Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
In an interview the British media Bloomberg interviews Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, expresses the importance of China for companies such as their own. When asked to explain why China …
AstraZeneca sees China as an important partner Read More
AstraZeneca Indonesia -the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company – has been chosen as the Best Place to Work in Indonesia for the second year in a row. According to an internal survey, …
AstraZeneca Indonesia voted as best workplace once again Read More
Penang island and state (Malaysia) is already a very established travel destination and business centre – for all the good reasons with its very successful manufacturing hub and FDI, as …
World class medical services in Penang ready to welcome more expats, Asians and westerners Read More
Novo Nordisk Pharma (Thailand) Ltd. won Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards 2023. Founded in Denmark, the healthcare company was honored as the Inspirational Brand, Fast Enterprise, and Corporate Excellence . This …
Novo Nordisk Pharma (Thailand) Ltd. wins Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards 2023 Read More
AstraZeneca, the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant, is building a research and development center in Hong Kong. The new center will be focusing on cell and gene therapy drugs. Set to be …
AstraZeneca to build R&D center in Hong Kong Read More
The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca has made a deal with Chinese biotech Usynova. The Chinese company announced a licensing agreement with AstraZeneca for the clinical-stage small molecule KRASG12D inhibitor UA022. …
AstraZeneca makes deal with Chinese biotech Usynova Read More
Last Friday, the Strategic Sector Cooperation (SSC) on Statistics from Denmark visited Vietnam. The aim of the visit was to ‘leverage administrative data from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) database …
Tea enhances collaboration Read More
Anglo-Swedish drug company AstraZeneca announced that it signed a licensing agreement with Eccogene, a Chinese firm for oral medicines which will treat diabetes and obesity on Thursday, 9 November 2023. …
AstraZeneca signs agreement with Chinese firm for oral obesity drug Read More
Chinese telecommunication corporation, Huawei, launched a new Health Lab in Helsinki, Finland to serve as a research platform for the company’s health and fitness sector. The laboratory is equipped with …
Huawei develops new Health Lab in Finland Read More
Norwegian medical company, Somamed AS, has had an increase in its annual sales by 450% since they moved its production to Vietnam, the Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi writes on Facebook. …
Norwegian ‘Rhino Horns’ increase in sale after partnership with Vietnam Read More
The beginning of October marked a remarkable milestone in the Danish health collaboration with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and Thai Binh Province, as they have put together a training …
New Danish-Vietnamese health training programme settled Read More
Danish Novo Nordisk said on Monday 16 October 2023 that it will spend up to $1.3 billion to buy an experimental hypertension (high blood pressure) drug from Singapore-based ‘KBP Biosciences.’ …
Novo Nordisk buys experimental blood pressure drug from Singapore Read More
Indonesian vaccine manufacturer Bio Farma has formed a 10-year partnership with The Coalition For Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in Norway to boost the manufacturing of outbreak vaccines. As a response …
Norway and Indonesia in new vaccine partnership Read More
Novo Nordisk has established itself in the medicine market with patents that earn billions. Mainly due to the obesity drug Wegovy and the diabetes medicine Ozempic. Both consists of an …
Approaching patent expiration in China may threaten Novo’s billion-dollar business Read More
The Anglo-Swedish pharma company, AstraZeneca’s Calquence product has been approved in China for the treatment of adults with leukemia. The company stated this on Monday, September 4. The product has …
AstraZeneca’s leukemia product approved in China Read More
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has surpassed LVMH and is now Europe’s most valuable listed company. LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury retailer, is currently suffering due to growing concerns about …
Danish Novo Nordisk surpasses LVMH as Europe’s most valuable company Read More
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has achieved the highest year-on-year revenue growth by sales during the second quarter of 2023 – in comparison to the other 20 top pharmaceutical firms, …
Novo Nordisk in record growth due to obesity and diabetes drug sales Read More
Novo Nordisk’s obesity medicine Wegovy reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes according to a highly anticipated study. People with obesity or are overweight with a history of heart …
Novo Nordisk is now second biggest firm in Europe after study finds that Wegovy cuts risk of heart attacks Read More
CanSino Biologics has agreed with the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca to provide “contract development and manufacturing services” to support the mRNA vaccine program. The Chinese company said in a statement on …
China’s CanSino in vaccine deal with AstraZeneca Read More
Swedish Drugmaker AstraZeneca is drafting plans to spin-off its China business. According to the Financial Times on Sunday, June 18, the company is considering listing a separate unit in Hong …
AstraZeneca is planning a China business spin-off Read More
Danish pharmaceutical titan Novo Nordisk has applied to China’s drug regulator to widen the range of use of its diabetes medicine Ozempic. In the US Ozempic is also used as …
Novo Nordisk’s diet drug may land in China soon Read More
Danish Novo Nordisk reported Thursday, May 4, a 39% increase in first-quarter profits, due to the company’s sales of obesity treatments. From January to March, net profit reached 19.8 billion …
Novo Nordisk experience big profit rise due to obesity treatments Read More
Hong Kong is facing a shortage of the Swedish medicine Tamiflu which is administered to Kids with the flu. The lack of medicine is expected to continue until June. There …
Hong Kong face shortage of Swedish Tamiflu drug for children Read More
Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has given the green light to Wegovy. Wegovy is the weight-loss drug by Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, that has gained huge popularity on …
Singapore approves Danish weight-loss drug Read More
Sweden’s AstraZeneca recently signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health to enhance healthcare and expand sustainable development collaborations in Vietnam. “In the next five years …
