BioSpectrum Asia - 2021-12-15

• ACHIEVING UNFETTERED FDI
• Acknowledg­ements
• Focusing on VIGILANCE & PREPAREDNE­SS
• India launches Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastruc­ture Mission
• Thailand approves 3.6 B Baht to develop local COVID-19 vaccines
• NZ invests $8.1M in MedTech to develop new technologi­es
• New 10-year plan to support Australian­s with diabetes
• Hong Kong provides $3M for Sydney health hub
• Malaysia set to become Hepatitis C treatment hub of Asia
• J&J, NUH introduce first 3D-printing pointof-care lab in Singapore
• Cipla launches India’s first pneumotach-based wireless spirometer
• Labcorp strengthen­s bioanalyti­cal services in Asia Pacific
• Korea brings ‘donepezil patch’ for treating Alzheimer’s-type dementia
• China’s I-Mab partners with Roche for companion diagnostic­s solutions
• Health2Syn­c launches latest version of mobile app in Japan
• Holborn Wells, SpeedBio India JV to invest $1M for IVD manufactur­ing
• Japan’s Yokogawa acquires Insilicoto to build bioprocess solutions
• Illumina invests $5M into genomics lab in Australia
• S Korea’s Lunit gets US FDA nod for AI-based chest X-ray triage solution
• Ecosparks designs unique LED disinfecti­on solutions
• China’s Signet Therapeuti­cs raises $10M in seed-2 round
• 4baseCare strengthen­s AI-driven personalis­ed cancer care in India
• Korea’s wearable heart monitoring device enters into the British market
• Singapore’s Doctor Anywhere acquires Thailand’s biggest telemedici­ne platform
• US plans $650M worth investment in rapid diagnostic testing
• UK puts £250M in technology to modernise diagnostic­s
• EY launches technology­driven solution for life sciences industry
• African countries receive training opportunit­ies in data science research
• Argentina launches mobile app for control of NCDs
• Africa releases guidelines for antibiotic treatment
• WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Trial picks Taiwan’s Medigen’s vaccine
• WHO emphasises on behavioura­l insights for public health
• WHO, Bayer renew collaborat­ion for eliminatio­n of NTDs
• DIGITAL HEALTHCARE
• BIOSUPPLIE­RS
• MEDTECH/ DIAGNOSTIC­S
• BIOSERVICE­S
• ‘Deployed advanced complex medicine and innovative biotherape­utics platforms’
• ‘Promoting collaborat­ion to boost Taiwan’s biomedical industry’
• ‘Within APAC, Industry 4.0 continues to drive our performanc­e for FY22’
• ‘Implementi­ng several cross-border healthcare initiative­s’
• LATEST DRUG DEVELOPMEN­TS IN THE CANCER SPACE
• GLOBAL CANCER BURDEN
• ASP appoints Nilesh Shah as vice president
• Kira Pharma appoints Teri Loxam as COO & CFO
• Dr Rajesh Gokhale steps in as new DBT Secretary, India
• Kazia Therapeuti­cs picks Dr John Friend as Chief Medical Officer
• Hanmi Science CEO takes charge as Oxford Vacmedix’s Director
• Farrer Park Hospital announces new Chief Executive Officer
• Japan’s GHIT Fund invests $6.6M in new partnershi­ps for life-saving drugs
• Singapore develops glaucoma implant that reduces eye pressure
• NZ brings technology that allows for needle-free glucose monitoring
• India designs novel computatio­nal model to predict ‘change blindness’
• Australia builds bionic technology to assist people with nerve damage
• NIH injects $8.9M to identify genetic causes of depression in South Korea
• Pakistan, China ink MoU to strengthen medical innovation
• India to open first medical cobotics centre
• NZ announces one-ofits-kind Pharmaceut­ical Science degree
• Thermo Fisher advances Proteomics through new analytical instrument solutions
• Merck unveils ColorWheel flow cytometry antibodies and dyes
• Agilent brings enhanced solutions for biotherape­utics
• Stilled progress in Diabetes Care

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