Australia approves COVID-19 test by Co-Diagnostics

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

August 17, 2020 | Monday | News
Japan picks Daiichi Sankyo for COVID-19 vaccine supply

Daiichi Sankyo Company has announced that it was selected by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan to be a...

August 17, 2020 | Monday | News
Hong Kong discovers liver injury in COVID-19 patients

Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) have recently conducted a ...

August 12, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer inks agreement with Gilead to manufacture remdesivir

Pfizer Inc. has announced a multi-year agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. to manufacture and supply Gilead’...

August 11, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Novavax, Takeda to develop COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan

Novavax Inc. (NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company headquartered in the US developing next-generation vaccines for ...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | News
Empowering APAC healthcare delivery framework through smart innovations

COVID-19 has exposed the inadequacies in the healthcare industry which is now evolving through vigorous transformation. ...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | Opinion
Australia provides mental health support to tackle COVID-19

The Australian Government is providing 10 additional Medicare-subsidised psychological therapy sessions for Australians ...

August 10, 2020 | Monday | News
Transitioning to future with stronger APAC healthcare ecosystem

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic plaguing countries worldwide has created unprecedented change for the global economy, espe...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | News
Regulations and geopolitics themes for Japanese companies to reduce dependence on China

Regulations, China Impact and Geopolitics were the top themes in 2020 for Japanese companies to reduce dependency on Chi...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | Analysis
AstraZeneca inks COVID-19 vaccine deal with China's BioKangtai

AstraZeneca signed a deal with Beijing-based Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products (BioKangtai) ...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | News
GenScript Biotech Corporation enters strategic distributor partnership with Premas Life Sciences to distribute cPassTM SARS CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit in India.

GenScript Biotech Corporation (“GenScript”, Stock Code: 1548.HK), a leading global biotechnology company tod...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | News
J&J to produce 100M investigational COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for U.S.

Johnson & Johnson on 5 August 2020 announced it's Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies have entered into an agreeme...

August 5, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Australian develops effective Triple Therapy to treat COVID-19

Australia's The Centre for Digestive Disease (CDD) Medical Director Professor Thomas Borody MB, BS, BSc(Med), MD, PhD, D...

August 6, 2020 | Thursday | News
ADB provides $1.5B to support Thailand's COVID-19 response

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $1.5 billion loan to support the Government of Thailand’s response...

August 6, 2020 | Thursday | News
Sanofi, GSK to supply up to 300 M COVID-19 vaccine doses to EU

Sanofi and GSK are in advanced discussions, with the European Commission (EC) for the supply of up to 300 million doses ...

August 5, 2020 | Wednesday | News
COVID R&D Alliance announces first patients enrollment in I-SPY trial

Recently, members of the COVID R&D Alliance AbbVie, Inc. (ABBV), Amgen Inc. (AMGN), and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Lt...

August 4, 2020 | Tuesday | News
6th Asia Healthcare Week: A note on “COVID-19 and the NHS UK Response”

Informa Connect Singapore recently conducted its first live webinar to complement the main conference offering. Hosted a...

August 4, 2020 | Tuesday | Influencers
Australia issues new information for vaccine manufacturers

Vaccine manufacturers seeking listing on the National Immunisation Program (NIP) Schedule must ask for advice from ...

August 5, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan develops robot to perform nasal swab tests

Brain Navi, a biotechnology startup based in Taiwan's Hsinchu's Biomedical Science Park, has developed a ...

August 4, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Pfizer, BioNTech to supply 120M doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Japan

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have announced an agreement with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan ...

August 3, 2020 | Monday | News
NTU speeds up gold-standard COVID-19 diagnostic test

Clinician-scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore’s (NTU Singapore) Lee Kong Chian School of Med...

August 3, 2020 | Monday | News
Atomo Diagnostics collaborates with Access Bio for rapid COVID-19 testing

Australia based Atomo Diagnostics has announced that it has signed a binding agreement with US-based diagnostics special...

August 3, 2020 | Monday | News
Seegene receives expanded EUA for COVID-19 diagnostic assay

South Korean firm Seegene, Inc. has announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has further expanded the emer...

July 31, 2020 | Friday | News
Affinity's COVID-19 antibodies ready for clinical trials

Melbourne-based Affinity Biosciences Pty Ltd (Affinity) has lodged a pre-publication submission to the scientific journa...

July 31, 2020 | Friday | News
NEJM study demonstrates Safety and Efficacy of mAb to treat Yellow Fever

Tychan, a Singapore-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing life-saving treatments through disr...

July 30, 2020 | Thursday | News