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
GenScript Biotech and NSG Bio form strategic partnership to drive biotech innovation

GenScript Biotech Corporation, a global leader in biotechnology research services, and NSG Bio, Singapore's pr...

April 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Gene Solutions, Element Biosciences partner to advance NGS technology globally

Singapore-based startup Gene Solutions, specialising in advanced genetic testing, and Element Biosciences, a company dem...

April 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Ono collaborates with Jorna Therapeutics to generate novel RNA editing therapeutics

Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical has entered into a research collaboration agreement with US-based startup Jorna The...

April 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
BD deploys AI to build next generation hemodynamic monitoring solution

American medical technology firm BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has launched a new advanced hemodynamic monitoring p...

April 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Wayfinder Biosciences and Daiichi Sankyo to develop novel RNA-targeting therapies for neurodegenerative diseases

US-based Wayfinder Biosciences has entered into a collaboration with Japanese pharma firm Daiichi Sankyo to develop RNA-...

April 18, 2025 | Friday | News
Hapatune expands global presence with new life science marketing subsidiary in Tokyo

Hapatune LLC, a leading global marketing boutique for bioprocess and life science tools and service providers, has annou...

April 17, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea's LG expands advanced materials business globally focusing on antimicrobial properties

South Korea-based LG Electronics is accelerating the global expansion of its advanced materials business with LG PuroTec...

April 17, 2025 | Thursday | News
US-based biotech startup Cellino announces inaugural expansion into Asia-Pacific region

Cellino, a biotechnology company pioneering autonomous biomanufacturing for personalised regenerative medicine, has anno...

April 15, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Galderma launches Sculptra in China to fuel growth into aesthetics markets

Swiss firm Galderma has announced the launch of Sculptra, the first proven regenerative biostimulator with a unique poly...

April 15, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Australian startup AdvanCell gets $18M funding for defeating prostate cancer with targeted alpha therapy

AdvanCell, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer therapeutics, has announced $18 mil...

April 14, 2025 | Monday | News
Shimadzu integrates two European group companies to strengthen analytical and measurement reagent biz

Jaoan-based Shimadzu has announced the merger of its reagent company, Alsachim SAS (France, abbreviated as ALC), as the ...

April 11, 2025 | Friday | News
China approves first hemophilia B gene therapy

Belief BioMed (BBM) and Takeda China have jointly announced that BBM-H901 (generic name: Dalnacogene Ponp...

April 11, 2025 | Friday | News
Korea's Seegene unveils next-gen fully automated PCR solution Cureca

Seegene Inc., a global leader in molecular diagnostics (MDx), is advancing its vision for innovation in laboratory ...

April 10, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korea's GC Biopharma receives regulatory approval for world's first recombinant anthrax vaccine

GC Biopharma has announced that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has approved its anthrax vaccine...

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Asahi Kasei establishes life science unit to drive bioprocess businesses forward

To meet growing demand from the pharmaceutical industry, Japan-based Asahi Kasei has established Asahi Kasei Life Scienc...

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific, NSG BIO collaborate to strengthen Singapore's biotech startup ecosystem

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, the world leader in serving science, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (M...

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
BioDuro opens new R&D and manufacturing campus in China to support biopharma sector

BioDuro is expanding its global contract research, development and manufacturing organisation (CRDMO) network with the o...

April 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Nelipak invests in future of sterile barrier medical packaging in Asia-Pacific region

With over 70 years of experience in designing, developing, and delivering custom sterile barrier packaging solutions for...

April 7, 2025 | Monday | News
GSK signs £2 B deal with Korean startup ABL Bio for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

South Korea-based startup ABL Bio Inc. has announced a worldwide licensing agreement enabling GlaxoSmithKline Pharm...

April 7, 2025 | Monday | News
Astellas pushes translational and clinical oncology research in Japan

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelera...

April 4, 2025 | Friday | News
GE HealthCare and FPT to drive AI-powered healthcare innovation in Vietnam

Global IT firm FPT and GE HealthCare have announced a Strategic Cooperation Agreement, expanding their commercial allian...

