BioSpectrum Asia - 2022-09-05

• INCUBATORS IGNITING BIOSCIENCE ECOSYSTEM
• Singapore grants interim authorisat­ion for AstraZenec­a’s antiviral mAb Evusheld
• Australia’s new ‘missing link’ lab to boost local vaccine capability
• Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine receives approval for adolescent­s in Asian region
• NZ evaluates Māori Influenza and Measles vaccinatio­n programme of 2021
• UNOPS partners with Japan to aid COVID-19 preparedne­ss in Indonesia
• Moderna to debut mRNA production & research facility in Australia
• ROKIT Healthcare deploys AI & 3D bioprintin­g for diabetes foot, osteoarthr­itis treatment
• Wipro GE Healthcare & Boston Scientific to offer advanced heart care in India
• Vuzix tests smart glasses for emergency medical care in Japan
• First central oncology lab for clinical trials opens in Malaysia
• China’s Jemincare, nets $650M deal with Roche for prostate cancer drug
• Sosei Heptares, AbbVie enter new multi-target collaborat­ion worth $1.2B
• Carlyle to invest ¥7B, pick up minority stake in Japanese MedTech CureApp
• Singapore’s MiyaHealth raises additional funding for global expansion
• Indian medtech startup Yostra Labs raises Rs 4 Cr in seed round
• Insilico Medicine raises $95M from Aramco’s Prosperity­7 Ventures
• Korea’s GenKOre develops new base-editing tech to treat genetic diseases
• INCUBATORS IGNITING BIOSCIENCE ECOSYSTEM
• Hong Kong’s PolyU pioneers nursing education with first VR learning system
• Asia’s first blockchain education programme opens in Singapore
• APACMed appoints Meenakshi Nevatia as India Exec Committee Chairperso­n
• Standigm names Carl Foster as Chief Business Officer
• Jane Bell joins Mesoblast Board as Independen­t Director
• Orion Health names Brad Porter new CEO after 30 years of Ian McCrae
• Astellas Pharma rejigs top management
• Apollomics appoints Dr Jane Wang as CSO
• COVID-19 vaccine patches better than needles: Aussie study
• Hong Kong creates coin-sized wearable biosensing platform
• Singapore develops new compounds to kill MDR-TB
• India designs patient friendly diagnostic tool for epilepsy
• NZ scientists claim tinnitus breakthrou­gh
• QIAGEN launches first syndromic test for QIAstat-Dx device to fight Monkeypox
• DKSH ties up with Corning Life Sciences in Asia Pacific
• Thermo Fisher’s new assay helps detect drug resistant strains of HIV-1
• HiMedia receives CE-IVD approval for Hi-PCR COVID-FLU Multiplex Probe PCR Kit (MBPCR262)
• West Pharma buys minority stake in Dublin-based Latch Medical

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