Singapore explores immunotherapy for COVID-19 treatment

The engineering of specific virus-targeting receptors onto a patient’s own immune cells is now being explored by s...

April 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Entrepreneurship flourishes amid pandemic in Singapore

Singapore based early-stage VC Antler has received over 1500 applications from 100 countries in barely two weeks since i...

April 22, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Thailand unveils new campaign in response to COVID-19 outbreak

Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau or TCEB has announced two projects focusing on digital-based Meetings, in...

April 22, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Australia starts new drug trial to treat COVID-19

The trial, led by Associate Professor Steven Tong, Infectious Diseases clinician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) i...

April 22, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Seegene exports 10M COVID-19 diagnostic tests to 60 countries

South Korea based Seegene, the leading multiplex diagnostic assay developer, has announced that the company has exported...

April 21, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Critical self-reliant healthcare life-supporting supply chain to emerge post COVID19

Singapore based ABM Respiratory Care, a medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of airwa...

April 20, 2020 | Monday | Opinion
Australia uses anti-microbial copper to beat COVID-19

Australian company SPEE3D has successfully developed and tested a fast and affordable way to 3D print anti-microbial cop...

April 21, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Novartis to sponsor HCQ clinical trial in COVID-19 patients

Novartis has reached an agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with a Phase III clinical tr...

April 21, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore approves TaqPath COVID-19 combo kit

The Applied Biosystems™ TaqPath™ COVID-19 Combo Kit has received Provisional Authorisation from the Health S...

April 21, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan's NHRI develops a prototype COVID-19 rapid diagnostic kit

The National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) in Taiwan announced on 2 April 2020 that it has successfully develop...

April 10, 2020 | Friday | News
Fosun Pharma gets FDA EUA nod for COVID-19 detection kit

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from FDA for its ...

April 20, 2020 | Monday | News
Inovio to begin Ph 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine

South Korea based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) has announced that the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innov...

April 20, 2020 | Monday | News
Taiwan-Denmark develop rapid test kit for COVID-19

Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan has announced that a joint effort of Taiwan-Denmark startup BluSense D...

April 20, 2020 | Monday | News
Taiwan develops rapid coronavirus test kit

Taiwan researchers at Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have developed a new nucleic acid test kit to dete...

April 21, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Assistive diagnostic AI tool to tackle COVID-19 in Malaysia

Skymind Holdings (Skymind), the world’s first dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem builder, recently d...

April 20, 2020 | Monday | News
Combined treatment from existing drugs might combat COVID-19

There is no specific drug which can fight against COVID-19 yet. Developing a specific drug is quite tough. It is no...

April 17, 2020 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo to donate $1M for COVID-19 relief fund

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced that, through the Japan Center for International Exchange, it will make a ...

April 17, 2020 | Friday | News
NTU builds disinfection robot to tackle COVID-19 outbreak

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a semi-autonomous ...

April 17, 2020 | Friday | News
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation expands commitment to global COVID-19 response

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an expansion of its funding for the global res...

April 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
Global consortium accelerates drug development for COVID-19

A cross-border initiative led by the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Dr. Nir London has brought together a wide ra...

April 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
Vela's COVID-19 test receives provisional authorisation from HSA

  Vela Diagnostics has announced that the ViroKey™ SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test has received provisional authori...

April 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
Fujifilm accelerates favipiravir production for COVID-19 treatment

Fujifilm is ramping up production of its antiviral treatment drug favipiravir, one of many approved drugs being tested...

April 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
Wireless signals and AI to monitor COVID-19 patients remotely

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, hospitals are working to prevent overcrowding and keep healthcare workers...

April 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
Three Chinese vaccines against COVID-19 are on the way

According to the latest news from Science and Technology Daily, two COVID-19 inactivated vaccines were just approved f...

April 17, 2020 | Friday | News
Doctor Anywhere to launch COVID-19 medical advisory clinic

Doctor Anywhere, a regional tech-led healthcare company headquartered in Singapore, is launching the Doctor An...

April 14, 2020 | Tuesday | News