Japan gives patent for Medgenics IFNa pump

Singapore: Medgenics received a Notice of Allowance from the Japanese Patent and Trademark Office for key claims protec...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Japan, Korea lead in stem cell race

In South Korea, two research teams led by Prof. Park Se-pill at Jeju National University Stem Cell Research Center and M...

November 12, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
NeuroMetrix, Handok join hands in Korea

Singapore: NeuroMetrix and Handok Pharmaceuticals entered into an agreement according to which, Handok will be the exclu...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Daewoong acquires Chinese firm for $16 mn

Singapore: South Korea's leading pharmaceutical company, Daewoong Pharma has signed a deal to take over Liaoning Baifeng...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Radiotherapy leader sets up subsidiary in S. Korea

Singapore: Varian Medical Systems, the world leader in radiotherapy and radiosurgery, is strengthening its leadership po...

August 24, 2012 | Friday | News
Kinex, Hanmi enroll patients for cancer trial

Singapore: Kinex Pharmaceuticals and Hanmi Pharmaceutical announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in Ha...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Quest signs $8 mn agreement with Korean parties

Singapore: Canada-based Quest PharmaTech, a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the trea...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Samsung acquires US-based NeuroLogica

Singapore: Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of South Korean company Samsung Electronics, has acquired NeuroLogi...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
South Korea approves Halaven for breast cancer

Singapore: Eisai's South Korean sales subsidiary has received approval from the regulatory authorities in South Korea to...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
LegoChem offers new platform in anti-cancer therapy

Korea-based LegoChem Biosciences (LCB) was started in 2006 with the objective to accelerate discovery and development of...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Medivir, Daewoong end hepatitis drug development

Singapore: Sweden-based Medivir has discontinued the development of its hepatitis B compound MIV-210 based on a joint de...

September 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Agilent, Korea institute to launch neurometabolomics center

Singapore: Agilent Technologies and Korea-based Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have collabo...

October 28, 2013 | Monday | News
What is the revenue size, range of CROs in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Biogen to commercialize MS therapies in Asia

Singapore: Belgium based pharmaceutical company UCB and global pharmaceutical company, Biogen, have entered into an agre...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential

The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Wacker restructures sales network in Asia

Singapore: Munich-based Wacker Group is restructuring its sales network for biotech products in Asia to enhance efficien...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Asia biologics manufacturers face the 'quality challenge'

Biologics manufacturers in Asia have to be more vigilant and give higher priority to product safety and product efficacy...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Korean, Indonesian authorities sign MoU

Singapore: Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Agency...

July 30, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory