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
Samsung Bioepis enters into strategic partnership with Nipro for commercialisation of multiple biosimilars in Japan

South Korea-based Samsung Bioepis Co. has entered into a license, development and commercialisation agreement with Nipro...

June 9, 2025 | Monday | News
US medtech firm Foldax secures approval for TRIA Mitral Heart Valve in India

US-based Foldax® Inc., a leader in heart valve innovation, has announced that the Indian Central Drugs Standard Cont...

June 5, 2025 | Thursday | News
Milestone partnership highlighting Korea’s expanding influence in global biotech innovation

MarkHerz Inc., a South Korea-based biotechnology startup specialising in AAV-based gene therapies targeting cardiovascul...

June 3, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Eisai launches Pariet® S, first proton pump inhibitor RX-to-OTC in Japan

Eisai Co. has announced the launch of Pariet® S”(pharmaceutical requiring guidance), which is highly effective...

June 2, 2025 | Monday | News
“APAC faces a disproportionate burden of vision impairment”

What are the major plans in store at HOYA Vision Care for 2025, for the Asia market? Asia remains a key market for HOYA...

May 31, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Upskilling and flexibility are key to staying relevant as hiring grows

The biopharma job market has been tough, with widespread downsizing and frequent layoffs across big pharma. But the wors...

May 31, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
APAC's Alliance-Driven Biotech Boom

Biotech partnerships of APAC differ in a variety of ways from most global collaborations, primarily due to the unique ge...

May 31, 2025 | Saturday | News
Australia approves new therapy for children with growth hormone deficiency

Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics (ST) has announced the Australian registration of SKY...

May 30, 2025 | Friday | News
Nuclera and Cytiva team up to accelerate characterisation of proteins for drug development

Nuclera, a UK-based biotechnology company accelerating protein expression and optimisation through its benchtop eProtein...

May 30, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan establishes first next-gen commercial production site for CAR-T cell therapies

Cellares, a pioneer in automated cell therapy manufacturing, in collaboration with Mitsui Fudosan, has announced the est...

May 30, 2025 | Friday | News
Australia's IonOpticks Generation 4 Aurora Series sets new benchmark in chromatography

Australia-based IonOpticks, developer of chromatography columns for mass spectrometry research, has announced the l...

May 29, 2025 | Thursday | News
Taiwan's Formosa Pharma inks deal with Adalvo for treatment of ocular inflammation and pain

Taiwan-based Formosa Pharmaceuticals has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Adalvo Limited in the Europe...

May 29, 2025 | Thursday | News
AVING News interacts with Dr Manbeena Chawla, Executive Editor, BioSpectrum Asia at ICPI Week 2025

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May 23, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Lilly's Kisunla receives marketing authorisation in Australia for treatment of early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease

Eli Lilly and Company has announced that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted marketing aut...

May 23, 2025 | Friday | News
Medtronic announces intent to separate diabetes business

Ireland-headquartered Medtronic plc, a global leader in healthcare technology, has announced its intent to separate its ...

May 22, 2025 | Thursday | News
Australia's Kailo Medical acquires REI AI to transform future of radiology reporting

Australia-based Kailo Medical, a global leader in structured reporting for medical imaging, has announced its acquisitio...

May 22, 2025 | Thursday | News
Pfizer enters into exclusive licensing agreement worth $4.8 B with China's 3SBio

Pfizer Inc. has entered into an exclusive global, ex-China, licensing agreement with 3SBio, Inc., a leading Chinese biop...

May 20, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japanese startup RevolKa secures $1.4 M funding to advance therapeutic programmes

RevolKa Ltd., a venture-backed biotech company providing a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI)-driven protein engi...

May 20, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Gene Solutions and NEWCL forge strategic partnership to advance genetic testing in Taiwan

In a groundbreaking move, Gene Solutions, a leader in prenatal and oncology genetic testing, and NEWCL Biomedical Labora...

May 16, 2025 | Friday | News
China's Viva Biotech launches new AI-driven drug discovery platform

China-based Viva Biotech recently held the AIDD platform launch event "Enchantment of Drug Discovery," unveiling the adv...

May 16, 2025 | Friday | News
Korean startup Rznomics partners with Eli Lilly to commercialise RNA-editing therapeutics

Rznomics Inc., a South Korea-based biopharmaceutical startup specialising in RNA-based therapeutics, has entered in...

May 16, 2025 | Friday | News
Targeting inflammation at the source: VX-01 aims to redefine NPDR treatment with first oral therapy

Patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) currently face a therapeutic gap—one that often leaves...

May 16, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan approves Sarepta's gene therapy to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

US-based Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) has a...

May 14, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Minghui Pharma announces oncology agreement worth $185 M with Qilu Pharma in Greater China

Minghui Pharmaceutical, a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company, has announced an exclusive licensing and collab...

May 10, 2025 | Saturday | News
Aptamer Group and Neuro-Bio progress with new diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease

UK-based Aptamer Group plc, the leading developer of next-generation synthetic binders delivering innovation to the life...

May 6, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Shionogi announces further agreement with Apnimed for sleep disorder treatments

Japan-based Shionogi & Co. has entered into an agreement with US-based Apnimed, Inc. for the introduction of sulthia...

May 5, 2025 | Monday | News
Siemens Healthineers launches revolutionary mammography system in Indonesia

At the annual event of Indonesian Women Imaging Society held recently, Siemens Healthineers has unveiled the MAMMOMAT B....

May 2, 2025 | Friday | News
Ken Shinomiya becomes leader of Japan-based Asahi Kasei’s healthcare sector

Asahi Kasei has appointed Ken Shinomiya, President of Asahi Kasei Life Science, as the Leader of its Healthcare Sector s...

May 2, 2025 | Friday | News
Merck breaks ground on new $1 B biologics Centre of Excellence in US

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has announced the start of construction for a $1 billion, 4...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | News
“Asia-Pacific region has firmly established itself as a global vaccine export powerhouse”

How has vaccine manufacturing capacity evolved in the Asia-Pacific region over the past decade? Over the past decade, v...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | Opinion
APAC Vaccine Powerhouses Flex Capacity & Quality Muscle

Asia-Pacific is driving a transformation in the global vaccine supply landscape. According to the WHO Vaccine Report 202...

May 1, 2025 | Thursday | Analysis
Merck buys SpringWorks Therapeutics for $3.9 B to accelerate sustainable growth of healthcare biz

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, and SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc., a US-based...

April 28, 2025 | Monday | News
Lotte Biologics begins full-scale operation of ADC manufacturing facility in US

South Korea-based Lotte Biologics has signed a manufacturing agreement with an Asia-based biotech company for ...

April 24, 2025 | Thursday | News

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