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Japan's FY2027 Off-Year Drug Price Revision: 8 Numbers That Decide Who Pays

Japan's off-year drug price revision stopped being a question of whether some time ago. When the health and finance ministers closed the FY2026 budget roun...

October 29, 2026 | Analysis

FDA Warning Letters to APAC Drug Facilities in Fiscal 2026: The Full Ledger, Normalised

Every October, the same headline writes itself. India leads the count of US FDA warning letters to Asian drug plants, China follows, and the rest of the re...

October 21, 2026 | Analysis

How Long It Takes to Start a Clinical Trial in 8 APAC Markets, Timed

If you are building a 2027 trial budget this month, you are probably working from a spreadsheet with one row per country and a column headed "start-up". Mo...

October 19, 2026 | News

Mitochondrial-Derived Peptides: What Research Has Shown So Far

Scientists have described eight MDPs: humanin, MOTS-c and six small humanin-like peptides (SHLP1 to SHLP6). Research has focused on different aspects of th...

October 12, 2026 | News

How To Scale Your Lab Without Overspending

Most expansion projects stall or generate compliance gaps not because of technical failures but because purchasing preceded planning. Consumables ordered ...

October 12, 2026 | News

Semaglutide Generics, Six Months In: Every Launch in India, Every Price, and Where China Stands

AT A GLANCE 12 generic makers with a public launch in India, selling 20 brands between them Rs 1,290 lowest stated monthly price, for vials...

October 09, 2026 | Analysis

Every CAR-T Therapy Approved in Asia-Pacific, and What It Costs

Method in brief What counts. A CAR-T cell therapy approved on one of seven national registers: China's NMPA, Japan's PMDA and MHLW, Korea's MFDS, ...

October 08, 2026 | Analysis

From Academic Discovery to Biopharma Impact: Strengthening Southeast Asia’s Translation Pathway

Universities and public research institutes across the region are advancing research in cancer treatment, cell therapy, biologics and other emerging fields...

October 07, 2026 | Opinion | By Hajjerah TMK Hassan, Director, Discovery and Channels - ASEAN |Cytiva

Peptide vs Protein vs Amino Acid: What Is the Difference?

So what is the real answer to the peptide vs protein question? It mostly comes down to size and shape. A peptide is a short chain of amino acids. A protein...

October 06, 2026 | News

How Are Peptides Made? A Simple Guide to Peptide Synthesis

What Is a Peptide? First, a quick look at what is being built. Amino acids are small building-block molecules, and living things use 20 standard ones to m...

October 06, 2026 | News

APAC Biotech IPOs of 2026: Who Listed, What It Raised, Where It Trades Now

How this list was built Scope. Every biotech initial public offering with a first trading day between 1 January and 24 September 2026 on five venu...

September 29, 2026 | Analysis

Every First Approval in APAC, 2026: The Full List

Asia-Pacific’s New Drug Boom: 99 Approvals, 20 World Firsts Somewhere in the second week of January, a BeOne Medicines BCL2 inhibitor called sonroto...

September 23, 2026 | Analysis

Nobody Is the Payer

A gerotherapeutic that delays five diseases by three years each would produce savings across five budget lines over thirty years, and a cost that lands in ...

September 04, 2026 | Analysis

8 Reasons Fall Is the Perfect Time To Reassess Your Health Goals

With cooler weather, changing schedules, and renewed motivation, it's an ideal season to establish habits that can carry you through the holidays and beyon...

September 02, 2026 | News

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