There are still few medical biotech companies in Bangladesh, a country where the biotech sector in Bangladesh is still at nascent stage. However, the agricultural biotech sector has witnessed progress and innovations such as the Plant Tissue Culture in 1990 and the Bt Brinjal’s approval in 2013. In 1999, the National Institute of Biotechnology was … Read more
There are few biotech companies in Pakistan, with the biotech sector still at its infancy. However, there has been progress in research and development sector of agriculture biotech leading to the development of several GM crops. Biotech Companies in Pakistan Alee Biotech (Pvt) Ltd. Tipu Block Garden Town, Lahore, 54600, Pakistan Phone: +92 312 6740000Email: … Read more
Top biotech companies in Vietnam include LiveSpo Pharma, that develops medical probiotics, and Gene Solutions, that produces non-invasive tests, oncology tests, and genetic solutions. Vietnam focus on the biotech research and development (R&D) in agriculture, but also environmental and therapeutics. The country is aiming to become one of the best countries for biotech in South … Read more
There are few red biotech companies in the Philippines, however, the country has made good progress in the area of agricultural biotechnology. The Philippines is one of the first countries in the Southeast Asia to adopt biotechnology, especially in the agricultural sector. It planted the first biotech crop (maize) in Southeast Asia, and was ranked … Read more
Top biotech companies in Hong Kong include Great Bay Bio (GBB), ALiA BioTech, Arbele Limited, GenEditBio Limited, Serilink Biotechnology Company Limited, Medusa Therapeutics Limited, and BayVax Biotech Limited. As of 2021, there are more than 350 companies involved in biotech activities like drug discovery, medical devices, stem cell therapy, and genetic testing. Hong Kong has … Read more
Top biotech companies in Taiwan include TailMed Biologics, PharmaEssentia, Formosa Pharmaceuticals, Taiwan Biotech Co., Ltd, United BioPharma, ScinoPharm Taiwan, TaiGen Biotechnology, PharmaEngine, SyneuRX, OBI Pharma, Adimmune Corp., Acepodia, among others. 172 companies were officially recognized as biotech companies by MOEA in 2022. This recognition paves way for incentives like tax credits, R&D expenses, subsidies, and … Read more
Leading biotech companies in South Korea include Samsung Bioepis, Samsung Biologics, Medipost, Cha Biotech, LigaChem Biosciences, Alteogen, Orum Therapeutics, Celltrion, among others. There are over 1000 biotech companies in South Korea of which most of them are startups especially university spinoffs. The major focus areas include biosimilars, biopharma manufacturing, therapeutic areas like cell and gene … Read more
Top biotech companies in Japan such as Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Astellas are promoting the growth of biotech sector in Japan through substantial infrastructural investment. Takeda established Shonan iPark, a facility that hosts 1,700 researchers, and has lab and office spaces in 2018. Astellas in collaboration with incubator, BioLabs, launched a biotech facility. The … Read more
There is an increasing number of biotech companies in Thailand, an emerging biotech hub in Southeast Asia. Though Thailand still lags behind other countries in the region such as Singapore and Malaysia, it is making significant effort to improve productivity in the sector. The National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), is one of … Read more
PT Etana Biotechnologies, and Bio Farma are two major biotech companies in Indonesia that are utilizing mRNA technology in the production of vaccines. Indonesia has a lower number of biotech researchers and R&D in biotechnology when compared to other neighbors like Singapore and Malaysia. In the Global Biotechnology Innovation Scorecard, Indonesia is ranked 52nd out … Read more