New study in Singapore highlights need for refreshed vaccination strategies
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 25 Aug, 2023
Scientists led by a team from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have identified three distinct serotypes of SARS-rela...Read more
Singapore develops antibodies to potentially prevent future coronavirus outbreaks
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2023
Exceptionally potent antibodies that can neutralise virtually all known variants of the COVID-19 virus—including O...Read more
CSPC Pharma partners with Pfizer for oral COVID-19 treatment in China
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 03 Jul, 2023
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group has signed a strategic partnership agreement with American pharma firm Pfizer to la...Read more
Korea's SK bioscience receives WHO Emergency Use Listing of COVID-19 vaccine
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2023
South Korea-based SK bioscience has received the World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of its COVI...Read more
COVID-19 can cause brain cells to ‘fuse’: Australian study
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2023
Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia have discovered viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain...Read more
SK bioscience receives marketing authorisation of COVID-19 vaccine in UK
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 31 May, 2023
SK bioscience, based in South Korea, has announced the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (M...Read more
Survey: One-third of COVID-19 vulnerable groups avoid booster shots
COVID19 | Company results | 0 Comment | 25 Apr, 2023
The results from a new YouGov survey called, ‘What’s Next for COVID-19 in Singapore?’, commissioned by...Read more
Taiwan approves Japan-based Chugai Pharma's drug for COVID-19 treatment
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2023
Chugai Pharma Taiwan Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical, has obtained an import drug licen...Read more
Australian government injects $50 M more for research into long COVID
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2023
The Australian Government will provide a further $50 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research i...Read more
Taiwan expands eligibility for using Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine as booster for children
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 17 Apr, 2023
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) in Taiwan has reported that the Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices ...Read more
NZ-based diagnostic startup Pictor raises $5 M for product development
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2022
New Zealand (NZ)-based startup Pictor, with operations in US and India, has announced a funding round to help accelerate...Read more
CanSino Biologics rolls out inhaled vaccine Convidecia Air in Shanghai
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 01 Nov, 2022
CanSino Biologics has announced that its recombinant COVID-19 vaccine (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector) for inhalation (Convide...Read more
Singapore authorises Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 30 Sep, 2022
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has authorised Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine on 28 September 2022, for t...Read more
China's BGI donates Huo-Yan Air Laboratory to Thailand
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 20 Sep, 2022
On September 19, 2022, Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, Dr Satit Pitutecha, Dep...Read more
Australia identifies unique biomarkers of SARS-CoV-2 acute infections, Long COVID
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 21 Sep, 2022
Researchers at the Australian National Phenome Centre (ANPC) at Murdoch University have successfully detected and quanti...Read more
Singapore grants interim authorisation for first bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 14 Sep, 2022
Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has granted an interim authorisation for the use of Moderna’s Omicr...Read more
Australia to focus research on five virus families likely to cause future pandemics
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 30 Aug, 2022
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency,...Read more
Pfizer emerges as leading company in Asia for COVID-19 response
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2022
Pfizer has been ranked first in its COVID-19 response, patient centricity, patient safety and bringing innovative, high-...Read more