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EDITORIAL
BioBoard
Indonesia
• Quintiles expands patient access for clinical trials to Indonesia
Japan
• Legacy Healthcare announces breakthrough clinical results in hair re-growth
Singapore
• iNova Pharmaceuticals relocates regional HQ to Singapore as part of Asia-centric reorganization
Australia
• Silencing the bird flu gene: scientists prep live hen trials
• Helsinn grants Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) rights to Anamorelin, to treat cachexia-anorexia
North America
• To survive, genes pick up new skills
• Phase III study evaluates two investigational hormone-releasing IUDs for prevention of pregnancy for up to three years
• Agilent Technologies introduces SureDesign
• Progress made towards production of biosimilar products in tobacco plants
• FDA approves Aerospan for asthma
Europe
• New technology offers improved chances for couples undergoing IVF
• Phase IIa Laquinimod trial results show positive data for potential use in active Crohns Disease
• Pfizer donates vials of Factor IX to the World Federation of Hemophilia
• nViso gets research grant to study 3D facial imaging technology for healthcare applications
• New evidence-based 3D cell culture web portal launched by Reinnervate Ltd
• The social side of vaccine effectiveness
Eye on China
• BG Medicine announces agreement with Kindstar Diagnostics which will provide Galectin-3 testing services in China
• MicuRx lands $9.6 Million to fund China trials of antibiotic
• AstraZeneca and Ironwood announce linaclotide collaboration for China
• BGI-Shenzhen extends tender offer for Complete Genomics, Inc.
• China Cord Blood Corporation continues share repurchase program
• NCKU, Science Park join hands to boost academia-industry collaboration
• Pharmaron forms strategic partnership with AstraZeneca to accelerate drug discovery
• Regulatory mechanisms of an acid-activated type VI secretion system in Agrobacterium tumefaciens
• Seasonal plasticity of peripheral auditory sensitivity associated with vocal communication in frog
Features
• Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes: Current Asian Perspectives
• A Crisis in the Development of Antibiotics
• The Marketing of Unapproved Stem Cell Products: An Industry-wide Challenge
• Draining the Goodwill of Science The Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Industry in East Asia
• Biodiesel From Lab to Industry
• The Appearance and Development of Commercial Laboratories in China
• Cord Blood Banking To Go Public or Stay Private
• Open Source The Future of Drug Discovery
• Vaccines Where are we headed?
• Leveraging on External Expertise
Inside Industry
• InDex Pharmaceuticals granted Japanese patent for novel treatment of steroid-resistant inflammation
• RCC announces marketing partnership with ViruSure for India
• InteRNA Technologies receives notice of allowance for miRNA sequences of its lead pre-clinical product
• Mederi Therapeutics signs exclusive agreement with Farouq, Maamoun, Tamer & Co. to distribute the new Stretta(R) and Secca(R) Systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• BAC and GE Healthcare collaboration wins industry award
• Conference Calendar |