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EDITORIAL
BioBoard
India
• Lack of access to technology 'hampers detection of substandard drugs'
Japan
• Daiichi Sankyo announces development of nucleic acid treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy utilizing proprietary technology
Singapore
• IBN creates unlimited source of human kidney cells
• Dyesol and Singapore's NTU sign agreement
The Philippines
• Global biotech/GM crop plantings increase 100-fold from 1996
Australia
• Phosphagenics further expands pain portfolio
• Primary Health Care signs Australia distribution agreement for iGeneScreenTM prenatal test
• Folic acid in pregnancy linked with reduced autism risk
• Phylogica and Bio-Link collaborate to commercialize anti-inflammatory Phylomers
• ABRAXANE® plus gemcitabine improves survival in Phase III study of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer
Canada
• Verisante Technology, Inc. announces first sales of aura, a revolutionary medical device for the detection of skin cancer
Europe
• Project eyes robust medical technology for poor countries
United Kingdom
• Asthma sufferers have more lung fungi
• Pioneering drug discovery gets major funding to move to next stage
United States
• Gilead's sofosbuvir for hepatitis C meets primary endpoint in fourth pivotal Phase III study
• Eleven Biotherapeutics publishes data on EBI-005, a novel IL-1 inhibitor protein for topical treatment of dry eye disease
• Phase I/II trial of ADXS-HPV in anal cancer conducted by Brown University Oncology Group
• Scopolamine: An old drug with new psychiatric applications
• New bioengineered ears look and act like the real thing
• To trap a rainbow, slow down light
• AB SCIEX responds to milk contamination concerns with new method to detect dicyandiamide
Eye on China
• Regeneron and Bayer initiate Phase III trial of EYLEA® (aflibercept) injection for the treatment of diabetic macular edema in Asia and Russia
• Crystal Pharmatech and Particle Sciences form a US-China pharmaceutical CRO partnership
• SFDA grants approval for clinical studies to Benapenem
• Chinese scientists develop cheap e-notebook for the blind
• China and India catching up in the innovation stakes
Features
• ASEAN Economic Community 2015
• Advancing Rice Agriculture through Molecular Breeding
• Boosting Thailand's Food and Feed Industry
• Building Manpower Capacity and Capabilities for Thailand and ASEAN
• Pursuing Immunopathophysiology Research to Support Typhus Vaccine Developement
People Watch
• When the West meets the East
Review
• Treating An Aging Population — Innovative Dutch Solutions
Inside Industry
• Concert Pharmaceuticals announces completion of enrollment in Phase II CTP-499 clinical trial for the treatment of diabetic kidney disease
• NanoLogix bacteria detection plates break longevity records using Anthrax
• AngioLight lands strategic partnership with Medical Technologies Innovation Asia
• BioScience Managers expands Asia Pacific presence
• Simbionix signs an agreement with the Laparoscopic Surgical Skills Foundation
• The Institute for Systems Biology and AB SCIEX partner to help make medical care more predictive and personalized
• Alchemia appoints Charles Walker as Chief Executive Officer
• Anergis expands management team
• Novozymes acquires enzyme business from Canadian Iogen Corporation
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