pump technology with its Omnipod® Insulin...

February 20, 2020 | Thursday | News
Biologics patent expiry trend might have a positive impact on pharma industry

Expectations for biosimilars are high in 2020, and the drug class will finally begin to make its mark in the US, says Gl...

February 7, 2020 | Friday | News
Cybernet launches first antimicrobial medical computer

US based company Cybernet has announced the world's first fully antimicrobial medical computer. Cybernet's medical grade...

February 18, 2020 | Tuesday | News
TWB START-UP DAY promotes bioeconomy, biotechnology through ‘green growth’

TWB, an expert in scientific project management, for the third consecutive year devoted a day to start-ups on the theme ...

February 17, 2020 | Monday | News
CureVac, CEPI to develop Coronavirus Vaccine

CureVac AG, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of mRNA-based drugs, and the Coalition for E...

February 14, 2020 | Friday | News
AstraZeneca constructs global healthcare network through Health innovation hubs

AstraZeneca the global, science-led biopharmaceutical company focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisatio...

February 13, 2020 | Thursday | News
WHO to accelerate research and innovation for new coronavirus

WHO convened a global research and innovation forum to mobilize international action in response to the new coronavirus ...

February 12, 2020 | Wednesday | News
WHO renames coronavirus as COVID-19

WHO has renamed the 2019-nCoV to COVID-19, under agreed guidelines between WHO, the World Organisation fo...

February 13, 2020 | Thursday | News
AIM ImmunoTech files three provisional patent applications for coronavirus

US based AIM ImmunoTech Inc., immuno-pharma company has announced the filing of three provisional patent applications re...

February 11, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Co-Diagnostics announces sales of new coronavirus test

US based Co-Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of diagnos...

February 11, 2020 | Tuesday | News
WHO, FIND to drive universal access to essential diagnostics

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) have announced that a memor...

February 11, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commits $100M in response to 2019-nCoV

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it will immediately commit up to $100 million for the global ...

February 7, 2020 | Friday | News
Genekam develops one of world's first commercial test for China coronavirus

At present, there is an outbreak of SARS virus called novel coronavirus 2020 going in China. German firm Genekam Bi...

February 6, 2020 | Thursday | News
USFDA approves first emergency coronavirus diagnostic test

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to enable emergency ...

February 6, 2020 | Thursday | News
New light shed on damaging impact of infrared and visible rays on skin

The damage visible and infrared light can do to our skin has been revealed for the first time in new research by scienti...

February 5, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Azelis Asia Pacific unveils its growth drivers & strengths through a video

After globally launching the new Azelis tagline ‘Innovation through formulation’ and corporate video in July...

January 27, 2020 | Monday | News
Ubiquigent launches DUBprofiler-Cell™ Platform for Drug Discovery Screening

Ubiquigent Limited (Ubiquigent) announced today the launch of an exciting new service as part of its Drug Discovery Scre...

January 30, 2020 | Thursday | News
GenScript introduces 2019-nCoV qRT-PCR Assay to detect Coronavirus

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Since the first cases were r...

February 3, 2020 | Monday | News
Coronavirus outbreak can drastically impact the technology road map for 2020

The coronavirus outbreak is now entering a crucial phase with the WHO declaring it as a global health emergency. W...

February 1, 2020 | Saturday | News
Mitigating biopharmaceutical freight supply chain risks on Asian trade lanes

As biopharmaceutical production accelerates in Asia, global manufacturers are becoming increasingly exposed to supply ch...

January 31, 2020 | Friday | Opinion
FedEx transports Direct Relief's First Batch of Medical Supplies to china

FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company, has shipped more than 200,000 surgical mas...

January 31, 2020 | Friday | News
Demron CBRN suits protect Patients and Healthcare Workers from Coronavirus

In the ongoing war against Coronavirus, new technology can provide much-needed protection and benefits for patients and ...

January 31, 2020 | Friday | News
Microsoft launches AI programme for global healthcare

Microsoft Corp. has announced AI for Health, a new $40 million, five-year programme and part of the AI for Good ini...

