Navigation and evaluation of the 'Long COVID' impact on Asia's public health

The SARS CoV-2 infection can cause a wide range of recurring or persistent health concerns among the populations infecte...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore's Duke-NUS scientists discover potential nasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate

A team of scientists, led by Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School, has discovered a potential intranasal vaccine ca...

January 10, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo to supply omicron XBB.1.5-adapted COVID-19 vaccine in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo has reached an agreement with Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to supply the o...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
New study in Singapore highlights need for refreshed vaccination strategies

Scientists led by a team from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have identified three distinct serotypes of SARS-rela...

August 25, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore develops antibodies to potentially prevent future coronavirus outbreaks

Exceptionally potent antibodies that can neutralise virtually all known variants of the COVID-19 virus—including O...

July 31, 2023 | Monday | News
CSPC Pharma partners with Pfizer for oral COVID-19 treatment in China

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group has signed a strategic partnership agreement with American pharma firm Pfizer to la...

July 3, 2023 | Monday | News
Korea's SK bioscience receives WHO Emergency Use Listing of COVID-19 vaccine

South Korea-based SK bioscience has received the World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of its COVI...

June 20, 2023 | Tuesday | News
COVID-19 can cause brain cells to ‘fuse’: Australian study

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia have discovered viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain...

June 14, 2023 | Wednesday | News
SK bioscience receives marketing authorisation of COVID-19 vaccine in UK

SK bioscience, based in South Korea, has announced the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (M...

May 31, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Survey: One-third of COVID-19 vulnerable groups avoid booster shots

The results from a new YouGov survey called, ‘What’s Next for COVID-19 in Singapore?’, commissioned by...

April 25, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Taiwan approves Japan-based Chugai Pharma's drug for COVID-19 treatment

Chugai Pharma Taiwan Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical, has obtained an import drug licen...

April 26, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australian government injects $50 M more for research into long COVID

The Australian Government will provide a further $50 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research i...

April 24, 2023 | Monday | News
Taiwan expands eligibility for using Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine as booster for children

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) in Taiwan has reported that the Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices ...

April 17, 2023 | Monday | News
NZ-based diagnostic startup Pictor raises $5 M for product development

New Zealand (NZ)-based startup Pictor, with operations in US and India, has announced a funding round to help accelerate...

December 6, 2022 | Tuesday | News
CanSino Biologics rolls out inhaled vaccine Convidecia Air in Shanghai

CanSino Biologics has announced that its recombinant COVID-19 vaccine (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector) for inhalation (Convide...

November 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore authorises Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has authorised Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine on 28 September 2022, for t...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
China's BGI donates Huo-Yan Air Laboratory to Thailand

On September 19, 2022, Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, Dr Satit Pitutecha, Dep...

September 20, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Australia identifies unique biomarkers of SARS-CoV-2 acute infections, Long COVID

Researchers at the Australian National Phenome Centre (ANPC) at Murdoch University have successfully detected and quanti...

September 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News