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"Technology will play a significant role in reducing numbers of new cases and deaths"
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"Technology will play a significant role in reducing numbers of new cases and deaths"

‘Close the care gaps’ – a bold theme set for 2022-2024 World Cancer Day campaigns that fall on February 4 each year – intends to make a huge difference in delivering cancer care to the people.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
CANCER THERAPEUTICS GAINING GROUND IN APAC
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CANCER THERAPEUTICS GAINING GROUND IN APAC

Cancer, the leading cause of death in most parts of the world, is a veritable Achilles heel for the pharma industry.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Addressing Unmet Patient Needs in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): The Vital Role of Industry Partnerships
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Addressing Unmet Patient Needs in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): The Vital Role of Industry Partnerships

Interview- Mr Maurizio Luongo and Mr Zhao Hong

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Veradigm announces strategic investment in Holmusk from Singapore
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Veradigm announces strategic investment in Holmusk from Singapore

US-based Veradigm has announced an investment in Holmusk, a global behavioural health real-world evidence and data analytics company in Singapore, as part of Holmusk’s $45 million series B financing round.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
DeepTek introduces new Al powered lumbar spine quantification automation tool
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DeepTek introduces new Al powered lumbar spine quantification automation tool

India-based health tech startup DeepTek has announced the global launch of DeepSpine - an artificial intelligence (AI) powered lumbar spine quantification and metrics tool designed to analyse MRI lumbar spine images.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Moderna buys Japanese startup OriCiro for $85M
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Moderna buys Japanese startup OriCiro for $85M

OriCiro Genomics, founded in December 2018, is focussed on the development and commercialisation of cellfree synthesis

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
China's ReLive Biotechnologies strengthens presence in regenerative therapy market
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China's ReLive Biotechnologies strengthens presence in regenerative therapy market

Simultaneously with the acquisition, ReLive also completed its Series A financing of $36 million to fund the company’s global ambition.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Seno Medical enters exclusive distributor agreement with Genetik
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Seno Medical enters exclusive distributor agreement with Genetik

Seno Medical, based in the US, has entered into an exclusive distributor agreement with Genetik, to market, sell and service the company’s groundbreaking Imagio Opto-Acoustic/ Ultrasound (OA/US) Breast Imaging System.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Malaysian Genomics explores R&D collaboration with SIRIM
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Malaysian Genomics explores R&D collaboration with SIRIM

Under the strategic cooperation, both parties will evaluate the potential commercial value of a range of genomicsdriven biotechnology R&D projects.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Terumo and Siemens Healthineers collaborate to strengthen cardiac care in India
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Terumo and Siemens Healthineers collaborate to strengthen cardiac care in India

The collaboration will flag off its efforts with a customised training programme for Cathlab professionals, being developed in partnership with an eminent academic institute in India.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Aculys Pharma, Four H initiate collaboration using wearable devices to study sleep disorders in Japan
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Aculys Pharma, Four H initiate collaboration using wearable devices to study sleep disorders in Japan

In its quest to establish a new pharmaceutical model, Aculys is promoting DX (digital transformation) in clinical trials and medicine.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Lotte Biologics announces $3 B investment plan to leap forward as global CDMO
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Lotte Biologics announces $3 B investment plan to leap forward as global CDMO

Lotte Biologics CEO Richard Wonjik Lee has announced a blueprint to leap forward as a global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO).

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Sun Pharma buys US-based Concert Pharma for $576 M
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Sun Pharma buys US-based Concert Pharma for $576 M

Sun Pharma’s immediate focus would be to follow Concert’s plan to submit a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the first half of 2023.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
SK bioscience's shingles vaccine receives biologics license application approval in Malaysia
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SK bioscience's shingles vaccine receives biologics license application approval in Malaysia

SKYZoster is shown clinically acceptable immunogenicity and safety at Phase III clinical trial.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Mobile app to help adolescents access public health services in Bangladesh
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Mobile app to help adolescents access public health services in Bangladesh

Millions of adolescents and youth in Bangladesh will be able to access health information and services through two online portals launched recently at The National Adolescent Health Conference held in Dhaka.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
New Zealand approves new therapy to treat rare gastrointestinal stromal tumour
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New Zealand approves new therapy to treat rare gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Specialised Therapeutics Asia (ST), based in Singapore, has announced that a new therapy to treat rare gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) shown to improve survival has now been approved in New Zealand.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Indonesia's TB response gets $300 M programme World Bank loan
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Indonesia's TB response gets $300 M programme World Bank loan

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $300 million loan to the Indonesian government to improve coverage, quality and efficiency of tuberculosis (TB) response in Indonesia.

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BioSpectrum Asia Feb 2023
Too Much Of A Good Thing...
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Too Much Of A Good Thing...

Thinking long term to ensure that huge amounts of vaccines are not wasted, manufacturers need to have a far-sightedness and not just go on a production spree.

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January 2023
Life Sciences Trends To Watch For In 2023
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Life Sciences Trends To Watch For In 2023

The past two years have been a rollercoaster ride for the global economy and the pharma industry hasn't been impervious to the major financial upheavals either.

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January 2023
HTAs, CGT Set to Rule Life Sciences Industry in 2023
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HTAs, CGT Set to Rule Life Sciences Industry in 2023

overnments and other payers make decisions ee the context of the broader economic environment. For 2023 we will continue to see the impact of these global economic trends on payer decisions as they increase financial pressure in the APAC region.

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January 2023
XtalPi joins hands with Singapore’s EDDC
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XtalPi joins hands with Singapore’s EDDC

For cancer drug discovery

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January 2023
IVI, ST Pharm exchange MoU,
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IVI, ST Pharm exchange MoU,

clinical development of COVID-19 vaccine

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January 2023
Pharmaniaga strives to develop children’s hexavalent vaccine by 2023
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Pharmaniaga strives to develop children’s hexavalent vaccine by 2023

Pharmaniaga LifeScience Sdn Bhd PLS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s leading pharmaceutical company

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January 2023
Alliance Pharma unveils state-of-the-art
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Alliance Pharma unveils state-of-the-art

bioanalytical lab in Brisbane

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January 2023
Vaxxas raises A$34M to clinicall advance needle-free vaccines
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Vaxxas raises A$34M to clinicall advance needle-free vaccines

Vaxxas has completed a financing round which raised 23 million A$34 million) in new funds.

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January 2023
Merck, Kelun-Biotech ink $9.3B licensing pact for 7 cancer candidates in China
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Merck, Kelun-Biotech ink $9.3B licensing pact for 7 cancer candidates in China

news about finance

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January 2023
Prejex joins hands with Polybond to make needle-less injections in India
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Prejex joins hands with Polybond to make needle-less injections in India

Prejex Inc., a spin-off of Germany-based Prejex GMBH, has entered into an agreement with Polybond, headed by Adit Rathi of Rathi Group to manufacture needleless injections.

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January 2023
Thailand develops
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Thailand develops

speech recognition AI tech for screening depression

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January 2023
Australian first research
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Australian first research

trial to explore use of psychedelics for alcohol use disorder

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January 2023
AstraZeneca India
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AstraZeneca India

appoints Dr Sanjeev Panchal as Country President MD

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January 2023