Eisai joins REMAP-CAP on innovative trial to combat COVID-19

US based Global Coalition for Adaptive Research and Japanese firm Eisai Co., Ltd., in collaboration with UPMC (Universit...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | News
Korea invites global innovators to improve patient care post COVID-19

Janssen Korea Ltd. and Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC have announced the launch of the Seoul Innovation QuickFire ...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | News
Sona Nanotech Announces Validation Results for its COVID-19 Antigen Test

Sona Nanotech Inc., a developer of rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests, announced on 2 July 2020 that its rapid detect...

July 3, 2020 | Friday | News
Gilead commits $500,000 worth of support across Asia

In response to unprecedented challenges facing some of the hardest hit communities in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea ...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | News
Golden Biotech receives FDA approval for COVID-19 drug trial

Golden Biotechnology Corp., a leading Taiwanese biopharmaceutical company, announced that the FDA approved its investiga...

July 3, 2020 | Friday | News
Affinity discovers potent SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Melbourne-based Affinity Biosciences Pty Ltd (Affinity), a privately held company focused on antibody discovery for canc...

July 3, 2020 | Friday | News
Malaysia explores effectiveness of Betadine against coronavirus

Laboratory testing completed at the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center (TIDREC) at the Universit...

July 3, 2020 | Friday | News
China works on traditional medicine formula against COVID-19

The research team of Handian Pharmaceutical Medical Center and Handian Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has devoted...

July 2, 2020 | Thursday | News
Daiichi Sankyo in discussion with AZ for COVID-19 vaccine supply

Japan based Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced its agreement to proceed with discussions with AstraZeneca for...

July 2, 2020 | Thursday | News
Singapore brings on-site COVID-19 test results in one hour

A team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a portable COVID-19 micro-PCR diagnost...

July 1, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan offers COVID-19 pandemic counselling

In response to the severe and negative effect that COVID-19 has had on people's physical and mental health, Ta...

July 1, 2020 | Wednesday | News
NZ resumes bowel screening programme amid pandemic

The National Bowel Screening Programme in New Zealand is sending out thousands of home test kits this week for the first...

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | News
SingHealth, A*STAR co-develop chatbot for COVID-19 patients care

SingHealth and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), with support from the Integrated Health Informa...

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Sengenics launches multi-antigen COVID-19 biochip test

Singapore based Sengenics, the Functional Proteomics Company, has announced the launch of ImmuSAFE™ COVID+, a mult...

June 29, 2020 | Monday | News
Gencurix wins FDA EUA for COVID-19 test kit

A Korean molecular diagnostic company, Gencurix, Inc., has announced that they have received U.S. Food and Drug Administ...

June 26, 2020 | Friday | News
Japan repurposes hypertension vaccine for COVID-19 treatment

The Osaka-based Japanese biotech AnGes Inc. expects its potential COVID-19 vaccine to be ready as early as the first hal...

June 29, 2020 | Monday | News
"Portable Droplet and Aerosol Reducing Tent (DART)" lessens COVID-19 risk

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has invented a foldable tent-like device that serv...

June 25, 2020 | Thursday | News
Singapore designs shield to protect COVID-19 healthcare workers

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has invented a foldable tent-like device that serv...

June 26, 2020 | Friday | News
Evelo Biosciences to enter Ph2/3 trials for EDP1815 to treat COVID-19

Evelo Biosciences, Inc. a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a new modality of orally delivered, systemical...

June 24, 2020 | Wednesday | News
TAITRA unveils Taiwan Anti-COVID-19 Pavilion

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) has announced the launch of the "Taiwan Anti-COVID-19 Pavilion." ...

June 25, 2020 | Thursday | News
Thai MICE venues exhibit new health measures

A long list of Thai MICE (Meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) venue operators are exhibiting their new he...

June 25, 2020 | Thursday | News
Japan develops saliva test to detect COVID-19 in 30-min

Nihon University and Tokyo Medical University are developing a novel RT-PCR method for detection of SARS-CoV2 virus. Unl...

June 26, 2020 | Friday | News
World's 1st inactivated COVID-19 vaccine produces Abs

The Phase I/II clinical trials of the world's first inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Wuhan Institute of Biolog...

June 24, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Genexine enters human trial of COVID-19 vaccine

South Korea based Genexine has announced that it is the first domestic pharmaceutical company to have been approved for ...

June 24, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Frozen Wheels addresses growing demand of PPE

US based Frozen Wheels, a leading distributor of food and PPE, is announcing the opening of an office in Thailand&n...