January 30, 2020 | Thursday | News
Accenture, Google Cloud team up to assist life science companies

Accenture and Google Cloud have announced that Google Cloud will be the cloud technology provider for Accenture’s ...

January 29, 2020 | Wednesday | News
CDD receives rare disease classification from WHO

The rare genetic disease CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD) has been designated with a new disease code in the Internationa...

January 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher Launches Next-Gen, Compressor-Free Plate Sealer

Thermo Fisher Scientific announces the launch of a next-generation, compressor-free plate sealer, designed to alleviate ...

January 27, 2020 | Monday | News
PerkinElmer unveils Advanced Drug Discovery and Disease Research Solutions

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world,  introduced new workstations...

January 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Researchers link low-dose aspirin with preterm birth risk reduction

Daily low-dose aspirin, from as early as the sixth week of pregnancy through the 36th week, may lower the risk for prete...

January 27, 2020 | Monday | News
CO-Diagnostics prepares Coronavirus test

Shares of Co-Diagnostics,  a US based biotech company with a patented platform for the development of molecular dia...

January 27, 2020 | Monday | News
Pfizer Vaccines launches global centers of excellence network

Pfizer Inc. has announced the launch of its Vaccines Division’s Centers of Excellence Network, a global program of...

January 24, 2020 | Friday | News
FDA reclassifies medical image analysers

The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has issued a final order to reclassify medical image analyzers applied to ma...

January 23, 2020 | Thursday | News
Sheffield scientists create 3D printed parts to kill bacteria

Researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK have, for the first time, manufactured 3D printed parts that show...

January 22, 2020 | Wednesday | News
WHO highlights gaps in addressing drug resistance threat

Declining private investment and lack of innovation in the development of new antibiotics are undermining efforts to com...

January 21, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Labcorp, Covance to coordinate cell, gene therapy development solutions

LabCorp®, a leading global life sciences company that is deeply integrated into guiding patient care, on 13 Jan 2020...

January 14, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Healthy.io unveils digital wound management solution

Israel headquartered Healthy.io, the category creator of smartphone urinalysis and the global leader in turning sma...

January 17, 2020 | Friday | News
BioMed X Starts Schizophrenia Research Program with Boehringer Ingelheim

BioMed X on 13 Jan 2020 announced the start of a new joint research group in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelhei...

January 14, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Asia-Pacific has record year for clinical trials according to Novotech CRO

Novotech CRO the largest biotech CRO in the Asia-Pacific said the region has had a record year for the number of studies...

January 14, 2020 | Tuesday | News
WuXi AT expands service capabilities

US based WuXi Advanced Therapies (AT), a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) offer...

January 14, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Lilly to acquire Dermira for $1.1B

Eli Lilly and Company and Dermira, Inc. have announced a definitive agreement for Lilly to acquire Dermira&nbs...

January 13, 2020 | Monday | News
Merck’s Keytruda wins FDA approval for invasive bladder cancer treatment

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

January 9, 2020 | Thursday | News
SOTIO to accelerate Pipeline Products development in Switzerland

SOTIO, a biotechnology company owned by the PPF Group, on 8 Jan 2020 announced the opening of offices of SOTIO Biotech A...

January 8, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim introduces new purification technology

When launched, Ingelvac CircoFLEX® was the first PCV2 vaccine that could be freshly mixed with an M hyo vaccine...

January 8, 2020 | Wednesday | News
genOway and Merck strengthen CRISPR/Cas9 strategic alliance

France headquartered genOway, a public company and leader in developing genetically modified research models, has announ...

January 7, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Colgate to revolutionize oral health through novel technology

Colgate has introduced a first-of-its-kind smart toothbrush with new optic sensor technology that detects biofilm buildu...

January 6, 2020 | Monday | News
Pulmatrix enters into agreement with J&J

US based Pulmatrix, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative inhaled therapies to address ...

January 3, 2020 | Friday | News
GSK completes divestment of travel vaccines to Bavarian Nordic

GlaxoSmithKline has announced the completion of the divestment of travel vaccines Rabipur (tradename Rabavert in the US)...

