Taiwan generates NT$4.6 Billion through digital COVID-19 pandemic prevention efforts

With Taipei City's Ximending Commercial District being is popular among international tourists, ...

July 26, 2021 | Monday | News
Korean firm Celltrion developing solution to treat COVID-19 patients at home

Inhalon Biopharma, Inc., a US-based clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing an inhaled "muco-trapping" anti...

July 23, 2021 | Friday | News
Moderna inks new supply agreement with Taiwan for variant booster vaccine

US-based Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, has announced...

July 23, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore to issue digital verifiable COVID-19 breath test results

Singapore-based startups Accredify and Breathonix have announced their collaboration to supply an on-site COVID-19 rapid...

July 22, 2021 | Thursday | News
China's ZerunBio vaccine to cross protect against some new variants of SARS-CoV-2

Shanghai Zerun Biotechnology (ZerunBio) and its parent company Walvax Biotechnology have partnered with Norway-based CEP...

July 22, 2021 | Thursday | News
CEPI provides up to $12.7M to expand COVID-19 vaccines access in Africa

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in Sou...

July 22, 2021 | Thursday | News
Takeda expands Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine supply in Japan

Takeda Pharmaceutical has announced an additional agreement with Moderna and the Government of Japan’s Minist...

July 21, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia evaluates heat-tolerant COVID-19 vaccine formulations

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), based in Australia, played an important role ...

July 21, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Indonesia to adopt Paspor Sehat as digital health credentials for travel

Knowledge Catalyst, a recognized provider of Digital Health Credentials, also known as HealthCerts in Singapore, an...

July 21, 2021 | Wednesday | News
New research demonstrates faster COVID-19 recovery with metabolic activator treatment

Metabolic activators were found to reduce recovery time by as many as 3.5 days in patients with mild-to-moderate Covid-1...

July 21, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves Regeneron's antibody cocktail for COVID-19 treatment

US-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has announced that Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHL...

July 20, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Researchers call for improved national coordination of Australian COVID-19 trials

A study looking at the landscape of COVID-19 research in Australia shows an impressive rapid response in clinical trials...

July 20, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Indonesia deploys dedicated oxygen facility for COVID-19 patients

In response to Indonesia's current COVID-19 oxygen crisis, a consortium led by the GoTo Group is set to create...

July 19, 2021 | Monday | News
CEPI unveils global marketplace for COVID-19 vaccines

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) partners...

July 19, 2021 | Monday | News
Korean firm Celltrion’s mAb candidate effective against Delta variant

South Korean firm Celltrion Group has announced new results from an in vivo efficacy study showing that regdan...

July 16, 2021 | Friday | News
IFC invests $16.5M in MedGenome to support COVID-19 response in India

As India emerges from the devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Finance Corporation (IF...

July 15, 2021 | Thursday | News
China to commercialise Proxalutamide for COVID-19 treatment in India, Africa

Kintor Pharmaceutical has announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical De...

July 15, 2021 | Thursday | News
China's Envision Group donates medical supplies to fight COVID-19 in India

Envision Group, a leading green technology company based in China, recently donated dozens of oxygen concentrators and 4...

July 14, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan reformulates COVID-19 vaccine policy as per priority groups

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has pointed out that to increase the first-dose coverage rate among the Taiwa...

July 13, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia increases availability of personal protective equipment

The Australian government has announced significant quantities of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be made avail...

July 13, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan deploys AI-based body temp detection technology to contain COVID-19 

Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is developing epidemic prevention technology amid the COVID-1...

July 12, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan sets COVID-19 drug trials up for success

As scientists continue to search high and low for effective COVID-19 treatments, a new modeling study by Japanese resear...

July 9, 2021 | Friday | News
DrAnsay.com offers online doctor's certificates for antigen self-tests

DrAnsay.com, the market leader for online doctor attests, is offering online test certificates for self-applied rapid an...

July 8, 2021 | Thursday | News
China develops sewage monitoring technology to detect COVID-19 Delta variant

In Hong Kong, the sewage monitoring technology developed by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) multidisciplinary team led...

July 6, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Sri Lanka receives first batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines

A consignment of Pfizer vaccines arrived in Colombo on 5th July, the first batch of 800,000 doses to be delivered in the...