June 24, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Clover Biopharma initiates Ph 1 trial for COVID-19 vaccine

Clover Biopharmaceuticals, headquartered in China, has announced that the first participants have been dosed in the Phas...

June 22, 2020 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo to develop mRNA vaccine against COVID-19

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced its decision to develop a genetic (mRNA) vaccine for the novel corona viru...

June 23, 2020 | Tuesday | News
South Korea revolutionizing contact tracing programme

US based Bright Pattern, a leading provider of AI-powered cloud contact center software for innovative co...

June 22, 2020 | Monday | News
Taiwan approves Remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment

In order to protect the right to receive treatment for critically ill patients, and take precautions against the possibl...

June 19, 2020 | Friday | News
Taiwan to export mask making machines beginning August

Taiwan is expected to export its surgical mask manufacturing machines as early as August amid growing global demand. The...

June 18, 2020 | Thursday | News
Japan studies genetic differences of COVID-19 and SARS viruses

Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have identified specific portions of the genetic codes of the COVID-19 a...

June 19, 2020 | Friday | News
KONE's Elevator AirPurifier and Handrail Sanitizer protects against COVID-19

KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has introduced a range of people flow solutions in Singapo...

June 18, 2020 | Thursday | News
Yuyu Pharma to export SD BIOSENSOR COVID-19 test kits to global market

South Korea's Yuyu Pharma and SD BIOSENSOR entered into a Supply Agreement, where Yuyu Pharma will export COVID-19 ...

June 19, 2020 | Friday | News
India's Serum Institute to play pivotal role in COVID-19 vaccines

Serum Institute of India (SII) is the world’s largest vaccine producer in terms of volume. SII is currently workin...

June 18, 2020 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore identifies five potent Abs to fight COVID-19

Scientists from Defense Science Organisation National Laboratories (DSO) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) ...

June 18, 2020 | Thursday | News
Danish robot automates COVID-19 testing

A Danish pipetting robot is automating COVID testing processes in hospitals around Europe. The robot, called flow bot ON...

June 18, 2020 | Thursday | News
Taiwan prepares for post COVID-19 era with emerging technologies

The Covid-19 pandemic spurs transformation of digital healthcare everywhere. To echo that trend, the Healthcare+ Ex...

June 17, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Celltrion to expand COVID-19 testing portfolio to include Ag & Ab testing kits

Celltrion Group has announced plans to expand its diagnostic portfolio for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, in it...

June 17, 2020 | Wednesday | News
FIND supporting rapid diagnostic tests for malaria & COVID-19

The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and US based Scanwell Health announced a new partnership for d...

June 17, 2020 | Wednesday | News
PolyU to advance diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia

In the face of a surge in cases, rapid diagnosis and identification of high-risk patients for early intervention is cruc...

June 17, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Lucence, A*STAR bring SAFER sample saliva collection kit

Singapore based molecular diagnostics company Lucence and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have ...

June 16, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore focuses on digital responses to COVID-19

Minister for Health, Singapore, Gan Kim Yong and Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information, D...

June 15, 2020 | Monday | News
Sinovac to initiate Ph 3 trial of COVID-19 vaccine

China-based Sinovac Biotech Ltd. inked a clinical development collaboration agreement with a Brazilian producer of immun...

June 16, 2020 | Tuesday | News
BioNTech secures $112.55M for COVID-19 vaccine production

Gernam firm BioNTech SE closed USD112.55 million debt financing agreement to support the development of the company&rsqu...

June 16, 2020 | Tuesday | News
India to Lead ‘World’s Largest’ Convalescent Plasma COVID-19 Clinical Trial

Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) of Nagpur, Maharastra, India, will serve as the lead site for the “...

June 14, 2020 | Sunday | News
Taiwan launches website for COVID-19 prevention strategies

Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare launched a dedicated COVID-19 website detailing the prevention strategie...

June 15, 2020 | Monday | News
FDA issues EUA to first next gen sequence test for COVID-19

FDA has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to American company Illumina, Inc., for the first COVID-19 diagnosti...

June 15, 2020 | Monday | News
Moderna advances Late-Stage development of mRNA-1273 Vaccine against COVID-19

Moderna, Inc. announced on 11 June 2020 about progress on the late-stage development of mRNA-1273, the Company&rsqu...

June 12, 2020 | Friday | News
J&J accelerates COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced that through its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies (Janssen) it has ac...

June 12, 2020 | Friday | News
AXA Asia launches resources for COVID-19 management

AXA, serving customers across seven fast-growing markets including Hong Kong, mainland China, Japan, South Korea, the Ph...