AstraZeneca joins hand with Vietnamese Ministry of Health for sustainable collaborations Read More
Coloplast is downgrading its expectations for the financial year, despite growth in the ostomy business. The Danish company states that they expect a reported revenue growth of 9-10 percent against …
Coloplast with growth in revenue, but sales in China are challenging Read More
Thai medical firm Siam Bioscience, owned by the King Maha Vajiralongkorn, reported a near 50-fold increase in annual profit in 2021, when it began producing AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine. According …
Siam Bioscience reports its record profit after vaccine deal with AstraZeneca Read More
The Danish Ambassador, Mr. Jon Thorgaard attended a co-signing ceremony between Thailand’s Department of Medical Services, under the Ministry of Public Health, Department of Medical Services Foundation and Novo Nordisk …
Danish Ambassador attends signing ceremony on healthcare in Thailand Read More
A little-known Danish drugmaker won formal approval in the EU for its vaccine against monkeypox as the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a global health emergency. Bavarian Nordic’s smallpox …
Danish vaccine first in the world against Monkeypox Read More
Globally, health and wellbeing statistics are very different for men compared to women. For overseas employees, the contrast may be even more stark, with different host countries having different attitudes …
Overseas employers should care more about men’s health Read More
Expat stress world wide has reached an all-time high. Almost all expats are having symptoms of burnout. These are some of the findings of a Global Well-Being Survey of 11.922 …
Most expats are ‘burnt out’ Read More
A traveler from Finland was the first case in the Philippines of the Omicron subvariant, BA.2.12. to be discovered in the country. The 52-year-old Finnish national arrived in the Philippines …
Finnish woman first person to present with BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant in Philippines Read More
Is there a healthier place to live than where you are currently living? If you knew where it is, would you move there? Yes, of course, – if it wasn’t …
Best city for healthy living in the world Read More
In the last half of January, two large cargo aircraft will be landing and taking off several times from Billund Airport as they will be transporting 35 million covid-19 self-test …
Two planes to deliver 35 million self-tests from China to Denmark Read More
The Chinese-manufactured Boson-brand test, distributed by Pamark Group, is the most-sold antigen test in Finland and so far this month, Pamark has imported three million home test kits. YLE writes that …
Chinese-manufactured Boson-brand test is the most-sold antigen test in Finland Read More
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which runs Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), has decided to exclude one of China’s top pharmaceutical companies, Yunnan Baiyao due to endangered animal concerns. …
Norges Bank excludes Chinese Yunnan Baiyao on endangered animal concerns Read More
TopEngage recruits patients for different specialized hospitals/clinics and medical companies in Asia. In year 2016, the Latvian born Oksana Petersen decided to start her own company, TopEngage. At this time …
Oksana and her company TopEngage Read More
On Friday November 26th 2021, the latest Fitness studio 24/ Seven opened on Sukhumvit Road near Nana Bts station. The first was established in 2018. Who stands behind this gym? …
New Fitness studio 24/Seven opened in Nana area on Friday the 26th of November Read More
Novo Nordisk Taiwan was recently awarded the title “Outstanding Foreign Business” at the 75th Golden Marchant Award Ceremony in Taiwan, The Trade Council of Denmark, Taipei reports. With 95 years …
Novo Nordisk Taiwan received Golden Merchant Award Read More
The Swedish company Aegirbio’s test for Covid-19 has been the only test for saliva detection approved by the Thai equivalent of the FDA (US Medicines Agency) for sale on …
Aegirbio’s saliva test approved by Thailand’s FDA Read More
Sweden-based ISR Immune System Regulation Holding AB (publ), which develops inhalation vaccines against Covid-19 has signed an investment agreement with Singapore Resources Development PTE. Ltd, the company announced in this press …
ISR signs investment agreement with Singaporean company for development of inhaled covid-19 vaccine Read More
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Denmark. Novo Nordisk specializes in diabetes care medication and the long-established Danish company has been providing …
Novo Nordisk to raise the amount of clinical trial investment in Thailand Read More
It might seem paradoxical that the well-known Danish doctor and corona critic Vibeke Manniche has done so much to talk the covid-19 pandemic down in the last many months while …
Corona critical Danish doctor makes money on selling test kits from China Read More
The Chinese pharmaceutical company Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. has acquired 100% of the share capital of the Finnish dental equipment manufacturer Fimet Oy along with its operations in Finland and …
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals acquires Fimet Oy and its operations in Finland and China Read More
The Swedish company Aegirbio, which specializes in Covid-19 saliva tests, has together with Nowmed Sweden landed an order valued at approximately SEK 100 million, Dagens Industri reports. Aegirbio’s Covid saliva …
Swedish Aegirbio signs 100 million SEK order on Covid test for distribution in Asia Read More
Novo Nordisk Thailand has been recently recognized as one of the best companies to work in Thailand, Thailand Business News reports. Novo Nordisk Thailand is an affiliate of the Danish …
Novo Nordisk in Thailand a great place to work Read More
Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce invites members to join an online wellbeing session on 17 June 2021 focusing on options how to relax from stress with ‘Relax, Retreat, Restart’. The sessions …
TSCC invites to online well being webinar Read More
On 10 June 2021 the Nordic Innovation House Singapore introduced the latest member. Johan Möller, Co-Director of Southeast Asia and head of Brighter – A human innovation company‘s operations in …
NIH-SG welcomes new Swedish health tech member Read More
Three of the Nordic chambers of commerce invite members to a joint webinar ‘Experience of a COVID-19 Survivor and Vaccination’ on 27 May 2021. Mr. Jen Meckhayai, Executive Director of …
Get to know more of Covid-19 vaccine with the next joint chamber webinar Read More
On 18 May 2021 Camfil Thailand joined hands with the Ministry of Health in providing 100 sets of air purifiers to the negative pressure room at the Muangthong Thani Convention, …
Swedish air purifiers Camfil installed at emergency hospital in Bangkok Read More