International relations
Philippines receives cold trucks from Japan to deliver COVID shots
Logistics equipment to help boost vaccine shipments to islands
Health Care & Pharma
Startups
Thai startup to build over 1,000 public toilets across Asia
Swiss entrepreneurs turn COVID setbacks into growth engine
Coronavirus
Japan approves its first homemade oral COVID drug
Shionogi's Xocova to be used on patients with mild symptoms
Coronavirus
WHO adviser says winter is critical to contain COVID
Studies show Asia-Pacific region has lower antibody rate than Europe, U.S.
Opinion
Japan should reject WTO proposal to weaken COVID patents
Government's pandemic preparation plan depends on commitments from drugmakers
DealStreetAsia
India's GDS targets bigger bite of dental market with $67m funding
Investcorp leads Series D round for owner of Clove Dental chain
COVID vaccines
Indonesia's COVID vaccine shows region's push for third way
Jakarta now has homegrown halal alternative to Western, Chinese shots
DealStreetAsia
Singapore digital health platform Speedoc raises $28m
Company operates as a virtual clinic and hospital care provider
DealStreetAsia
Singapore gene therapy startup Nuevocor snags more funding
Biotech company pulls in another $11.6m from existing investors
DealStreetAsia
China medical investor Alwin Capital closes fund at $300m
Firm specializes in life science investments such as medical robots, equipment
DealStreetAsia
Carlyle in advanced talks to invest in Malaysian drugstore chain
Caring Pharmacy is majority-owned by 7-Eleven Malaysia
Health Care
AI-assisted cloud service to aid medical diagnosis in Japan
Health care consortium's platform addresses doctor shortages in rural areas
Business deals
LG Chem expands pharma push with $566m deal for U.S. drugmaker
Aveo's kidney cancer treatment poised for sales growth
Pharmaceuticals
Gambia child deaths threaten India's 'pharmacy of world' position
Company suspended over cough syrups suspected in nearly 70 fatal cases
Health Care
Indonesia finds medicines with ingredients tied to 99 child deaths
Jakarta bans sales over materials linked to acute kidney injury
Coronavirus
Japan's Fujifilm stops developing Avigan as COVID drug
Once coveted pill failed to show significant results in subsequent trials
COVID vaccines
China builds plants for mRNA vaccines still in development limbo
CanSino, Sinopharm seek Chinese equivalents of Pfizer and Moderna shots
Coronavirus
Japan asks drugmakers to make more COVID-and-flu combo test kits
Groups including Roche and Denka requested to make 35-40m doses for winter
Caixin
How a Chinese mRNA COVID vaccine was approved in Indonesia
Southeast Asian country aims to be more self-sufficient in dealing with pandemic
Opinion
Japan must face up to growing danger of drug-resistant germs
To protect aging population, country needs to foster antibiotic development