January 2, 2020 | Thursday | News
Purdue creates new framework to develop better drugs

US based Purdue University drug discovery researchers have created a new framework for mining data for training mac...

January 1, 2020 | Wednesday | News
GlobalData releases spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) market analysis for APAC region

The spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) market across the five growth markets ((5GM) Australia, China, India, Japan and South ...

December 5, 2019 | Thursday | News
Lux Research’s new report details Asia’s recent rise in the global innovation landscape

Asia has driven a boom in recent years in terms of R&D spending, venture capital funding, academic publications, and...

December 20, 2019 | Friday | News
Sartorius Establishes Scientific Advisory Board

Sartorius, a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced ...

December 18, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Allergan gets FDA nod for acute migraine treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ubrelvy (ubrogepant) tablets for the acute (immediate) treatment of m...

December 24, 2019 | Tuesday | News
BioInvent extends research collaboration with Pfizer

Swedish company BioInvent International AB has announced that Pfizer Inc. has selected the second target under the compa...

December 24, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Merck gets FDA nod for Ebola vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of Ervebo, the first FDA-approved vaccine for the preve...

December 23, 2019 | Monday | News
Merck signs CRISPR Integration Technology licensing agreement with Promega

Merck, a leading science and technology company has signed a license agreement providing Promega Corp., a glob...

December 20, 2019 | Friday | News
BC Platforms with IQVIA to extend Data Analytics in Genomics

BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management and analytics, today announced that it has closed a USD $15 mill...

December 19, 2019 | Thursday | News
Romaco Group appoints Markus Kimpel as new joint MD and CFO

Romaco Holding GmbH, on 17 Dec 2019, announced the appointment of Markus Kimpel as the new Group CFO as well as Managing...

December 17, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Roche launches Cobas Zika blood screening test

Roche has announced the CE-IVD launch of the cobas® Zika test for use on the cobas® 6800/8800 Sys...

December 18, 2019 | Wednesday | News
FDA approves first automatic insulin dosing system

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized marketing of the Tandem Diabetes Care Control-IQ Technology, an int...

December 17, 2019 | Tuesday | News
BioIVT Announces the Launch of its Next-generation Sequencing Service

BioIVT, a leading provider of research models and services for drug and diagnostic development, on 16 Dec 2019, launched...

December 17, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Novoheart licenses Harvard technology to develop Next-Gen human heart-in-a-jar

Novoheart, a global stem cell biotech company that invented and commercialized the world's first and only "human heart-i...

December 17, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Takeda, MiTest Health to launch innovative Disease Risk Prediction Tool

Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA and MiTest Health LLC ("MiTest"), a pioneering health technology company, have announced an e...

December 16, 2019 | Monday | News
The Union welcomes WHO recommendations to treat drug-resistant TB

The Union welcomes the rapid communication from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the treatment of drug-resistant t...

December 13, 2019 | Friday | News
Researchers unfold genetic code that controls cell function and disease

A research team led by Queen’s University Belfast has made a breakthrough discovery around how and why only certai...

December 12, 2019 | Thursday | News
Roche receives CE Mark for Accu-Chek SugarView app

Roche has obtained the CE Mark for its Accu-Chek SugarView app. This paves the way for the launch of the innovative diab...

December 10, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Sanofi to acquire Synthorx for $2.5 B

Sanofi and Synthorx, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on prolonging and improving the lives of people suff...

December 9, 2019 | Monday | News
GE Healthcare to personalise tissue regeneration

GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Advanced Solutions Life Sciences (ASLS) will enter into a strategic R&D and distribu...

December 9, 2019 | Monday | News
Amazon Web Services collaborates with Novartis

Amazon Web Services has announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Novartis to reimagine this pharmaceutical co...

December 6, 2019 | Friday | News
Novoheart, AstraZeneca to develop Human Heart-in-a-Jar model

Canada headquartered Novoheart, a global stem cell biotechnology company, is pleased to announce a collaboration with gl...

November 27, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Ferring and Blackstone invest $570M for bladder cancer therapy

Swiss firm Ferring Pharmaceuticals and US based Blackstone Life Sciences have announced the joint investment of over $57...

