Navigating, manufacturing, infrastructure & regulatory hurdles in CAR T-Cell therapy growth

Global demand for cell and gene therapies is rising, with the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region playing an increasingly signifi...

October 2, 2025 | Thursday | Analysis
AbbVie begins construction on $70 M expansion to increase biologics manufacturing and R&D presence in US

AbbVie has announced the start of construction of a $70 million expansion at its AbbVie Bioresearch Center (ABC) in...

October 1, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Fosun Pharma deepens global layout with new office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The inauguration ceremony for the Fosun Pharma Middle East Office and Fosunhenlius Middle East United Company was recent...

October 1, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Australia's Cell Therapies partners with Teijin to expand access to advanced cell and gene therapies in Japan and APAC region

Australia-based Cell Therapies and Japan's Teijin Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...

October 1, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong's Health Hope Pharma enters into virology deal with Gilead Sciences

Health Hope Pharma (HHP), a clinical-stage oncology biopharma company headquartered in Hong Kong, has entered into ...

September 30, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Lantheus divests rights of prostate cancer PET tracer in Japan to GE HealthCare

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. and GE HealthCare have announced an exclusive licensing agreement for GE HealthCare to develop, ...

September 30, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Celltrion buys Eli Lilly plant in US for KRW 460 B

South Korea-based Celltrion has signed an agreement with Eli Lilly to acquire a biopharmaceutical drug substance (DS) ma...

September 30, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korean startup Sky Labs unveils ring-type cuffless blood pressure monitor

Sky Labs has announced the official launch of CART BP, a ring-type personal blood pressure monitor designed for eve...

September 26, 2025 | Friday | News
WuXi Biologics launches targeted integration cell line platform to accelerate biologics development

China's WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has ann...

September 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Fujifilm Biotechnologies opens commercial-scale cell culture manufacturing site in North Carolina

Fujifilm Biotechnologies has announced the opening of its manufacturing site in Holly Springs, North Carolina, US. The n...

September 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's Hitachi partners with ELITech for molecular testing for infectious disease

Japan's Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, and Italy-based ELITechGroup S.p.A. have entered a Collaboration, Manufacturing a...

September 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Glenmark strengthens oncology portfolio with Hengrui’s HER2 targeting ADC for multiple regions

Glenmark Specialty S.A. (GSSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of India-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, has entered into an e...

September 24, 2025 | Wednesday | News
eXmoor Pharma and Siam Bioscience to establish leading cell & gene therapy services in Southeast Asia

UK-based eXmoor Pharma, the integrated cell and gene therapy CDMO with embedded consultancy expertise, and Thailand's Si...

September 24, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Genomenon and Compass Bioinformatics to transform genomic diagnostics in US and Japan

US-based Genomenon, a leading genomic intelligence company, has announced a strategic partnership with Taiwan headquarte...

September 24, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's GCCL partners with Frontage Labs to strengthen global clinical trial capabilities

GCCL (Global Clinical Central Lab), a South Korea-based leading provider of clinical trial sample analysis, and Fro...

September 24, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan's EirGenix to co-create future of smart biomanufacturing with Merck

Taiwan-based EirGenix has announced a new milestone in collaboration with Merck. What began as a trusted supplier–...

September 23, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Revvity and Profluent to launch AI-enhanced adenine deaminase pin-point base editing systems

US-based Revvity, Inc. has announced a strategic collaboration with Profluent, also based in the US, brin...

September 23, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Angelini Pharma secures $550 M deal with Korea's Sovargen for brain health asset

US-based Angelini Pharma, part of the privately owned Angelini Industries, and Sovargen, a South-Korean biotechnology co...

September 23, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Hanahealth partners with Kai Health to bring AI-powered embryo tech to IVF labs across India

Hanahealth, the IVF vertical of DSS Imagetech, has recently partnered with South Korea’s Kai Health to enable IVF ...

September 22, 2025 | Monday | News
Pfizer buys Metsera and its next-generation obesity portfolio for $4.9 B

US-based pharma giant Pfizer Inc. and Metsera, Inc., a startup based in the US, have entered into a definitive agreement...

