Health Care
SwipeRx aims to double Indonesian pharmacy sign-ups
Singapore-based startup's CEO expects first profit in 2023
Health Care & Pharma
Pharmaceuticals
Chinese biopharma Taibang raises $300m, stirs relisting murmurs
Investment in former China Biologic led by Singapore, Abu Dhabi funds
Politics
Japan projects shortage of nearly 1m medical workers by 2040
Tokyo prepares by sharing tasks among doctors, nurses and pharmacists
Society
WHO declares monkeypox emergency: 5 things to know
Countries rush to offer vaccines against disease that carries symptoms similar to smallpox
Society
Monkeypox outbreak declared global health emergency by WHO
U.N. health agency split over decision as viral disease spreads to over 75 countries
Coronavirus
Japan delays approval of first domestic oral COVID-19 drug
Expert panel wants more data; Shionogi stock sinks 8.5% in Tokyo trade
Health Care
Teijin targets orthopedic surgery market in Thailand
Japanese group seeks approval for bone-treatment device in Asia expansion
Datawatch
The acute care dilemma at Japan's hospitals
1 in 3 beds meant for the critically ill fail to live up to expectations
Pharmaceuticals
Fujifilm to pump $1.6bn into biopharma in U.S. and Europe
Japan group to nearly quadruple capacity to meet rising demand for cancer drugs
The Big Story
Inside Shanghai's COVID lockdown nightmare
China's zero-COVID policy devastated the commercial capital
Podcast
Asia Stream: Abortion in Asia -- Beyond Taboo
Abortion rights in Asia are not just about women's autonomy. From population control to sex selection, we break down abortion access and its complex consequences across the continent.
DealStreetAsia
India's Biocon Biologics in funding talks with Baring PE Asia
Country's largest biopharmaceutical eyes valuation of over $100m
COVID vaccines
U.S. FDA advisers back COVID shots for children under 5
Officials in U.S. report 442 coronavirus deaths in young children so far
Health Care
Japanese startup offers low-cost personalized disease prediction
Mirtel and Hirosaki University team up to apply AI to health check data
Climate Change
Takeda teams with GSK, other drugmakers to help cut supplier emissions
Over 1,000 vendors show interest in common system to estimate greenhouse gases
COVID vaccines
Shionogi to file as soon as June for COVID shot green light
Homegrown vaccine developers inch closer to rollouts in Japan
DealStreetAsia
U.S. equity firm closes yuan-fund eyeing Chinese medical sector
Vivo Capital seeks to invest in drug R&D and health care technology
Health Care
Dread dental exams? In Japan they may soon be mandatory
Ruling LDP stresses social safety net as upper house election nears
Coronavirus
North Korea set to relax COVID curbs citing 'stable situation'
Outside experts think Pyongyang is understating fatality rate to avoid political damage
Electronics
Samsung to invest $356bn over five years in strategic sectors
South Korean conglomerate targets long-term growth in chips, biopharmaceuticals