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