September 22, 2025 | Monday | News
China approves world's first dual GCG/GLP-1 receptor for glycemic control in type 2 diabetes

Innovent Biologics, Inc. has announced that China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved mazduti...

September 22, 2025 | Monday | News
Lunit and Agilent join hands for AI-powered companion diagnostics

South Korea-based Lunit and US-based Agilent Technologies Inc. have announced a non-exclusive collaboration to develop a...

September 22, 2025 | Monday | News
Australia's Starpharma announces collaboration worth $564 M with Genentech for cancer therapies

Starpharma, an Australian biotechnology company, has announced the signing of a collaboration and license agreement with...

September 22, 2025 | Monday | News
Aurobindo Pharma incorporates new wholly owned subsidiary in Malaysia

Aurobindo Pharma (Malaysia) SDN. BHD. has been incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Helix Healthcare B.V., The N...

September 19, 2025 | Friday | News
China's MGI Tech unveils next-gen 'Data Mining Machine' for genomics

China-based MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (MGI), a company dedicated to developing core tools and technologies that drive innovatio...

September 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Medipal and JCR Pharma to co-develop novel therapy for rare lysosomal storage disorder

Medipal Holdings Corporation and JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., have signed an exclusive global licensing deal ...

September 2, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Amgen to invest more than $600 M in new innovation centre in US

Amgen has announced plans to invest more than $600 million in a new, state-of-the-art centre for science ...

September 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
DHL Strategy 2030: EUR 500 million Investment into Asia Pacific under DHL Health Logistics

To effectively address the growing needs and evolving structure of this sector, DHL is investing €500 million into ...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | News
DHL Strengthens Healthcare Logistics Capabilities in Singapore

In an exclusive conversation with BioSpectrum Asia, Christopher Ong, Managing Director of DHL Express Singapore, shares ...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan's Celaid, AGC partner on stem cell technology expansion and evaluation research

Japan-based startup Celaid Therapeutics Inc. has executed a collaborative research agreement with AGC Inc. to advance&nb...

August 29, 2025 | Friday | News
Partnership in Korea for precision immuno-oncology therapeutics

South Korea-based ACROBiosystems, a global biotechnology company dedicated to accelerating the drug development process ...

August 29, 2025 | Friday | News
DHL adds new facility in Malaysia catering to APAC’s life science and healthcare sector

To meet the growing demand for temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical logistics, DHL Global Forwarding continues to enhanc...

August 28, 2025 | Thursday | News
Abbott receives regulatory approval for first denosumab biosimilar in Thailand

Abbott, the global healthcare leader, has received regulatory approval for the first denosumab biosimilar in Thaila...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Genentech and Roche break ground on state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in US

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, broke ground on its newest US manufacturing site in Holly Springs, North Carolin...

August 26, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Australia's Vaxxas secures ~A$90 M in funding to commercialise needle-free vaccination delivery technology

Australia-based Vaxxas Pty Ltd, the biotechnology company pioneering the high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) for need...

August 26, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Terumo to acquire OrganOx for $1.5 B marking strategic entry into organ transplantation-related sector

Terumo Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with OrganOx Limited, a leading innovator in organ preservati...

August 25, 2025 | Monday | News
AstraZeneca to create Pharma Innovation Hub in the Philippines

In furtherance to the country’s initiatives towards strengthening the pharma and healthcare industry, the Philippi...

August 22, 2025 | Friday | News
Hyloris partners with Huons to introduce dental products in South Korea

Belgium's Hyloris Pharmaceuticals SA, has announced that an exclusive license and supply agreement has been signed with ...

August 22, 2025 | Friday | News
Johnson & Johnson continues $2 B investment commitment with new facility in US

Johnson & Johnson has announced that it will increase its presence in North Carolina with a 160,000+ square foo...

August 25, 2025 | Monday | News
BioDlink's Bevacizumab receives approval for market launch in Indonesia

China's BioDlink has announced that its Bevacizumab Injection has obtained marketing authorisation from&n...

