Facilitating pandemic preparedness in the Asia Pacific through technology transfer initiatives
COVID19 | Influencers | 4 Comment | 27 Jun, 2022
Asia Pacific is home to more than half of the world’s population and bears a significant burden of infectious dise...Read more
Ainos COVID-19 antigen self-test receives approval for sale in Taiwan
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 24 Jun, 2022
US-based Ainos, a diversified medtech company focused on the development of novel point-of-care testing, low-dose interf...Read more
2022 Tang Prize from Taiwan honours scientists for developing COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2022
After the 2014 and 2016 winners for the Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Sciences were crowned the Nobel Prize in 2018 an...Read more
G20 meeting proposes mobilisation of financial resources to face future pandemics
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 09 Jun, 2022
During June 6 to 8 June 2022, G20 member states discuss the mobilisation of financial resources to respond to ...Read more
Moderna to become marketing authorization holder in Japan for Spikevax COVID-19 Vaccine
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 02 Jun, 2022
Moderna and Takeda have announced to transfer the marketing authorization in Japan for Moderna’s COVID-1...Read more
Seegene unveils '$12 PCR testing' initiative to help end COVID-19 pandemic
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 26 May, 2022
Seegene Inc., South Korea's leading molecular diagnostics (MDx) company, has unveiled a global initiative for ...Read more
Insilico Medicine explores use of 3CL protease inhibitor for COVID-19 treatment
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 25 May, 2022
Insilico Medicine, a China & US-based clinical-stage end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery c...Read more
US FDA approves Lilly's COVID-19 drug
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2022
Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved OLUMIANT&n...Read more
ENA Respiratory joins initiative to boost development of antiviral nasal spray
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2022
Australia's ENA Respiratory, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing INNA-051, a first-in-class broad-sp...Read more
New study in Thailand highlights effectiveness of SaNOtize nasal spray against COVID-19
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 11 May, 2022
Canada-based SaNOtize Research and Development has announced results from a retrospective clinical study assessing the e...Read more
US FDA limits use of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to certain individuals
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 06 May, 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has limited the authorized use of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to individuals ...Read more
China approves phase 2 trial of recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine, ReCOV
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 05 May, 2022
Jiangsu Recbio Technology Co., Ltd. has recently received the clinical trial approval for its recombinant protein COVID-...Read more
Taiwan strengthens COVID-19 testing capacity with new screening & reporting systems
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 03 May, 2022
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) in Taiwan has launched a contact tracing self-reporting system for confirmed ...Read more
SK bioscience reaches final stage of developing Korea´s first COVID-19 vaccine
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 02 May, 2022
South Korea-based SK bioscience and GSK have announced submission of a biologics license application for SKYCovione a re...Read more
Healion Bio, FUJIFILM Toyama co-explore promising COVID-19 oral antiviral drug
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 29 Apr, 2022
Healion Bio, a closely held biotechnology company, has announced a collaborative agreement to research a combination ant...Read more
Shionogi’s COVID-19 antiviral drug shows rapid virus clearance
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 28 Apr, 2022
Japan-based Shionogi & Co., Ltd. announced new results from two late-breaking presentations of S-217622 at the 32nd ...Read more
Hong Kong holds first clinical trial of novel oral treatment for COVID-19
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 28 Apr, 2022
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Clinical Trial Centre has announced its collaboration with CUHK Medic...Read more
China releases first international COVID-19 testing standard
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2022
According to the State Administration for Market Regulation in China, the International Organization for Standardization...Read more