J&J, Pfizer halt phase III trial of Alzheimer's drug
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 07 Aug, 2012
Singapore: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) discontinued phase III clinical development of bapineuzumab intravenous (IV) ...Read more
Evotec acquires Sanofi's drug discovery site
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Dec, 2014
Singapore: German firm Evotec has acquired Sanofi's drug discovery operation in Toulouse to build an European centre of ...Read more
FDA breakthrough for Roche's MS drug
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 19 Feb, 2016
Roche has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for t...Read more
Prima BioMed's immunotherapeutic drug secures Japanese patent
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 03 May, 2016
May 3, 2016: Australia-based Prima BioMed Ltd has announced that the company has been granted patent number 5908210 enti...Read more
MD Anderson, Astellas collaborate to develop new drug for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Apr, 2015
Japanese pharma giant Astellas Pharma Inc. and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has signed an option ag...Read more
Merck Millipore appoints Dr Udit Batra as CEO and President
Drug Discovery | Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 2 Comment | 15 Apr, 2014
Singapore: Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, has appointed Dr Udit Batra as its new President and CEO...Read more
US Pharmacopeial convention expands in China
Drug Discovery | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2014
Singapore: US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), a nonprofit global health organization that creates and promotes quality s...Read more
China's Adagene raises $28 million
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 01 Feb, 2016
Singapore: Adagene, China based antibody discovery and development company, has raised USD28 million Series B financing ...Read more
Merck, China firm to co-develop DNA repair drug
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2013
‎Singapore: Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck, has signed a global licensing, co-development, ...Read more
Pneumonia kills a 5-year-old child every 30 secs: UN
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2013
Singapore: Pneumonia remains the single biggest killer of children under the age of five globally, claiming the lives of...Read more
EMA gives Patrys cancer drug orphan status
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 12 Sep, 2013
Singapore: Australia-based Patrys, a clinical stage biotechnology company, has been granted orphan drug designation by t...Read more
Novogen drug candidate effective as anti-cancer agent in preclinical studies
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2015
Singapore: US-Australian drug discovery company, Novogen's drug candidate, Anisina, has progressed successfully in pre-c...Read more
Translation of ideas is Australia's key to growth'
Drug Discovery | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 3 Comment | 30 Sep, 2014
Over the past decade the world's centre of economic gravity has shifted from US and Europe to Asia at a speed and scale ...Read more
Researchers develop novel solutions to fight the obesity gene
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 20 Oct, 2014
Singapore: A research team led by scientists from National University of Singapore (NUS) has identified several potent i...Read more
China's Innovent raises $100 mn
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 31 Jan, 2015
Singapore: China biotech firm, Innovent Biologics, has raised $100 million in Series C financing led by Legend Capital, ...Read more
Network Verfication Challenge gains momentum
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2015
Singapore: Scientific consensus in the Network Verification Challenge, conducted in Spain from 15-18 June 2015, has exhi...Read more
Today scientists have poor frustration tolerance: Glivec discoverer
Drug Discovery | Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 2 Comment | 25 Jun, 2013
Dr Alex Matter, CEO, Experimental Therapeutics Center, A*Star, Singapore, is among the pioneers of the world's first tar...Read more
Australia grants $7 mn to uplift cancer research
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 11 May, 2015
Singapore: Cancer Council NSW, Australia's non-government cancer research funder, has granted almost $7 million to resea...Read more