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BANGKOK – Southeast Asia is seeing a major shift in modern medicine. The region has long carried a heavy burden of genetic and infectious diseases, and for many families, treatment has often meant lifelong medication with limited relief. [1]

TOKYO -- Gene therapy is the introduction of genes into the body to treat diseases using the actions of those genes. [2]

TOKYO -- Japanese biotechnology company PrimRNA will launch clinical trials for a treatment using messenger RNA to repair osteoarthritis of the knee, a condition that afflicts many older adults. [3]

PharmaceuticalsJapan's Astellas to close U.S. gene therapy drug production facility About 100 employees at California biotech plant set to be laid off or transferred Japan's Astellas Pharma says the closure of a facility in California, US, is part of... [4]

TOKYO -- Japan is nearing approval for a pair of highly anticipated gene therapies, but a debate over health care costs seems sure to follow amid the anticipated growth of such expensive treatments. [5]

SINGAPORE -- At first glance, Biopolis looks like one of this city-state's financial centers or shopping malls -- rows of shiny towers connected by glass-walled corridors. [6]

CEBU, Philippines -- Nuevocor, a Singapore-based preclinical-stage biotech startup, has raised an additional $11.6 million in funding from existing investors, according to regulatory filings. [7]

SINGAPORE -- Cancer antibody developer Hummingbird Bioscience has received approval from Singapore health authorities to start a clinical trial for COVID-19 antibody therapy. [8]

Sources
[1] TH www.chiangraitimes.com · 2025-11-17 · 85% match

Gene Therapy Cures Sparking Hope in Thailand and Southeast Asia

BANGKOK – Southeast Asia is seeing a major shift in modern medicine. The region has long carried a heavy burden of genetic and infectious diseases, and for many families, treatment has often meant lifelong medication with limited relief.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-08-20 · 68% match

Latest gene therapies promise 'miracle' cures

TOKYO -- Gene therapy is the introduction of genes into the body to treat diseases using the actions of those genes.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-08-08 · 42% match

Japanese biotech firm to test mRNA treatment for knee arthritis

TOKYO -- Japanese biotechnology company PrimRNA will launch clinical trials for a treatment using messenger RNA to repair osteoarthritis of the knee, a condition that afflicts many older adults.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-10-08 · 56% match

Japan's Astellas to close U.S. gene therapy drug production facility

PharmaceuticalsJapan's Astellas to close U.S. gene therapy drug production facility About 100 employees at California biotech plant set to be laid off or transferred Japan's Astellas Pharma says the closure of a facility in California, US, is part of

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-02-21 · 54% match

Japan approves 2 gene treatments in bid to catch up

TOKYO -- Japan is nearing approval for a pair of highly anticipated gene therapies, but a debate over health care costs seems sure to follow amid the anticipated growth of such expensive treatments.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-05-29 · 51% match

Banking on biomed to boost growth

SINGAPORE -- At first glance, Biopolis looks like one of this city-state's financial centers or shopping malls -- rows of shiny towers connected by glass-walled corridors.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-11-04 · 48% match

Singapore gene therapy startup Nuevocor snags more funding

CEBU, Philippines -- Nuevocor, a Singapore-based preclinical-stage biotech startup, has raised an additional $11.6 million in funding from existing investors, according to regulatory filings.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-10-28 · 47% match

Singapore Hummingbird to start COVID antibody therapy trial

SINGAPORE -- Cancer antibody developer Hummingbird Bioscience has received approval from Singapore health authorities to start a clinical trial for COVID-19 antibody therapy.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-07-14 · 45% match

Astellas bets on gene therapies with $100m plant in US

TOKYO -- Astellas Pharma is spending over $100 million to build a state-of-the-art American plant for a key component of gene therapies, a hot new market expected to balloon in the coming years.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-06-17 · 45% match

India's Biocon Biologics in funding talks with Baring PE Asia

NEW DELHI -- Biocon Biologics, a unit of India's largest biopharmaceutical company Biocon, is in talks with Asia-focused Baring Private Equity Asia to raise funding in lieu of a minority stake, sources familiar with the matter told DealStreetAsia.

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