April 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Lunit partners with National Cancer Institute to advance AI-powered biomarker research

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and...

April 1, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific collaborates with Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced a Technology Alliance Agreement with the Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced B...

March 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Alcon acquires majority interest in Aurion Biotech to advance first-ever corneal cell therapy candidate

Alcon, the global leader in eye care, has acquired a majority interest in Aurion Biotech, Inc., a clinical-stage co...

March 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Alumis and Kaken Pharma announce collaboration worth $140 M for dermatology treatment in Japan

Alumis Inc., a US-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and Japan's Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. have entered into ...

March 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
US-based Alamar Biosciences expands commercial support in Asia Pacific region

Alamar Biosciences, a US-based company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, has an...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's Taiho Pharma buys ADC firm Araris Biotech for $740 M

Japan-based Taiho Pharmaceutical and Araris Biotech AG, a Swiss biotechnology company developing next-generation antibod...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Novotech strengthens clinical trial capabilities in South Korea

Novotech, a global leading full-service clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO), and Acrostar, a provider of Site ...

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Lunit secures 5-year contract with SEHA in UAE for AI-based breast cancer screening programme

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and...

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Indian pharma firm Cipla signs multi-regional licensing deal for ophthalmic care with Taiwan's Formosa

India-based Cipla has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Taiwan-based Formosa Pharmaceuticals for the comme...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Australia's Illuccix receives approval for prostate cancer imaging in Brazil

Australia-based Telix Pharmaceuticals has announced that the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Agencia Nacional d...

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
ABL Diagnostics partners with Riken Genesis to expand microbiology genotyping in Japan

ABL Diagnostics, a Euronext-listed leader in molecular diagnostics, has announced an exclusive distribution agreement wi...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Proteomics International launches predictive test for diabetic kidney disease in Australia

Proteomics International Laboratories, a pioneer in precision diagnostics, has announced the launch of its first...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
GE HealthCare expands invasive cardiology solutions portfolio with AltiX AI.i

American medtech firm GE HealthCare has announced the launch of the AltiX AI.i edition of Mac-Lab, CardioLab and ComboLa...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Gene Bio Medical to manufacture high-quality diagnostic test kits for South Asian market

Gene Bio Medical (GBM), a leading Canadian biotechnology company specialising in molecular diagnostics, has signed a&nbs...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
AstraZeneca buys EsoBiotec for $1 B to advance cell therapy ambition

British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Belgium-based biotech startup...

March 17, 2025 | Monday | News
Teva enhances pharma distribution system in China

Teva Hong Kong has announced a strategic partnership with Kerry Pharma, the subsidiary of Kerry Logistics Network (KLN)....

March 14, 2025 | Friday | News
Shimadzu and DxD Hub establish joint lab to advance diagnostics innovation in Singapore

Shimadzu Corporation, a global leader in the precision instrumentation industry, and Diagnostics Development Hub (DxD Hu...

March 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Sheba Medical Center partners with Tethis to advance AI-powered liquid biopsy in rectal cancer

Italy-based Tethis S.p.A., a pioneer in standardised liquid biopsy platform development, and Sheba Medical Center, ...

March 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Indaptus Therapeutics extends patent portfolio in China, Japan, and Israel

US-based biotech firm Indaptus Therapeutics, Inc. has secured new patent approvals in China, Japan and Israel for its De...

March 7, 2025 | Friday | News
Lunit expands partnership with Saudi Arabia's largest medical group to deploy AI chest X-ray solution

South Korea-based startup Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnos...

March 7, 2025 | Friday | News
Sanofi Successfully Prices €1.5 Billion Offering Under Euro Medium Term Note Program

  The offering includes: €850 million floating rate notes, due March 2027, bearing interest at 3-month Eur...

March 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Astellas and Yaskawa to establish joint venture in Japan focused on cell therapy manufacturing

Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma Inc. and Yaskawa Electric Corporation have signed a definitive agreement t...

March 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
SK Chemicals inks agreement with Viatris to expand pain management portfolio in Korea

SK Chemicals, which developed Korea's first herbal medicine product for osteoarthritis, Joins, has expanded its pai...

