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CGT Global Convergence 2026: India charts roadmap from scientific innovation to patient access

India, Aug. 21 -- India's cell and gene therapy (CGT) ecosystem is moving from scientific innovation towards clinical translation and commercialisation, but the country will need stronger regulatory p... Read More


CGT Global Convergence 2026: India must bridge innovation and patient access, says Ravi Boratakar

India, Aug. 21 -- India must focus on making cell and gene therapies (CGT) accessible, affordable, scalable and sustainable as the sector moves from scientific breakthroughs towards wider clinical ado... Read More


Medicover Hospitals launches new Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation lab in Mumbai

India, Aug. 21 -- Medicover Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, has launched its Advanced Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Laboratory, expanding access to non-invasive brain stimulation therapy for patient... Read More


US-Japan collaboration for liquid biopsy screening in lung cancer

Singapore, Aug. 21 -- US-based Pillar Biosciences, Inc., LC-SCRUM-Asia and LSI Medience Corporation have announced a collaboration to support genomic screening of blood-based samples from patients wit... Read More


Korea's Crescom inks MoU with UKM Medical College in Malaysia for bone age analysis

Singapore, Aug. 21 -- South Korea-based Crescom, a company specialising in musculoskeletal medical artificial intelligence (AI), has signed a joint research agreement with the Faculty of Medicine at t... Read More


Taiwan's Astron Medtech receives Presidential Award, accelerates US commercial expansion

Singapore, Aug. 21 -- Aztron Medtech Corporation, a US-based orthopaedic device company, has announced that its Taiwan subsidiary, Astron Medtech, has received the Presidential Award, the highest hono... Read More


Genentech injects $750 M in new device fill-finish manufacturing facility in US

Singapore, Aug. 21 -- Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has announced plans to invest approximately $750 million in a new device fill-finish manufacturing facility at its 75-acre campus in Hills... Read More


Indian societies issue first joint consensus on personalised obesity management

Singapore, Aug. 21 -- The Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India and the Endocrine Society of India have issued their first joint consensus on obesity management, calling for the condition to ... Read More


'To achieve the EV target, purchase and production of combustion-engine vehicles will have to stop'

India, Aug. 20 -- India has made strong progress on rail electrification and electric two-wheelers, but commercial EVs such as trucks and buses are still in the early stages, says IIT Madras professor... Read More


School protests across 10 states mirror gaps in basic facilities noted in government report

India, Aug. 20 -- In July and August 2026, at least 10 states and 25 districts have reported protests by school students on issues ranging from teacher shortages and poor classrooms to drinking water,... Read More