With expansion a prime focus for businesses worldwide, many are looking towards rapidly establishing new regions of growth, particularly in Asia, Pacifi c Rim countries.
The latest business developments from across Asia by Heather Hobbs To appear in our next issue, send your Business and Financial News stories to
heather@intlabmate.com
This section of International Labmate will especially look at the success of both Asian and European companies with established premises or business partnerships, highlighting the opportunities that exist while realising potential for other companies to move into export markets.
£1.1 Million Project Aims for Smart Farming in China
The University of Aberdeen is to lead a project designed to inform and guide policy and farming in China, with a view to fi nding a solution to pollution.
Involving 12 UK partners and 15 Chinese Institutions, the collaboration will build upon previous studies in a bid to develop sophisticated, simple to use tools, ranging from smartphone apps for fi eld use to specialist software that can test the environmental impacts of farm practices over large areas of land.
The MIDST-CZO project, which has received £1.1 million funding from the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) and further funding from the National Science Foundation of China, is a continuation of other China-UK projects.
Lead scientist Professor Paul Hallett, from Aberdeen’s School of Biological Sciences said: “This project follows on from what was, arguably, the deepest ever study of agricultural impacts to soil and water in China. Most studies of soils have been limited to shallow depths, but these new fi ndings have shed a lot of light on just how much applied fertilisers may be seeping out of soils to pollute water and air.
“By studying everything from the tops of trees to the bedrock beneath the soil, these projects contributed to a global network of Critical Zone Observatories. This has produced a wealth of knowledge that will allow our new follow-on project MIDST-CZO to seek a step-change in improved practices and policy in China to sustain soil and water resources.”
Professor Ganlin Zhang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Soil Science is one of the lead scientists involved from China. He said: “We are looking forward to continued collaboration with our colleagues in the
UK. The observatories established in China are producing fascinating fi ndings on how the environment works, so it is exciting to use this new information to guide better farming practices.”
“We hope our tools will help innovate agricultural production in other parts of the world, aiming to improve the profi tability of farming and its environmental impact at the same time.”
48561pr@reply-direct.com
PAA Appoints Hongkong Zaotong as Exclusive
Distributor in China and Hong Kong
Peak Analysis & Automation (PAA), a global leader in laboratory automation, and Hongkong Zaotong International Group Co Ltd, have announced a distribution agreement covering mainland China and Hong Kong. This agreement, signed on 17th January 2019, comes in response to a growing demand for PAA’s solutions across the regions. Hongkong Zaotong will serve as an exclusive distributor to sell and support PAA’s laboratory automation equipment, software and services.
Framework to Progress Installation of Cancer Treatment Systems across India
Tata Trusts and Varian have signed a three-year framework agreement focused on cancer care delivery through the installation of radiation therapy treatment systems across India, where an estimated 1.8 million new cancer cases a year are expected by 2025 [1].
The agreement fi ts into Tata Trusts’ goal of creating patient- centric cancer institutions to deliver treatments closer to patients’ homes, including in rural areas. The scope of the agreement includes the creation of a signifi cant number of new cancer centres and upgrading of existing centres, with the target of bringing care to an estimated 250,000 quarter million more patients per year.
In addition to the installation of the radiation therapy treatment systems, the Varian ARIA® oncology information system and Eclipse™ treatment planning system will be implemented in a secure network hosted on a private cloud, to assist in elevating the level of care across India. The fi rst systems are estimated to begin installation later in 2019.
“We are delighted to work together with Tata Trusts to achieve innovative, sustainable and world class standards of cancer care, while making a real difference in communities across India, beginning with the initial installations of systems over the coming months,” said Dow Wilson, President and Chief Executive Offi cer of Varian. “Working with Tata Trusts on this project is perfectly aligned with our core strategy of increasing access to high-quality care and creating a world without fear of cancer. We are proud that the Tata Trusts have put their faith in our solutions with this commitment to both our hardware and software platforms.”
1. Projections of burden of cancers: A new approach for measuring incidence cases for India and its states – Till 2025, Jang Bahadur Prasad Murali Dharb, Journal of Cancer Policy, Volume 16, June 2018, Pages 57-62
48628pr@reply-direct.com Multi-omics Based Research for Precision Medicine: Funding Call
The MRC, the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) are pleased to invite proposals to the UK-Korea multi-omics based precision medicine research initiative through the UK’s Fund for International Collaboration (FIC). This initiative will provide funding for one high-quality collaborative research consortium focusing on multi-omics based research for precision medicine.
In total, up to approximately £9 million will be made available for this initiative: up to £2 million of MRC funding in support of the UK component; and up to approximately £7 million from MSIT/NRF in support of the Korean component.
Closing date 24th April. Further guidance can be found in the general MRC Guidance for Applicants, the call-specifi c MRC UK Guidance for Applicants and the call-specifi c Guidance for preparing gthe Case for Support and Gantt Chart.
Visit:
www.mrc.ukri.org/funding/science-areas/international- and-global-health-research/the-fund-for-international- collaboration/
48654pr@reply-direct.com
Does your company sell or wish to sell laboratory products and services to the economies of Asia? Are you looking for local distributors and agents to represent you?
If so, why not advertise your products in our market-leading journal Lab Asia.
Email:
info@intlabmate.com
Commenting on the agreement, Jiayan Sun, Product Manager at Hongkong Zaotong, said: “Zaotong has been dedicated to automation solutions in life science for many years. We are delighted to be working with PAA as we regard PAA’s automation products as essential to the integration of other third-party products which we represent, such as liquid handling devices, plate and tube labellers, plate sealers and incubators. This relationship with PAA will allow us to provide our customers with a fully integrated laboratory solution.”
Keith Saunders, CEO at PAA also commented: “We are pleased to have appointed a partner with experience in selling and supporting integrated laboratory solutions to life science customers in order to address the increasing demand for our products in China. We are very confi dent that Hongkong Zaotong has the experience and expertise to grow with us and provide high levels of sales and after- sales services to future customers in the region.”
PAA supplies a wide range of automation solutions from simple benchtop solutions to large, customised and fully integrated systems for automating complex cell-based assays. The new distribution agreement ensures that customers in China and Hong Kong have easy access not only to these systems and PAA’s intuitive software packages, but also to high-quality regional service and support.
48623pr@reply-direct.com
Business
Opportunities Asia
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72
