August 12, 2026

TFDA Orders Recall of Over 87,000 Antihypertensive Tablets

Taipei: The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has mandated the recall of 87,360 tablets of the antihypertensive drug Beniel F.C. Tablets 8 mg, manufactured by Synmosa Biopharma Corp., due to concerns about the drug’s effectiveness. This recal…

Taiex Rises Amid AI Stock Gains Despite Cautious Turnover

Taipei: Shares in Taiwan closed higher Wednesday led by AI-related stocks, while turnover was limited ahead of U.S. consumer price index (CPI) data due later in the day, dealers said. The Taiex, the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s benchmark index, ended up 39…

SPIL Launches NT$100 Billion AI Chip Packaging Plant in Yunlin

Taipei: Siliconware Precision Industries Co. (SPIL) on Tuesday broke ground on a NT$100 billion (US$3.11 billion) Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate (CoWoS) plant in Yunlin County to package and test artificial intelligence (AI) chips. At a groundbreaking cer…