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Stories by Asian Scientist Newsroom
First Made-In-China Vaccine Prequalified By WHO
A new vaccine against Japanese encephalitis has been added by the World Health Organization (WHO) to its list of prequalified medicines.
Laos Is First SE Asian Nation To Introduce Pneumococcal Vaccine
Laos has become the first South East Asian nation to introduce a pneumococcal vaccine.
Takeda And New Institute In Early-Stage Drug Discovery Partnership
Takeda will partner the newly formed Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute (Tri-I TDI) in early-stage drug discovery.
Monash Opens Center To Strengthen Australia-Indonesia Relationship
A new Australian center aims to promote Australia's understanding of Indonesia through business, cultural, educational, research and community links.
3 CAS Scientists Win 2013 TWAS Prizes
Three CAS scientists were honored by TWAS for their research in agricultural science, biology and social science.
Humans Evolved Dexterous Hands Before Agile Feet
A long-standing mystery in human evolution has been solved: humans evolved dextrous hands before developing the ability to walk on two legs.
Boehringer Ingelheim Opens R&D Lab In China
Boehringer Ingelheim has opened a chemicals R&D laboratory Center of Competence in the Zhangjiang High-Tech Park in Shanghai.
NTU Spin-Off Amaranth Medical Raises US$20m Series B Financing
Nanyang Technological University spin-off Amaranth Medical has closed a US$20 million Series B financing round led by new investor DCP Management Pte. Ltd.
PeptiDream & Ipsen To Expand Peptide Drug Collaboration
PeptiDream Inc., and Ipsen have expanded the scope of their collaboration to discover, evaluate, potentially develop and launch therapeutic peptides.