Startups
Daiwa unit launches $135m fund to support drug discovery
DCI Partners targets Japan and Taiwan biotech startups developing COVID remedies
Biotechnology
China tech
China startup finds growth with $765 cancer-screening kit
Genetron rides COVID tailwind as health awareness rises and population ages
Food & Beverage
Singapore grants world's first approval to lab-grown meat
Chicken grown by US start-up Eat Just meets city-state's standards for use in nuggets
Pharmaceuticals
Celltrion spends $450m to ramp up contract drug production
South Korean pharma maker seeks to tap booming overseas demand
Food & Beverage
Is lab-grown steak coming to a grill near you?
Noodle maker Nissin aims to combat food shortages with cultured meat
Pharmaceuticals
Eisai to apply for Alzheimer's treatment approval in fiscal 2022
CEO Naito says trials go 'smoothly' and sees candidate as growth driver
Coronavirus
China's Sinovac starts production of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Compatriot CanSino also rushes for mass output as clinical trials continue
Biotechnology
Fujifilm to make Novavax coronavirus vaccine component in UK
Production will fulfill order from British government for 60m doses
Pharmaceuticals
South Korea's Celltrion exports coronavirus tests to US
Diagnostic kits to help fill US testing gap
Biotechnology
Samsung Biologics to invest $1.5bn for new pharmaceutical plant
South Korean company predicts long-term growth in contract drugmaking business