August 22, 2025 | Friday | News
XtalPi partners with Dong-A ST focusing on immunology and inflammation therapies

China-based startup XtalPi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea's leading pharmaceutical company Do...

August 20, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Nicox and Kowa sign €191.5 M deal for glaucoma treatment

Paris-based Nicox SA, an international ophthalmology company, has announced the signing of a major new agreement concern...

August 19, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Skyhawk Therapeutics inks $2 B deal with Merck to discover novel RNA-targeting small molecules for neurological disorders

US-based startup Skyhawk Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in the discovery and development of small molecules that modulate ...

August 18, 2025 | Monday | News
Philips plans investment of $150 M in US to expand production of AI-based innovations

Philips, a global leader in health technology, has announced a plan for new investments of more than $150 million i...

August 15, 2025 | Friday | News
Solo-Dex and Polymedicure to bring opioid-free acute pain management to major Asian markets

Solo-Dex, Inc., a US-based medical device innovator, and Polymedicure Ltd., India's leading manufacturer of high-quality...

August 14, 2025 | Thursday | News
Kexing Biopharm teams up with IQVIA to accelerate global expansion

China-based Kexing Biopharm has entered into a comprehensive strategic partnership with IQVIA, a global leader...

August 13, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Solasia Pharma licenses DARVIAS and Episil to Firebird for 19 countries

Japan-based Solasia Pharma has entered into a licensing agreement with Firebird Biologics (headquartered in Singapore) g...

August 12, 2025 | Tuesday | News
China's Fosun Pharma licenses DPP-1 inhibitor to Expedition Therapeutics for $645 M

China-based Fosun Pharma has signed a license agreement with Expedition Therapeutics Inc. to grant the rights to de...

August 12, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher receives US FDA approval for NGS-based Oncomine Dx Target Test as companion diagnostic

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administr...

August 12, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu to launch particle analysis system in Japan and overseas for analysis of microplastics

Shimadzu will launch a particle analysis system in Japan and overseas, specialising in the analysis of micropl...

August 11, 2025 | Monday | News
Korean medical aesthetic firm Hugel launches botulinum toxin Letybo in Malaysia

South Korea-based Hugel Inc., a leading global medical aesthetics company, has officially launched its botulinum toxin p...

August 11, 2025 | Monday | News
Sanofi strengthens efforts to prevent Chronic Respiratory Diseases in UAE

The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) in the UAE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sanofi...

August 9, 2025 | Saturday | News
Astria licenses rare disease drug Navenibart to Japan’s Kaken Pharma in $32 M deal

Astria Therapeutics, Inc. a US-based biopharmaceutical company, has exclusively licensed development and commercial...

August 8, 2025 | Friday | News
Cartherics unveils cleanroom facility for cell therapy manufacturing in Australia

 Cartherics, an Australia-based biotechnology company developing off-the-shelf immune stem cell therapies focusing on ...

August 9, 2025 | Saturday | News
Biocair announces APAC expansion with new office in Shanghai

Biocair, an established global leader in life science logistics, has announced further expansion of its operations in th...

August 8, 2025 | Friday | News
Excellos, Lonza, and Akadeum Life Sciences unite to advance cell therapy manufacturing

Excellos, Lonza, and Akadeum Life Sciences have announced a new project aimed at redefining standards for cell therapy m...

August 7, 2025 | Thursday | News
XtalPi and DoveTree announce landmark AI drug discovery collaboration worth $6 B

XtalPi, a China-based technology company in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for drug and materials...

August 7, 2025 | Thursday | News
Intrinseque Health sets foundation of first-of-its-kind GMP warehouse in Malaysia

Intrinseque Health is setting foundation of a first-of-its-kind GMP Warehouse in Melaka, Malaysia. First announced by Ni...

August 7, 2025 | Thursday | News
India's Intas Pharma emerges as largest global supplier of Pegfilgrastim with acquisition of UDENYCA

India-based Intas Pharmaceuticals, in collaboration with its global subsidiaries operating under the Accord brand, has s...