June 12, 2020 | Friday | News
Taiwan invents mobile healthcare biosensor to detect viral Infections

A Postdoctoral Fellow researchers team at the Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-sen Universi...

June 12, 2020 | Friday | News
Zebra Technologies Contributes to Global COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Singapore's Zebra Technologies Corporation, an innovator at the edge of the enterprise with solutions and part...

June 11, 2020 | Thursday | News
PCR Biosystems achieves new leap forward for SARS-CoV-2 detection

PCR Biosystems, the UK-based PCR experts, today announced the launch of qPCRBIO Probe 1-Step Virus Detect, a high-concen...

June 11, 2020 | Thursday | News
Advanced vaccine manufacturing technologies scaling-up at Pharma Industries

The global vaccine effort is guided by four imperatives: speed, manufacture, deployment scale, and global access. The cu...

June 11, 2020 | Thursday | Opinion
Thailand launches COVID-19 resource centre for events industry

Organisers and stakeholders in business events industry, the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions (MICE) ...

June 11, 2020 | Thursday | News
Alphamab Oncology, Institut Pasteur Shanghai to co-develop COVID-19 neutralizing Ab

Alphamab Oncology has announced that Jiangsu Alphamab Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Com...

June 11, 2020 | Thursday | News
TrialTrove Data Shows Australia is Open for Business says Avance Clinical

The leading Australian CRO for biotechs, Avance Clinical announced at BIO Digital on 10 June 2020 that Australia current...

June 10, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Tychan to begin Ph 1 trials for mAb against COVID-19

With approval from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Tychan,  a Singapore-based clinical-stage biotechnology com...

June 12, 2020 | Friday | News
Gilead's Veklury gets approval for COVID-19 treatment in Singapore

Gilead Sciences, Inc. has announced that the Health Sciences Authority of Singapore (HSA) has granted conditional approv...

June 11, 2020 | Thursday | News
Japan explores Nafamostat inhalation formulation for COVID-19 treatment

The University of Tokyo, RIKEN, Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited have reached a ba...

June 10, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Atomo and NG Biotech expand COVID-19 partnership

Australian firm Atomo Diagnostics Limited is pleased to announce it has expanded its existing COVID-19 rapid test p...

June 10, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Chances of SARS-CoV-2 carrier not showing symptoms is very low- WHO

Transmission of the novel coronavirus by people who don’t develop symptoms is “very rare,” the Wo...

June 10, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore assessing virus survival based on air quality

uHoo, an air quality management company based in Singapore and Hong Kong, has launched the "uHoo Virus Index" - the worl...

June 10, 2020 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand announces no active cases of COVID-19

Ministry of Health is very pleased to report no active cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The Ministry has been notified...

June 8, 2020 | Monday | News
Novavax Expands Large-Scale Global Manufacturing Capacity

Novavax, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, o...

June 1, 2020 | Monday | News
MERS vaccine shows promise for COVID-19 vaccine development

A recent Phase I clinical trial performed at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf for a Middle East respirato...

June 7, 2020 | Sunday | News
BIO kick-starts digital conference on COVID-19 R&D programs

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the largest trade organization to serve and represent the eme...

June 7, 2020 | Sunday | News
AstraZeneca Commits to 2 Billion Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

UK-based AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford partnered on the global development and distribution ...

June 7, 2020 | Sunday | News
Interferon-lambda has the potential to reduce transmission of COVID-19

The spread of the COVID-19 can be slowed by the use of interferon-lambda, which has the ability to inhibit replication o...

June 7, 2020 | Sunday | News
Novavax receives $60m from DOD to secure 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

Novavax commenced Phase I clinical trial for their COVID-19 vaccine "NVX-CoV2373" a stable prefusion protein antige...

June 7, 2020 | Sunday | News
AbbVie, Harbour BioMed to develop Ab therapy for COVID-19

US based company AbbVie, Harbour BioMed (HBM) with operations in US and China, Utrecht University (UU) in Europe and Era...

June 8, 2020 | Monday | News
INOVIO, IVI to start Ph 1/2 trials of COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea

US based INOVIO, the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), and Seoul National University Hospital have announ...

June 8, 2020 | Monday | News
Taiwan's first domestic COVID-19 Ab reagent gets FDA approval

Taiwan on 5 June 2020 licenced it's first domestically-developed and produced antibody reagent for SARS-CoV-2 detec...

June 5, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore's portable wearable devices to assist in COVID-19 contact tracing

Singapore is reviewing the possibility to distribute a "portable contact tracing device" to assist in its meth...

June 5, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore builds vaccine manufacturing capacity

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on 5 June 2020 while participating in 'Global Vaccine Summit 2020' th...

