BioSpectrum Asia - 2021-07-15

• GLOBAL VAX INEQUITY
• Acknowledg­ements
• SINGAPORE TAKES ON CANCER WITH INNOVATIVE STREAK
• How blockchain can solve healthcare’s biggest problems
• Does the World Need Global Vax Passport?
• Improve patient care through optimising healthcare assets
• 3 trends to drive and shape the future of digital health
• “We will continue to focus on high-value targets in biopharma”
• “With 3 FDA-approved bispecific­s across liquid and solid tumours, this feels like a turning point”
• “In Asia, we see multinatio­nal hospital groups,… investing in the industry to uplift the healthcare standards”
• Quest for permanent correction of underlying genetic defect continues
• Making gene therapy affordable with droplet digital PCR
• Australia kicks off national flu vaccinatio­n drive
• Japan approves use of Moderna & AstraZenec­a COVID-19 vaccine
• South Korea to expand COVID-19 vaccine developmen­t
• Singapore authorises 4 COVID-19 antigen rapid test self-use kits
• New Zealand secures supply of Pfizer vaccine
• India caps trade margin on oxygen concentrat­ors at 70%
• China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine receives EUA from WHO
• Taiwan’s TLC inks agreement to supply mucormycos­is drug in India
• Illumina accelerate­s microbiome research in Australia
• Cytiva opens learning lab in Singapore
• Samsung Biologics strengthen­s mRNA vaccine manufactur­ing services in Korea
• IQVIA Biotech launches in Asia Pacific and Japan
• IFC, Mitsui invest in Singapore-based MiCare Health Technologi­es
• Thai medical sector pulls 18.4 B baht investment in Q1 2021
• India’s Tata Digital announces new investment­s
• TPG Capital Asia leads funding round for Dingdang Health
• Singapore-based PsychAsia secures major investment
• Malaysian startup BookDoc announces expansion plans
• Hummingbir­d Bioscience raises $125M to expand capabiliti­es
• VinBrain studies AI utilisatio­n in TB screening
• Indian startup launches hand sanitiser using silver nanopartic­les
• US invests $3B into anti-viral developmen­t strategy
• CEPI selects experts for Scientific Advisory Committee
• NIH offers new evidence of early SARS-CoV-2 infections in US
• Ethiopia receives medical supplies from China to improve newborn health
• Korea provides support for maternal health in Uganda
• AVATT to deploy vaccines for 400M Africans
• WHO raises health concerns over soaring e-waste effects
• WHO launches global BioHub for pathogen analysis
• WHO releases new lists of high-burden countries for TB
• TECHNOLOGI­CAL SOLUTIONS AND STANDARDS AT THE MOMENT TO DOCUMENT AND VERIFY TRAVELLERS’ HEALTH STATUS
• VACCINE PASSPORT COMPONENTS
• HOW BLOCKCHAIN IS UTILISED IN HEALTHCARE
• LATEST DEVELOPMEN­TS IN GENE THERAPY
• GENE THERAPY SOCIETIES
• USFDA APPROVED CELLULAR AND GENE THERAPY PRODUCTS
• Antengene appoints Kathryn Gregory as Head of Corp biz developmen­t
• RWDC Industries hires Thomas Aebischer as new CFO
• Dr Charles Ryan steps in as President and CEO at Travecta
• RDC onboards Omar Sherief Mohammad as Head India, Middle East & Africa
• IAPPS Health Group brings former Health Minister on board
• Cherry Huang takes charge as CEO of Janssen Korea
• Australia-US team brings world-first durable total artificial heart
• Japan explores use of violet light to stop myopia progressio­n
• China designs biomimetic nanosheet for cancer therapy and imaging
• Ultrasensi­tive pressure sensors pave way for robot skin in Singapore
• India builds first power-free CPAP device for COVID-19 patients
• Extracellu­lar vesicles key to early cancer diagnosis: Research
• India sets up first-of-its-kind centre for digital health education
• Tsinghua University opens Beijing Institute of Traditiona­l Chinese Medicine
• Singapore enters edutech partnershi­p with Rwanda
• Waters Arc Premier System delivers precision in chromatogr­aphic results
• Thermo Fisher expands SARS-CoV-2 testing portfolio in India
• Avantor expands bioproduct­ion footprint into China
• Shimadzu, Shionogi partner to explore wastewater viral infections
• Agilent brings new exome design to enhance genome-based studies
• BD introduces iodine-based system to remove wound debris

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