August 7, 2025 | Thursday | News
Everest Medicines receives full approval of NEFECON in Taiwan for nephropathy treatment

Everest Medicines, a China-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, clinical development, manufacturing...

August 6, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Biocon Biologics launches Nepexto, a Biosimilar to Enbrel (Etanercept), in Australia

India's Biocon Biologics Ltd (BBL), a fully integrated global biosimilars company and subsidiary of Biocon Ltd, has laun...

July 25, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's Olympus enters strategic partnership to develop endoluminal gastrointestinal robotics

Japan-based medtech company Olympus Corporation has signed a partnership with Revival Healthcare Capital to advance endo...

July 25, 2025 | Friday | News
MilliporeSigma and Washington University sign MoU to advance scientific collaboration

MilliporeSigma, the US and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technol...

July 25, 2025 | Friday | News
Asia’s Biotech Ambitions Amplified on Day 2 of BIO Asia–Taiwan 2025

Day 2 of BIO Asia–Taiwan 2025 unfolded with palpable energy and a heightened sense of purpose as stakeholders from...

July 25, 2025 | Friday | News
Bora Health partners with Dr. Reddy’s Labs to address unmet medical needs in Taiwan

Bora Health, subsidiary of SunWay Biotech which focuses on pharmaceutical distribution and sales in Taiwan, has entered ...

July 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's Eisai launches Beova tablets in Thailand for treating overactive bladder

Japan-based Eisai Co. and Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co. have announced that Eisai (Thailand) Marketing Co., a subsidiary of ...

July 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Cenra Healthcare and Dr. Reddy's to expand access to medicines in Taiwan

Cenra Healthcare, the sales and marketing arm of Cenra Inc., has announced the deepening of its long-standing collaborat...

July 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca plans to invest $50 B in America for medicines manufacturing and R&D

AstraZeneca has announced $50 billion of investment in the United States by 2030, building on America’s global lea...

July 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Shanghai Healthcare M&A Fund strategically acquires Chengdu Kanghua Biological

Chengdu Kanghua Biological Products Co. has announced that Shanghai Healthcare M&A Fund intends to acquire the compa...

July 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Health2Sync and Novo Nordisk enhance insulin administration via digital diabetes care in Korea

Health2Sync, Asia's leading digital chronic disease management platform, has announced the successful integration of Sma...

July 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan advances precision oncology landscape with new bioinformatics platform

Inocras Inc., a global leader in whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and bioinformatics, has announced the signing of a Memora...

July 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
WuXi XDC accelerates global expansion of bioconjugates manufacturing by revitalising Singapore site

WuXi XDC Cayman Inc. a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CRDMO) focused on t...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Lonza leaders on manufacturing readiness: Meeting the cell and gene therapy challenge

Cell and gene therapies are reshaping the landscape of modern medicine—but bringing these transformative treatment...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | Opinion
Gero’s ProtoBind‑Diff redefines drug discovery by designing molecules from sequence alone

BioSpectrum Asia spoke to Dr Peter Fedichev, CEO of Gero, who explains how ProtoBind-Diff is transforming drug discovery...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | Opinion
Korea's Seegene launches STAgora, new platform for infectious disease analytics

South Korea-based Seegene Inc., a global leader in molecular diagnostics (MDx) solutions, has announced the launch of ST...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News
China's WuXi Biologics launches next-generation platform for high-concentration biologics

WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organisation (CRDMO) in China, has an...

July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Medical Advances Soar With APAC’s Clinical Trial Growth

It’s universally acknowledged that Asia-Pacific (APAC) is a hotbed for clinical trials, with multiple reports conf...

July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | Analysis
Australia's Neurizon develops liquid formulation of NUZ-001 for treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Neurizon Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech company based in Australia, has announced the development of a new oral ...

June 30, 2025 | Monday | News
China approves world's first dual GCG/GLP-1 receptor agonist for weight loss

Innovent Biologics, Inc. has announced that China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved mazduti...