June 8, 2020 | Monday | News
University of Queensland, CEPI and CSL partner for COVID-19 vaccine

CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, CSL and The University of Queensland (UQ) have announced that...

June 5, 2020 | Friday | News
Medicom announces new mask production facility in Singapore

The Medicom Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of surgical and respiratory masks, has announced the further...

June 8, 2020 | Monday | News
Eurofins launches total Ab detection test for COVID-19

Eurofins Technologies announces the launch of a serology-based total antibody (IgG, IgA and IgM) detection ELISA assay f...

June 5, 2020 | Friday | News
Seoul recommends global international organization to combat COVID-19

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it held the Mayoral Meeting with mayors and governors from 42 cities around the w...

June 5, 2020 | Friday | News
Moderna finalizing protocol for Ph 3 study of COVID-19 vaccine

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

June 4, 2020 | Thursday | News
'NCH Disinfection Program' attempts to control and prevent COVID-19 in SG

NCH Asia Pacific, a global leader in industrial and commercial maintenance products and services since 1919, announ...

June 1, 2020 | Monday | News
South Korea gains greater control over COVID-19 than US

The US remains the most heavily affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 1.7 million total confirmed ca...

June 4, 2020 | Thursday | Analysis
Proteona, Twist Bioscience to develop neutralizing antibody therapy against COVID-19

Singapore based Proteona has announced that US headquartered Twist Bioscience will join the international alliance led b...

June 4, 2020 | Thursday | News
India's Sun Pharma to start nafamostat mesylate trial for COVID-19

India-based Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Sun Pharma) has received Indian regulatory approval to start clinical tri...

June 3, 2020 | Wednesday | Analysis
Innovation and inspiration on tap at free Virtual SAS Global Forum 2020

As analytics continues to guide and drive the world’s response to COVID-19, SAS debuts the final instalment of its...

June 3, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Marinomed Expands into Italy and Broadens its Portfolio

Marinomed Biotech AG, a globally operating biopharmaceutical company based in Vienna, is entering the Italian market for...

June 3, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Lucence launches SARS-CoV-2 RNA RT-PCR clinical testing service

Singapore based startup Lucence Diagnostics has launched SARS-CoV-2 RNA RT-PCR clinical testing service to support ...

June 3, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Intravacc, EpiVax to develop novel COVID-19 vaccine

The Netherlands-based Intravacc, one of the world's leading translational research and development vaccine ins...

June 3, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Korea exports preventive solution of COVID-19 to US

Alchera, the leading high-tech company in South Korea and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, wit...

June 2, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots deactivate SARS-CoV-2

One of Singapore’s leading general hospitals has deployed the Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping RobotsTM, proven to d...

May 29, 2020 | Friday | News
Thailand employs Uniview's temperature screening solutions

Through the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Technology, and Prime Ministry's Office, China based Uniview provided enh...

June 1, 2020 | Monday | News
"Financial and Social Well-being Declines during COVID-19 Crisis" a Cigna study

Cigna’s International Markets business on 28 May 2020 in partnership with Kantar published its first Cig...

May 29, 2020 | Friday | News
IAVI, Merck to develop vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and IAVI, a nonprofit scientific research organization dedicat...

May 29, 2020 | Friday | News
Thailand making efforts to bolster economy

Thailand has performed well in containing the COVID-19 outbreak and mitigating its impact. Since 27 April 2020...

May 29, 2020 | Friday | News
4DMedical receives FDA clearance for lung imaging technology

4DMedical, an Australian medical technology company specializing in medical imaging innovation software, announced it ha...

May 29, 2020 | Friday | News
Taiwan introduces medical assistant for pandemic environment care

Healthcare system is the foundation of human being culture, every innovative medical research shows its supports and val...

May 29, 2020 | Friday | News
Takeda focuses on potential new therapies for COVID-19

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is a key leader of a coalition who has announced that world-leading ...

May 28, 2020 | Thursday | News
Novavax begins Ph 1/2 trial of COVID-19 vaccine

US based Novavax, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious di...

May 28, 2020 | Thursday | News
Seoul hosts "Cities Against COVID-19" Global Summit 2020

Seoul's responses to COVID-19 have attracted the world's attention. The page views of CAC (Cities Against COVID-19,...

May 27, 2020 | Wednesday | News
MIMS conducts COVID-19 conversation web-series for Asian PCPs

Singapore based MIMS Group conducted an online symposium for Asian primary care physicians (PCPs) titled "COVID-19:...

May 28, 2020 | Thursday | News

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