2025/12/10

Taiwan forms clinical trial alliance to accelerate access to new medicines

Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) Taiwan on Monday launched a new clinical trial alliance aimed at coordinating medical institutions nationwide to help patients gain faster access to promising but not yet approved medicines, according to its initiators. "It is ...

2025/12/10

Pioneering Taiwanese cardiologist Lien Wen-pin dead at 97

Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) Lien Wen-pin (連文彬), a cardiologist whose nearly seven-decade career yielded numerous medical firsts in Taiwan, has died at the age of 97. Lien's family confirmed his death in a social media post over the weekend. Born on Dec....

2025/12/10

Taiwan to continue universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns

Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) Taiwan will not follow the United States' controversial decision to end universal hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns, as over half of the country's infections are mother-to-child transmission, Taiwan Centers for Disease Cont...