July 6, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Indian-US scientists work on pre-existing immunity in people unexposed to COVID-19

In a study published in the Nature journal, Scientific Reports, an international team of researchers from MedGenome...

July 5, 2021 | Monday | News
DHL Express delivers Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to Malaysia

DHL Express has delivered the US government's donation of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The arrival of around 1,000,000 d...

July 5, 2021 | Monday | News
Scientists propose repurposing anti-malarial drug Mefloquine to fight COVID-19

Japanese scientists are scanning the possibility of using an anti-malarial drug called mefloquine....

July 2, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore to purchase Monoclonal Ab from GSK and Vir Bio to treat COVID-19

GlaxoSmithKline Singapore and Vir Biotechnology on June 30, 2021, announced an agreement with the Government of Singapor...

June 30, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Third APAC Psychiatry Symposium discusses treatment of mental disorders during COVID-19

At the third Asia Pacific (APAC) Psychiatry Symposium, held online on June 26, more than 1,000 psychiatrists, gener...

June 28, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore accelerates national vaccination programme

Singapore is accelerating its national vaccination programme, as it has been able to bring forward the delivery of the v...

June 25, 2021 | Friday | News
ADB approves loan worth $940 M for Bangladesh to purchase COVID-19 vaccines

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan package of $940 million for the Government of Bangladesh to purchas...

June 23, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine may face uptake challenges in US: GlobalData

Novavax has further demonstrated excellent results from its pivotal PREVENT-19 vaccine trial. Despite this positive data...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujitsu Japan deploys world's fastest supercomputer for COVID-19 therapies

Fujitsu Japan has announced that it will initiate a new research project with a research team led by Japan's Resear...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Taiwanese firm UBI-Asia inks COVID-19 vaccine deal with Paraguay

Vaxxinity, a US-based company pioneering the development of a new class of immunotherapeutic vaccines, in close collabor...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia initiates robust Bioeconomy plans for post-pandemic economic recovery

Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation (Bioeconomy Corporation) announces its commitment and full support to the N...

June 21, 2021 | Monday | News
Indonesia receives $500M from World Bank for vaccination programme

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors have approved a loan of $500 million to expand Indonesia's efforts t...

June 21, 2021 | Monday | News
Malaysia grants permission to COVID-19 test kit from China

Holista Colltech Ltd has been granted permission from the Medical Devices Authority (MDA) of Malaysia's Ministry of Heal...

June 19, 2021 | Saturday | News
Singapore advances ASEAN COVID-19 research collaboration

Singapore Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry Alvin Tan and Deputy Chief Executive (Research) of A*STAR Pr...

June 18, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia prefers Pfizer vaccine over AstraZeneca for age 59 and under

The Australian Government has received updated advice from the expert vaccine body, the Australian Technical Advisory Gr...

June 18, 2021 | Friday | News
Scientists in UK developing low cost, saliva-based COVID-19 test

Researchers are developing a rapid, low cost and mass manufacturable saliva-based biosensor test for COVID-19 inspired b...

June 16, 2021 | Wednesday | News
COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca effective against Delta (‘Indian’) variant

New data from Public Health England (PHE) demonstrated COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca offers high levels of prot...

June 15, 2021 | Tuesday | News
G7 summit held in the UK pledges 870 M COVID-19 vaccine doses

In a landmark agreement at G7 summit, held in Cornwall, UK, global leaders have pledged to share COVID-19 vaccine doses ...

June 14, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore reviews occurrence of myocarditis and pericarditis in post-covid vaccination

The Expert Committee at Singapore government has been closely monitoring international reports that the second dose of m...

June 14, 2021 | Monday | News
Tabuk Pharma to commercialize Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia

Moderna, Inc. and Tabuk Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company (a fully owned subsidiary of Astra Industrial Group), ...

June 14, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia brings anti-COVID nasal spray Viraleze to India

India's vast population now has access to the Australian developed anti-COVID nasal spray Viraleze™ foll...

June 11, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore authorises four COVID-19 antigen rapid test self-use kits

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has granted interim authorisation for the following four antigen rapid ...

June 11, 2021 | Friday | News
WHO's regional directors discuss international mobility challenges of health professionals

Regional directors of the World Health Organisation for the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe and South-east Asia, Dr Ahmed ...