March 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Antengene expands commercial presence in APAC with XPOVIO's approval in Indonesia for cancer treatment

China's oncology firm Antengene Corporation has announced that the Indonesia National Agency of Drug and Food Control (B...

March 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Health2Sync secures over $20 M in Series C round, paving way for public listing in Taiwan market

Taiwan-based Health2Sync, a leading digital health company specialising in chronic disease management, has raised over $...

March 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
China Bans Illumina, Deepening U.S.-China Trade Rift and Reshaping Global Biotech

  Amid intensifying U.S.-China trade tensions, Beijing has escalated its retaliatory measures by banning U.S. biot...

March 5, 2025 | Wednesday | Analysis
Boehringer Ingelheim enhances biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing services in China

Boehringer Ingelheim’s biopharmaceutical facility in Shanghai, China, meets the conditions to participate in a reg...

March 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Olympus to launch single-use hemostasis clip in US, with plans for global expansion

Japan-headquartered Olympus, a global medical technology company committed to making people's lives healthier, safer and...

March 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
WuXi Biologics introduces new platform to boost recombinant protein and plasmid DNA production

China-based WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has...

March 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Callio Therapeutics launches with $187 M Series A round to advance multi-payload ADC platform

Callio Therapeutics, a Singapore and US-based biotechnology startup focused on realising the promise of multi-payload an...

March 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
A Wake-Up Call for International Women’s Day

It is never lost on me or my team at MTPConnect that there is a paucity of funding allocated to women’s health res...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Empowering Women in STEM: Viet Nam’s Journey Towards Innovation and Equality

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women in STEM, highlighting a decade of progress in clo...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
How Degrader-Antibody Conjugates Are Transforming Precision Medicine for Oncology & Beyond

Degrader-antibody conjugates (DACs) represent a natural evolution in targeted precision medicines for oncology and other...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Rise of ADCs: Expanding Applications and the Road to Commercialisation

Over the past decade, interest in Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) has surged, driven by their promise for patients, adva...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
“Personalised medicine is now a reality, not just an aspiration”

Can you share how the company’s focus has evolved since its founding, and what areas are central to Terumo's curre...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
“Biotech sector in Taiwan moves fast, making it easier to pivot and innovate”

Which products are currently under development? 2025 will be a defining year for Caliway as we push ahead with key clin...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Mitigating Patent Cliff Fallout

By 2030, pharmaceutical companies are expected to lose over $236 billion in revenue due to the impending ‘patent c...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
Alpro Foundation & Universiti Teknologi MARA join hands to address Malaysia's pharmaceutical waste

Malaysia is facing a growing environmental and public health threat due to improper disposal of pharmaceutical wast...

February 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Korea's SK bioscience secures additional PAHO contract to supply varicella vaccine to Latin America

South Korea-based SK bioscience had received prior notification from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a spec...

February 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Lunit announces leadership transition at Volpara, Craig Hadfield steps in as CEO

South Korea-based startup Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnos...

February 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
GE HealthCare names new president and CEO for China biz

GE HealthCare (GEHC), a leading global healthcare solutions provider, has announced that Yihao Zhang, president and Chie...

February 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
ZEISS VISUMAX 800 with SMILE pro software receives approval in China

ZEISS Medical Technology has announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China has a...

February 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Florricks Lifecare expands global footprint with $95 M investment in Europe and Hong Kong

Florricks Lifecare, a leading research-driven pharmaceutical company in India, involved in R&D, production, and sale...

February 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Sunflower Therapeutics announces commercial launch of Daisy Petal Perfusion Bioreactor System in Asia

US-based Sunflower Therapeutics has announced its first distribution agreement with PharmNXT Biotech, an ...

February 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Olympus plans launch of iTind device in Korea for expanded availability across APAC markets

Olympus Corporation of Asia Pacific (APAC) has announced a milestone for its iTind device with expanded availability acr...

February 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
WuXi XDC and LigaChem Biosciences expand MoU to accelerate ADC development

China-based WuXi XDC Cayman Inc., a leading global CRDMO (Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization...

February 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News