Thailand’s food safety testing equipment market grew 4% last year to $377 million. Over the next three years, the market is estimated to grow 3%, driven by demand for diagnostic or lab reagents, lab instruments (including protein and fat analyzers, gas analyzers, incubators, freezers, microscopes, physical and chemical analysis instruments, lab sterilizers) and floating meters […]

The Taiwanese government’s National Development Fund has announced plans to invest TWD 24 billion ($731.7 million) to develop the country’s domestic biotechnology industry, including TWD 60 billion in funding next year. Private investments in the program are expected to be TWD 36 billion. In addition to the TWD 3 billion limit on funding from any […]

The latest proposed amendments to China’s law on the environment management of chemical substances has been released. Eco-toxicological testing of new chemical substances would be required, even if the products have passed similar tests in other regions, and would have to be conducted at Chinese labs. Notification procedures would be simplified for chemicals manufactured or […]

South Korea plans to spend WON 155 billion ($121 million) to fund 26 short-term, green projects in eight fields (biopharmacy, robotic applications, renewable desalination plants, LED applications, system semiconductors, next generation displays, green cars, clean briquette energy). There are seven projects for LED applications, five green car projects, four biopharmacy projects and four semiconductor projects. […]