Tech & Pharma

Veredus’ VereFlu Chip Detects H7N9 Bird Flu

Its VereFlu lab-on-a-chip platform has been shown to detect the H7N9 avian flu subtype that is responsible for the recent flu outbreak in China.

April 14, 2013

New England Biolabs Opens New Singapore Subsidiary

Life science provider New England Biolabs has extended its global subsidiary network with the opening of New England Biolabs Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.

April 8, 2013

Sanofi Pasteur, Xiamen University To Develop Universal Flu Vaccine

Sanofi Pasteur and Xiamen University in China have agreed to jointly develop a universal flu vaccine.

April 8, 2013

Baxter China To Increase Rural Access To Renal Therapy

Baxter China has piloted a program to deploy a sustainable care and delivery model for peritoneal dialysis patients living in rural areas of the country.

April 8, 2013

Astellas, Ambryx Sign US$300 Million Antibody Drug Conjugate Deal

Astellas Pharma Inc. on Thursday entered into a collaboration with Ambrx Inc. for the discovery and development of novel antibody drug conjugates.

April 8, 2013

Japanese Researchers Develop Autism Detection System For Infants

Researchers in Japan have developed a new system that detects autism in infants using small fluctuations in eye movement.

April 1, 2013

Takeda Submits NDA Application For Cell Culture-Based H5N1 Vaccines

Takeda Pharma has submitted New Drug Applications for cell culture-based H5N1 influenza vaccines to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan.

April 1, 2013

H3 Biomedicine, BGI To Provide Open Access Cancer Genomic Data

H3 Biomedicine Inc. and BGI have entered into a partnership to sequence and publish genomic data from pre-clinical cancer models.

April 1, 2013

Sanofi To Invest US$75 million Into Vietnam Manufacturing Facility

Sanofi announced on Friday the official launch of a construction project for a new manufacturing facility in Ho Chi Minh City.

April 1, 2013

A*STAR, Fujitsu To Set Up Urban Development R&D Center

Singapore’s A*STAR and Fujitsu Limited will explore the creation of the first Center of Excellence for computational social science and engineering in Singapore.

March 26, 2013