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Eppendorf to Invest EUR 40 Million in New Penang Manufacturing Facility

Eppendorf has signed an agreement for a new production site in Penang, Malaysia, marking the start of its planned greenfield manufacturing facility in Band...

July 30, 2026 | News

Waters Launches Next-Generation IVD Mass Spectrometer for High-Sensitivity Clinical Diagnostics

Brings Xevo™ TQ Absolute XR Mass Spectrometer's industry-leading tandem quadrupole MS sensitivity to clinical applications across women's health, c...

July 29, 2026 | News

Jyong Biotech Expands Global Licensing Push for Botanical Therapy Targeting Enlarging BPH Market

Jyong Biotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: MENS) (the "Company" or "Jyong Biotech"), a science-driven biotechnology company dedicated to the development and commercializa...

July 29, 2026 | News

The Bioreactors Are Ours. The Consumables Are Not.

A new biologics plant is one of the easier things in medicine to photograph. The bioreactors are large and gleaming, the capacity figures are big and round...

July 22, 2026 | Analysis

Akeso Doses First Patient in Phase II Trial of AK146D1–Ivonescimab Combination for Advanced NSCLC

Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) (announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase II clinical study (AK146D1-201) evaluating its internally developed TROP2...

July 21, 2026 | News

After the Rush: APAC's mRNA and Vaccine Capacity Hangover

In June 2022, South Korea had something it had wanted for two years: a COVID-19 vaccine of its own. SKYCovione, developed by SK bioscience with the U...

July 08, 2026 | Analysis

Can APAC Build Radioligand Therapy Before the Atoms Decay?

Every dose of radioligand therapy is a countdown. The moment a batch of lutetium-177 leaves the reactor, it begins to fade — roughly half its therape...

July 02, 2026 | Analysis

Merck Expands Life Science Leadership with Planned $11.3 Billion Bio-Techne Acquisition

Purchase price of US$73 per share in cash represents an enterprise value of US$11.3 billion (EUR 9.9 billion) Proposed acquisition expected to be immedi...

June 26, 2026 | News

ChemT Biotechnology Raises US$5 Million to Advance AI-Powered Biomanufacturing Platform

The total funding comprises US$1 million in angel investment and a US$4 million seed round. The seed financing round was led by Wavem...

June 23, 2026 | News

Billions on Bioconjugation: Is APAC Building the Right ADC Capacity — or Too Much?

In Songdo, on the reclaimed waterfront west of Seoul, a 202,000-square-metre construction site is becoming the most expensive single statement Kore...

June 19, 2026 | Analysis

SK Bioscience Licenses CDC Rotavirus Vaccine Technology to Advance Global Immunisation Efforts

SK bioscience licenses vaccine technology from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SK bioscience is jointly investing with t...

June 11, 2026 | News

Innovation Powerhouse or Inflated Bubble? Reading China’s First-in-Class Boom

A decade ago, the phrase “Chinese first-in-class drug” would have drawn a raised eyebrow in any Western boardroom. China made generics, copied ...

June 02, 2026 | Analysis | By arcilla.fran@biopharmaapac.com

Leica Biosystems Expands AstraZeneca And Daiichi Sankyo Collaboration To Advance AI Driven Lung Cancer Biomarker Research

Leica Biosystems, a Danaher company and a global leader in end-to-end anatomic and digital pathology solutions,announced an expansion of its strategic coll...

June 01, 2026 | News

Dizal Secures Priority Review In China For ZEGFROVY In First Line EGFR Exon20ins NSCLC

Dizal (SSE:688192), a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing novel medicines for the treatment of oncology and hematological diseases, announced...

May 29, 2026 | News

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