June 10, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia explores susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 variants after getting COVID-19 vaccine

An Australian-led study will investigate whether it’s possible to predict who remains susceptible to SARS-CoV...

June 10, 2021 | Thursday | News
US to donate 500 M Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to LMIC countries

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced plans to provide the U.S. government at a not-for-profit price 500 million do...

June 10, 2021 | Thursday | News
NTU Singapore designs reusable nanotech mask to block germs, particles

Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have developed a reusable “nanotec...

June 10, 2021 | Thursday | News
LivFul and GAD partner to distribute COVID-19 antigen test kit in LMIC

LivFul and Global Access Diagnostics (GAD) announced a new partnership to make a variety of diagnostic kits, starting wi...

June 9, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops rapid, accurate method for detecting viruses

Researchers from Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), an Interdisciplinary Research G...

June 8, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Global mucormycosis market expected to reach $616.1 M by 2028

The global mucormycosis market size is expected to reach $616.1 million by 2028 according to a new study by Polaris...

June 8, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia facilitates communication about approved COVID-19 vaccines

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has implemented arrangements to facilitate the communication of ...

June 8, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan hosts Gavi COVAX AMC summit virtual event securing $2.4 B

World leaders joined forces on 2 June at the “One World Protected” - Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitme...

June 7, 2021 | Monday | News
Gavi welcomes U.S. strategy for Global Vaccine Sharing

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, welcomes the announcement by the United States Government of its strategy for glob...

June 7, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia invents smart surveillance and biosecurity tool to stop infectious diseases

Scientists at Murdoch University are contributing research to strengthen understanding of infectious diseases and h...

June 4, 2021 | Friday | News
Countries, health partners discuss efforts to curb COVID-19 in WHO South-East Asia Region

The World Health Organization convened a meeting of member countries and health partners to discuss the strengthening of...

June 3, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore launches AbAsia to secure local supply of COVID-19 kits reagents

Advanced MedTech Holdings (AMTH), a global medical technology leader, has co-founded a Singapore-based venture, AbAsia B...

June 3, 2021 | Thursday | News
Shimadzu and Shionogi partner to explore wastewater viral infections

Japanese firms Shimadzu Corporation and Shionogi & Co. have inked the basic agreement of business partnership to tar...

June 3, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia invests $60 M to continue COVID-19 support for aged care

The Australian government is investing $60 million to extend support for COVID‑19 response measures for Australia&rsqu...

June 2, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Fujifilm launches SARS-CoV-2 mutation kit to detect Indian variant

FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation has announced the launch of the E484Q mutation detection kit, capable of detecti...

May 28, 2021 | Friday | News
MTD Group initiates efforts to supply syringes for COVID-19 vaccination

Switzerland-based MTD Group, leveraging its research hub located in Como (Italy), with its decades of experience in desi...

May 28, 2021 | Friday | News
Waters introduces SARS-CoV-2 LC-MS Kit 

Waters Corporation has introduced a new RUO LC-MS test method to advance critical infectious disease research. Waters SA...

May 27, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore approves new storage condition for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has approved the new storage condition for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...

May 26, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Lancet Commission proposes urgent recommendations for COVID-19 response in India

The Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System was launched in December 2020 with the ...

May 26, 2021 | Wednesday | News
South Korea explores expansion of COVID-19 vaccine activities

Novavax, Inc., a US-based biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, has...

May 25, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Research confirms trusted sources key to vaccination program success

Last month was World Immunization Week and never has it been a more pertinent milestone. It has been 13 months since the...

May 24, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Seegene diagnostic system to diagnose COVID-19 variants at ECCMID

Seegene Inc., a biotechnology firm specializing in molecular diagnostics has once again been recognized for its unique...

May 24, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore provisionally approves breath test to detect COVID-19

An easy-to-use breath test that can accurately detect COVID-19 within a minute has received provisional authorisation fr...

May 24, 2021 | Monday | News
Taiwanese startup launches zero-contact medical station

Brain Navi Biotechnology Co., Ltd., a brain surgery robotic company, has launched "zero-contact" medical stations i...

May 17, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia to soon roll-out single-dose COVID-19 vaccine

A single-dose vaccine that targets new COVID-19 variants has been awarded funding to fast-track testing in human trials....

