Taiwan

Lotus will look forward to adding ophthalmic and respiratory products to its growing portfolio after striking a deal to swallow up Teva’s operations in Thailand.

Biomedicine is a priority sector for Taiwan. The government has goals to establish Taiwan as the capital of biomedical research and development in the Asia-Pacific region. The country is striving to develop 20 new medicines, bring 80 high-value medical devices to market, and build biomedicine into a trillion-NT-dollar industry by 2025. Tax incentives and other credits will help expand the scale of the biotech and pharmaceutical industry.  

A recent survey showed healthcare as among the sectors US companies were most concerned about amid the ongoing China-US tensions over Taiwan. But how do biotech firms on the island itself view the current situation? We spoke to the president of one amid Taiwan’s imminent reopening.

A recent survey showed healthcare as the sector US public companies were most concerned about (after semiconductors) amid the ongoing China-US tensions over Taiwan. But how do biotech firms in Taiwan itself view the current situation? Scrip spoke to the president of one of the most innovative and active companies in the sector, amid the island’s imminent reopening to the world after over two long years under pandemic restrictions.

Bora Pharmaceuticals says it has become “the largest pharmaceutical group by volume in Taiwan” after acquiring TWi Pharmaceuticals.

Amid simmering regional geopolitical tensions, speakers at a recent conference highlighted the multiple benefits of conducting clinical trials in Taiwan, while pointing to what more could be done to improve the local ecosystem.

Compassionate use programs (CUP) are a developing field in Asian countries. In the majority of Asian states, the CU applies to Named-Patients Program (NPP). In the most countries, understanding of CUP for unapproved drugs is poor among the public, and even for professional communities. 

The company plans to conduct additional analyses of data from ongoing trials that are testing its PI3K inhibitor in combination with rituximab for treating types of indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Aztiq and Innobic aim to create a “powerful pharmaceuticals enterprise with global resources, networks and reach” after signing a definitive agreement to become the leading shareholders in Lotus Pharmaceutical and the sole shareholder in B2B firm Adalvo.

The US FDA says it’s “investigating certain imported medical gloves that appear to have been reprocessed, cleaned, or recycled and sold as new.” The 270 firms in question are listed on an import alert that says their gloves are subject to Detention without Physical Examination.

Here’s the complete list of foreign firms that were included on an import alert because gloves they made or sold may have been “reprocessed, cleaned, or recycled and sold as new,” the US FDA says.

Health leaders in Sweden, Norway, Australia, Canada and Taiwan predicted the universal impact of digital solutions during the pandemic and lessons learned that will impact future care.

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Taiwan's president the first to receive domestically developed vaccine which results so far suggest has high efficacy, amid multiple challenges for the local inoculation campaign. 

Taiwan’s Medical Device Act was enforced on 1 May, bringing changes to good distribution practice and laying the foundation for UDI regulations.

South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration will transition from ICCR observers to full members, joining regulatory authorities from the US, Europe, Japan, Canada and Brazil. PCPC’s Francine Lamoriello, EVP of global affairs, discusses.

Mundipharma and Samsung Bioepis are undertaking an exclusive commercialization partnership for a portfolio of biosimilars in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Alvogen is expanding its presence in Asia by licensing a novel oral contraceptive from Belgium’s Mithra and striking a deal to market Orion’s Parkinson’s disease drugs.

Having taken personal charge of leading its Taiwanese affiliate, Alvogen head Robert Wessman is looking to make Lotus Pharmaceuticals a global player in cancer therapies.