Asia-Pacific Biotech News

Acrux in Licensing Agreement for Skin Permeation Platform Technology.

Agenix to Begin Human Trials for Blood Clot Imaging Project.

Cancer Vac Successful in Human Trials of Cancer Therapy.

Terumo to Expand Production Scale in China.

Ranbaxy in Licensing Agreement for Brain Drug.

Wockhardt Plans to Expand into US, Europe.

Zydus Vaccicare to Launch Four Vaccines.

Tanabe Seiyaku to Develop Small Molecule LFA-1 Antagonists with Novartis.

Neurogenetics Extends Agreement with Eisai.

Insect Biotech.

Boviquest Discovers Cow Milk Production Gene.

MerLion Pharma Secures US$13.5 Million in Funds.

CordLife Launches Business Partnership Program.

Lytone Announces New Uric Acid Control Product.

Australia Develops World-first Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis.

New Dietary Fibers Have Additional Health Benefits.

Wheat Developed Using New Biophysical Technique.

Sino-US Joint Effort to Battle AIDS in China.

China Reinforces Agri-biotech Research.

China Succeeds in Cloning Cow from Frozen Stem Cells.

Estrogen Link in Liver Damage in Women Drinkers.

Japan to Develop Tear-free GM Onions.

Korea’s Answer to Viagra.

GM Papaya to be Cultivated in SE Asia.

New Blood Test Improves Diagnosis of Heart Failure.

NZ to Join Bovine Genomic Sequencing Initiative.

Cow Bones Successfully Grafted On Sheep.

Singapore Introduces World-first Surgery to Treat Sleep Disorder.

Call for Herbal Medicines to List Potential Adverse Reactions.

Korea Bans Human Cloning.

Chinese Herb Effective in Controlling Liver Cancer.

Chengdu to Hold Conference on TCM Modernization.

Scientific Testing of Chinese Herbs for Cancer Care.

Major Health Research Institutes to Receive Funding.

Record Number of Hepatitis C Infections in Australia.

Needle Schemes Prevents HIV and HCV Infections.

Sino-French Life Sciences Center Established.

Ten Percent of HK Students Have High Mercury Exposure.

India Emerges as Biotech R&D Hub.

Adult Smoking Rate at All-time Low.

Japan’s Nobel Laureates Hope to Inspire Science Boom.

NZ Lays out Biotechnology Strategy.

IRRI Sets up Rice Knowledge Bank.

Students to Learn Life Sciences through BioCamp.

Singapore Sets Up Oncology Research Institute.

Agrobiology Scientists Move into New Institution.

Survey Shows Singapore Biomed Industry Highly Rated.

Biological and Medical Engineering Conference in Singapore.

Taiwan Shares Malaria Experience.

Experts Say Progress in Singapore’s Biomedical Arena Tremendous.

Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner to Make “Day-trip” in 2050.

Bharat Biotech Gets Global Patent for Infection Drug.