Category: Features
Bird flu: China confirms H7N9 human death, NY cats contract H7N2 strain
Local health authorities in the Henan province in China have confirmed another human death from the H7N9 bird flu strain, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. The victim is a 36-year-old roast duck salesman who developed a fever and […]
HealthCare Asia ranked among Feedspot’s Top 100 Healthcare Blogs
HealthCare Asia has been chosen as one of the Top 100 Healthcare Blogs in the world by Feedspot, an online news and blog content reader. Selected from thousands of healthcare blogs from Feedspot’s index, the top 100 blogs were ranked […]
Pelican BioThermal launches new temperature-controlled packaging solution
Minnesota, US-based packaging solutions company Pelican Bio Thermal has introduced a new temperature-controlled shipping solution for the life sciences industry. The CoolPall Vertos Advance, a new high performance, single-use, passive bulk freight shipping solution, is designed to offer the marketplace […]
Scientists create genetically modified mosquitoes resistant to dengue
Mosquitoes are considered one of the deadliest animals in the world and one of the biggest killers of the human race as they are the primary vectors for major human diseases such as yellow fever, malaria and dengue fever. According […]
Hong Kong’s OrbusNeich introduces next-generation coronary scoring balloon
To help cardiologists manage increasingly complex cases, OrbusNeich, a Hong Kong-based global company specializing in the provision of life-changing vascular solutions, has introduced a new non-compliant scoring balloon that targets more resistant lesions–abnormal damage or change in the tissue of […]
Researchers treat tooth decay, cavities with Alzheimer’s drug
A team of researchers at King’s College London in the UK have discovered a new method of treating tooth decay and cavities, resulting in the regeneration of rotten tooth, using an Alzheimer’s drug known as Tideglusib. The inner, soft pulp […]
WHO: Smoking costs the world over US$1 tn in healthcare, lost productivity
The tobacco industry and the impacts of its products is costing the world more than US$1 trillion annually in healthcare expenses and lost productivity, according to a new landmark global report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US […]
China’s Fosum Pharma forms JV with Kite Pharma for cancer therapies
One of China’s leading healthcare groups, Fosun Pharma, has formed a joint venture (JV) with California, US-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Kite Pharma, Inc. for the development and commercialization of the latter’s cancer treatment in China. To be named Fosun Pharma […]
Guardant Health partners with top pharma companies to speed clinical trials
Guardant Health, an oncology-focused company based in California in the US, is partnering with leading international pharmaceutical companies to create a 500-plus-gene liquid biopsy panel that will help drug companies accelerate clinical trials and the development of targeted cancer drugs […]
Novartis invests in potential cardiovascular therapies from Ionis
Basel, Switzerland-based multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis International AG has entered into a collaboration and option agreement with Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its subsidiary Akcea Therapeutics Inc. to license two experimental cardiovascular treatments. The investigational antisense therapies – called AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx and […]
