Tag: Genomics

Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (Bursa: MGRC, 0155), a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical specialist, announced today that the Company has appointed Dato’ Seri Dr Chen Chaw Min as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.The appointment is effective 15 July 2022, following the resignation of Tan Sri Ahmad bin Mohd Don on 12 July 2022. Dato’ Seri Dr Chen, who was appointed to the Board on 3 August 2021, was with the Malaysian civil service from 1988 until his retirement in February 2021. He was the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Health (MOH) from July 2015 until his ... Read more

Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (Bursa: MGRC, 0155), a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical specialist, is pleased to announce that it is uplifted from being classified as an affected listed corporation effective 13 June 2022.This followed the decision by Bursa Securities Malaysia Berhad to grant the Group a waiver in submitting a regularisation plan after being classified as an affected listed corporation pursuant to Rule 8.03A of the Listing Requirements. Bursa Securities had made the classification according to Rule 8.03A on 24 December 2019 and Malaysian Genomics had submitted an application seeking approval to exempt the Group from submitting a proposed ... Read more

Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (Bursa: MGRC, 0155), a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical specialist, is pleased to support Yayasan Seri Negara’s (YSN) Ihya Ramadhan 2022 programme through a monetary donation to help those in need. Dato’ Seri Mazlan Lazim, Patron of Yayasan Seri Negara and Encik Azri Azerai, Executive Director of Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre [L-R] The Ihya Ramadhan 2022 programme will be held in several locations throughout the country and involves the breaking of fast and the giving of monetary aid to orphans and the underprivileged. Encik Azri Azerai, Executive Director of Malaysian Genomics, said, “We are happy and ... Read more

Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (“Malaysian Genomics” or “the Group”), a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical specialist, was recently awarded a COVID-19 surveillance contract by the Institute for Medical Research (“IMR”), the biomedical research arm of the Ministry of Health (“MOH”). Malaysian Genomics is one of the private laboratories that IMR has engaged to outsource genome surveillance of SARS-CoV2. Dato’ Alvin Nesakumar, Executive Director of Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad Dato’ Alvin Nesakumar, Executive Director of Malaysian Genomics, said, “We are pleased to support IMR and MOH in this important effort to monitor the evolution of the COVID-19 virus, its variants ... Read more