Abbott and Novo broaden access to semaglutide for advanced diabetes care across Asia Pacific

Abbott, the global healthcare leader, and Novo, a global leader in treatments for serious chronic diseases, have announc...

November 6, 2026 | Friday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim and Sino Biopharma advance next-gen cancer therapies with $7 B deal

Boehringer Ingelheim, headquartered in Germany, and China-based Sino Biopharmaceutical (together with its subsidiaries, ...

November 6, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Nxera Pharma inks agreement worth $1.47 B with AbbVie for IBD drug

Japan-based Nxera Pharma has announced that its subsidiary, Nxera Pharma UK, has entered into an exclusive global licens...

November 6, 2026 | Friday | News
Singapore approves Merck's CAPVAXIVE 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

American multinational pharmaceutical company Merck (Known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States a...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
Australia's Audax Biosciences inks immuno-oncology deal worth $1.34 B deal with Astellas Pharma

Japan-based Astellas Pharma Inc. has entered into an exclusive option and license agreement for DAX-044, Audax’s l...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
PDRadiopharma injects JPY 16.5 B into new manufacturing facility in Japan

PeptiDream Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company based in Kawasaki, Japan, focused on the discovery and development o...

October 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
CELSET launches Korean Botulinum Toxin Type A brand for International Markets

CELSET INC., a Korean biotechnology company specialising in medical aesthetics, has launched SOLTOX, its botulinum toxin...

October 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Otsuka BioVentures begins strategic equity investments

Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical has announced that Otsuka BioVentures, LLC (OBV), a corporate venture capital (CVC) fi...

October 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Gilead buys oral IL-23R inhibitor programme from China's PepStar for $1.27 B

US-based Gilead Sciences, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire an oral IL-23R inhibitor programme, in...

October 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Ardens Lifescience wins MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific 2026 Grand Prize

MedTech Innovator (MTI), the world’s largest accelerator of medical device, digital health, and diagnostic compani...

October 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Asia-Pacific's first whole-body Clinical 5T MRI System enters Vietnam market

United Imaging Healthcare's uMR Jupiter 5T MRI system has been officially introduced at Hanoi Medical University Hospita...

October 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Natus opens Suzhou Facility for advancing medical diagnostics innovation in China

US-based Natus Medical Incorporated, the world's largest pure-play neurodiagnostic company, recently celebrated the gran...

October 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Waters and Labcorp to expand access to cervical cancer screening

US-based Labcorp, a global leader of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services, and Waters Corporation, a global ...

October 26, 2026 | Monday | News
Kaigene signs agreement worth $580 M with Korea's Celltrion for next-gen Anti-APRIL Antibody KG013

Kaigene, Inc., a US-based biotechnology company developing antibody medicines for autoimmune diseases, has announced an ...

October 26, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Astellas Pharma inks $400 M deal with AI Proteins to develop novel miniprotein-based therapeutics

AI Proteins, Inc., a US-based biotechnology company that utilises computational de novo protein design to create therape...

October 26, 2026 | Monday | News
Taiwan's HanchorBio joins forces with Korea's Aston Sci to unlock potential of next-gen immunotherapy through cancer vaccine combinations

Taiwan-based HanchorBio, Inc., a global clinical-stage biotechnology company, and Aston Sci, Inc., a South Korea-based c...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | News
Chinese National Medical Products Administration approves Galderma's injectable aesthetics Relfydess™

Galderma has announced that the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Relf...

October 23, 2026 | Friday | News
ESTEVE CDMO expands presence in Asia with major investment and new manufacturing site in China

ESTEVE CDMO, Esteve Healthcare contract development and manufacturing organization, is strengthening its presence in Asi...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's Govt selects NovAccel's project to establish Global Actinium-225 Manufacturing Hub

NovAccel, Inc., a Japanese deep-tech company developing proprietary superconducting accelerator technology for medical r...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | News
Korea's Samsung Bioepis enters into landmark 10-Year agreement to supply Eculizumab to Brazil

South Korea-based Samsung Bioepis has announced a landmark 10-year agreement with its local partners in Brazil—sta...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | News
Mubadala Bio inks strategic partnership with Marcyrl Group to localise broad portfolio of women’s health in UAE

Mubadala Bio has signed a strategic partnership with Marcyrl Pharmaceutical Industries (Marcyrl Group) to localise a bro...

October 22, 2026 | Thursday | News
Korea's NeuroXT receives US FDA 510(k) clearance for AI software supporting prognostic assessment in Mild Cognitive Impairment

South Korea-based startup NeuroXT Inc., a medical device manufacturer, has announced that NEXT-Cue, its AI-based Softwar...

October 21, 2026 | Wednesday | News
China's startup Metis TechBio strikes drug-delivery deal worth $1.1 B with Eli Lilly

METiS TechBio, the innovator in AI-powered drug delivery, has announced a strategic collaboration with US-based Eli Lill...

October 21, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Toho Holdings invests in biotech startup AdipoSeeds

Japan-based TOHO HOLDINGS has invested in AdipoSeeds, Inc., a venture company spun off from Keio University School of Me...

October 21, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan's Jyong Biotech to establish new manufacturing facility and US operations centre in Texas

Jyong Biotech, a Taiwan-based science-driven biotechnology company dedicated to the development and commercialisation of...

October 17, 2026 | Saturday | News