May 17, 2021 | Monday | News
Moderna to supply 25 M vaccine doses to Australia

Moderna, Inc., has announced a new supply agreement with the government of Australia for 25 million doses. Thi...

May 14, 2021 | Friday | News
Fosun, BioNTech invest $200 M to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine in China

Shanghai Fosun Pharma has signed a Joint Venture with BioNTech to manufacture mRNA vaccine in China. The JV will ha...

May 12, 2021 | Wednesday | News
EU inks the third contract with BioNTech/Pfizer securing 1.8 billion doses

The European Commission has approved a contract for 1.8 billion doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine. The contract cove...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan aids India with oxygen generation plants

The Government of Japan and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India have partnered to provide oxygen generatio...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan secures supply of investigational antibody cocktail for COVID-19 treatment

Chugai Pharmaceutical has announced that the company has agreed with the Japanese government regarding the antibody cock...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
US approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for adolescents

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech C...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia's CSIRO suggests nasal delivery of Oxford-AZ vaccine to improve efficacy

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, has...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
China focuses on next-generation intranasal COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 infections continue to rise with several countries facing second-and third-wave infections with the newly evolv...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
FedEx delivers COVID-19 relief aid to India

FedEx is currently supporting the transportation of more than 25,000 oxygen concentrators and transducers through initia...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
Pfizer, BioNTech to help vaccinate athletes at 2020 Tokyo Games

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Oly...

May 7, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia gives major boost to COVID-19 vaccination programme

In a major boost to the COVID-19 vaccination program, the Australian government is ramping up the weekly number of doses...

May 6, 2021 | Thursday | News
Moderna inks supply agreement with Gavi for up to 500 M vaccine doses

US based firm Moderna, Inc. has announced an agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to supply up to 500 million ...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Novacyt to support UNICEF with donation of one million COVID-19 tests

Novacyt S.A., an international clinical diagnostics company, will donate one million COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction ...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
WHO issues emergency use listing to Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna, Inc., a US based biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, has announced...

May 1, 2021 | Saturday | News
UK to host global fund-raising summit with CEPI to accelerate vaccine development

Plans to speed up vaccine development to prevent future pandemics and save lives will be boosted by a UK-hosted summit t...

May 3, 2021 | Monday | News
CRISPR COVID-19 diagnostic kits receive global development and distribution license

The 221b Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by Sherlock Biosciences to address the global COVID-19 pandemi...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
Thailand accelerates production of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Siam Bioscience as a manufacturing facility for COV...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
Novel diagnostic test for COVID-19 by Achiko enters Indonesia

Swiss firm Achiko AG's joint venture partner PT Indonesia Farma Medis (IFM) has been granted a medical device ...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
Korean firm Celltrion receives FDA EUA for COVID-19 Ag rapid test

South Korean firm Celltrion has announced that DiaTrust™ (Celltrion DiaTrust™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Te...

April 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
Made-in-India virus attenuation device Shycocan debuts in UAE

Shycocan, a breakthrough virus-attenuation device invented and manufactured in India, has been launched in the UAE at th...

April 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
Bangladesh approves Sputnik V vaccine

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announces that the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) under the...

April 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Zuellig Pharma partners with Moderna to supply COVID-19 vaccine in Asia

Zuellig Pharma, a Singapore based healthcare services provider in Asia, and Moderna, Inc., a US based biotechnology...

April 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
US extends support for India’s COVID-19 crisis response

US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and members are highlighting the efforts by leaders across the US gov...

April 26, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore studies role of oral HCQ & throat spray in reducing COVID-19 spread

A team of clinician-scientists from the National University Hospital (NUH); NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Med...

April 26, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan provides thermography camera in Kenya to prevent COVID-19 spread

Japan based NEC Corporation announced a collaboration between NEC XON, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (U...

April 23, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ explores new technologies to enhance contact tracing

New Zealand's new COVID-19 tracing app, Elarm can monitor activity such as heart rate and exercise recovery rates from t...

April 23, 2021 | Friday | News
QIAGEN's artus Prep & Amp rapid SARS-CoV-2 test receives CE-IVD in Europe

German company QIAGEN, on April 20, 2021, announced the launch of the artus ® SARS-CoV-2 Prep & Amp UM...

April 21, 2021 | Wednesday | News

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