June 30, 2025 | Monday | News
Ono Pharma and Vertex to commercialise Povetacicept in Japan and South Korea for nephropathy treatment

Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical Co., and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, in the US, have announced an exclusive coll...

June 24, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Illumina to acquire SomaLogic for $425 M to accelerate proteomics business

Illumina, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with Standard BioTools under which Illumina will acquire Som...

June 23, 2025 | Monday | News
NEC Laboratories Singapore to launch prototype vision for AI-powered elderly care assistant

NEC Laboratories Singapore will be introducing an early-stage prototype of its AI Elderly Care Assistant at the upcoming...

June 23, 2025 | Monday | News
Harbour BioMed & Otsuka Pharma ink $670 M agreement for treatment of autoimmune diseases

Harbour BioMed, a China-based biopharmaceutical company, has announced a global strategic collaboration with Japan-headq...

June 23, 2025 | Monday | News
Novogene establishes new subsidiary in Korea to accelerate multi-omics research

Novogene, a global leader in next-generation sequencing (NGS) and multi-omics solutions, has announced the establishment...

June 23, 2025 | Monday | News
CanSinoBIO launches pneumococcal vaccine to safeguard children's health

CanSino Biologics Inc. has developed and launched its 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, trade name "iPneucia", o...

June 20, 2025 | Friday | News
Abbott to manufacture pharmaceuticals locally in Abu Dhabi

During BIO International Convention in Boston USA, the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH),...

June 20, 2025 | Friday | News
Hong Kong's Biotech Ambitions: InvestHK’s Andy Wong on US Interest and Growth Prospects

As Hong Kong accelerates its transformation into a global biotech and MedTech powerhouse, BioSpectrum ...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
NEC and Chugai Pharmaceutical use AI to potentially enhance cancer treatment in Japan

Japan-based NEC Corporation, in collaboration with Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., has conducted an experiment usin...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
Sanofi to accelerate development of new global vaccines in Abu Dhabi

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in Abu Dhab...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korean biopharma firm Celltrion opens new UK headquarters in Uxbridge

Celltrion UK has officially opened its new UK headquarters at the Charter Building in Uxbridge, UK, reinforcing the comp...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca inks collaboration worth $3.6 B with CSPC Pharma focused on AI-enabled research in China

AstraZeneca has entered a strategic research collaboration with Shijiazhuang City-based CSPC Pharmaceuticals Group Limit...

June 18, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Roche Diagnostics to raise awareness on comprehensive genomic profiling in Hong Kong

According to data from the Hong Kong Cancer Registry of the Hospital Authority, the overall five-year survival rate for ...

June 17, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Abu Dhabi govt partners with Boehringer Ingelheim to advance life science innovation

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi, has sig...

June 17, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Samsung Biologics launches drug screening services, Samsung Organoids

South Korea-based Samsung Biologics, a leading contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has announced...

June 16, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Mezzion expands Udenafil pipeline to target multi-billion dollar kidney disease market

South Korea-based Mezzion Pharma Co., a leader in rare disease therapeutics, has announced the expansion of its udenafil...

June 13, 2025 | Friday | News
DKSH strengthens healthcare supply chain with warehouse expansion in Brunei

DKSH Brunei, a leading provider of Market Expansion Services in Asia and beyond, has officially inaugurated its newly ex...

June 13, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore's Specialised Therapeutics makes new additions to oncology portfolio in APAC region

Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics (ST) has expanded its existing supply and d...

June 13, 2025 | Friday | News
Syensqo inaugurates state-of-the-art microbiology lab in France

Syensqo, a global leader in advanced materials and specialty chemicals, has announced the inauguration of its world clas...

June 12, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korean firm Daewoong Pharmaceutical advances drug discovery programmes

Swedish biotech company Salipro Biotech AB has entered into a research collaboration with South Korea headquartered Daew...

June 10, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Novo Nordisk raises clinical research standards to develop Thailand's health system and economy

The Public Health Systems Research Institute (PHRI) and Novo Nordisk Pharma (Thailand) Co. have signed a major...

June 9, 2025 | Monday | News