On April 14, 2014, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced that it is planning to test random drug samples of products currently on the market, starting in June 2014. Both generic drugs and original drugs will be tested,... Read More
2014年4月14日，朝鲜食品药品安全部（MFDS）宣布，从2014年6月开始它计划随机抽查已上市药品的生物等效性。仿制药和原创药都在测试范围里。这项措施的目的是提高仿制药的市场在韩国的质量。 Read More
The Indian medical device market is worth about $4.3 billion dollars. It is expected to grow to about $12 billion dollars by 2022. More and more Western device companies are registering their products in India. For registration renewals, the DCGI is now... Read More
On March 31, 2014, the Chinese government released a revised version of the "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices." These regulations were approved by the State Council on February 13, 2014 and will officially go into effect June 1,... Read More
Malaysia's pharmaceutical market is valued at over $3 billion and has a double-digit annual growth rate. Thanks to an increasingly affluent and expanding middle class, an aging population, urbanization and higher quality healthcare and medicines, Malaysians spent about $400 per person on... Read More
The pharmaceutical market in Thailand had a 2013 value of more than $4.5 billion, almost the same size as the Taiwan market. Already the second largest in Southeast Asia (behind Indonesia). the Thai drug market is projected to double by 2020. Read More
In order to reduce the risk of future patent litigations, the Indian Patent Office (IPO) announced draft guidelines for drug patents on March 7, 2014. A two week period was given for public comment. This draft guideline revision comes in the wake... Read More
This report on Asian CROs provides a comprehensive list of contract research organizations in Asia. The countries covered include: Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Included for each CRO are contact information, description of... Read More
China's medical device market has grown to $13 billion, the second largest in Asia after Japan. The number of foreign medical device manufacturers registering their products in China has grown exponentially. View our webcast to learn about the new regulations in China.... Read More
Singapore, a small island nation in the South China Sea with a population of 5.5 million, has recently become a hot spot for sophisticated pharmaceutical research and manufacturing. In 2013, the country had an average purchasing power parity (PPP) per-capita GDP of... Read More