November 26, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific invests $6 M to expand Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, on 22nd Nov 2019, unveiled the $6 million expansion ...

November 22, 2019 | Friday | News
Novo Nordisk explores liver cell targets with Dicerna

US based Dicerna™ Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Denmark headquartered Novo Nordisk A/S have announced an agr...

November 20, 2019 | Wednesday | News
FDB invests $55M to expand gene therapy process

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB), a leading global biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization ...

November 18, 2019 | Monday | News
International Diabetes Federation reports 463 Million Diabetics Worldwide

On World Diabetes Day, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is releasing new figures that highlight the alarming ...

November 15, 2019 | Friday | News
Philips launches AI based clinical product for aiding cognitive assessment

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology has announced the U.S. debut of its new cognitive assessment platfor...

November 14, 2019 | Thursday | News
Mylan and Pfizer announce Viatris as new company name

Mylan N.V. and Pfizer Inc. have  announced that the name of the new company to be formed by the planned combin...

November 14, 2019 | Thursday | News
Merck licenses CRISPR gene-editing technology to Evotec

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that it has signed a license agreement providing Evo...

November 13, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Vygon Group joins forces with EFCNI

France based Vygon Group, a specialist single-use medical devices group, is organizing a number of awareness events in h...

November 12, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Abbott discovers new strain of HIV

Abbott has announced that a team of its scientists identified a new subtype of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), c...

November 8, 2019 | Friday | News
PromoCell now offers in vitro disease models

PromoCell, a Germany based premier manufacturer of human primary cells and cell culture products, now offers cell diseas...

November 7, 2019 | Thursday | News
Merck introduces fast-dissolving material for immediate release coating

Merck has launched its Parteck® COAT excipient, a new functional material designed for immediate release f...

November 6, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Merck launches nanoparticle-reduced sucrose for biopharma formulations

Merck has developed a new filtration-based manufacturing process resulting in a new, highly purified sucrose grade with ...

November 7, 2019 | Thursday | News
Thermo Fisher to invest $24M for bioproduction expansion

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has announced that it is investing nearly $24 millio...

November 6, 2019 | Wednesday | News
SCBIO 2019 awards recognizes profound contributions to life sciences industry

To resounding applause from a record gathering from 11 countries, 32 states and virtually every county in South Carolina...

November 5, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Cerecin strengthens its leadership position in CNS drug development

Cerecin, a global healthcare company focused on developing brain health solutions and therapeutics for patients around t...

November 5, 2019 | Tuesday | News
FDA approves Sanofi’s Influenza Vaccine for older people

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application for Fluzone®&n...

November 5, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Shimmer Receives CE Certification for ECGmd Holter Monitor Electrocardiograph

Shimmer Research, a global leader in wearable technology for research applications, on 4 Nov 2019, announced that E...

November 5, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly modernise alliance

In a move to better serve people living with and without diabetes, Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company will m...

November 5, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Different types of PSS have unique patterns of clinical and biological characteristics: Newcastle University

For the first time, scientists at Newcastle University have found there are at least four versions of primary Sjögr...

October 31, 2019 | Thursday | News
Pear Therapeutics collaborates with Ironwood Pharma for GI-focused digital therapeutics

Pear Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to evaluate ...

October 31, 2019 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca divests rights to Seroquel, Seroquel XR in Europe, Russia

AstraZeneca has agreed the sale and licence of the commercial rights to Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate immediat...

October 31, 2019 | Thursday | News
80% of Global Bone Marrow Transplantation Demand is by EU and NA

In addition to a rapid expansion of bone marrow donor registry, increasing commercialization of cellular therapy and tis...

October 30, 2019 | Wednesday | News
EU approves BAVENCIO® (avelumab) Plus Axitinib to treat RCC

Merck and Pfizer Inc. on 29 Oct 2019, announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved BAVENCIO® (avelu...

October 29, 2019 | Tuesday | News
NIH, Gates Foundation to develop gene-based cures for SCD, HIV

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to invest at least $100 million over the next four years towards an audaci...

October 28, 2019 | Monday | News

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