Celgene halts phase III trial of cancer drug Revlimid

Singapore: Celgene has discontinued treatment with Revlimid (lenalidomide), prescribed for for multiple myeloma, in open...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Immune cells essential to establish pregnancy: Study

Singapore: Research from University of Adelaide have shown that immune cells known as macrophages are critical to fertil...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
NZ, Aus govt commit $2.5 mn for rheumatic vaccine

Singapore: The decision by New Zealand and Australian Prime Ministers to investigate potential vaccines against rheumati...

February 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Australia, China team up to promote healthy ageing

Singapore: Senior scientists from Australia and China are meeting at the Australian Academy of Science on July 23 and 24...

July 23, 2012 | Monday | News
Aus firm to raise $10 mn for multiple sclerosis drug

Singapore: Australia medical biotechnology company, Innate Immunotherapeutics, plans to raise up to $10.93 million (A$12...

November 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
CardioCel continues to get surgeons' nod in Australia

Singapore: CardioCel, a cardiovascular tissue patch to repair heart deformities including repairing and reconstructing h...

October 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aimedics recalls sleep-time glucose monitor HypoMon

Singapore: Australia-based medical device developer Aimedics, in consultation with Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Benitec, uniQure sign cross-licensing deal

Singapore: Benitec Biopharma and uniQure, a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced a non-exclusive cross...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
US patent for Unilife Unifill syringes

Singapore: The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Unilife patent for the Unifill ready-to-fill (prefille...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Fujikura to license Cellmid's cancer antibody

Singapore: Japan-based Fujikura Kasei is going to licence cancer diagnostic antibody midkine (MK) developed by Australia...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Molecular diagnostics is key to future

China, Japan, India and Singapore are leveraging on genetic technologies to develop molecular diagnostic platform which ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
DSM launches cGMP facility in Brisbane

Singapore: DSM Pharmaceutical, the custom manufacturing and technology business of Royal DSM, has launched its new cGMP ...

October 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Phosphagenics appoints US advisers

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics has appointed US pharmaceutical consulting company,...

August 2, 2012 | Thursday | News
Mylan to develop, market Biocon generic insulin

Bangalore: India's No 2 biotech company, Bangalore-based Biocon has announced a strategic partnership with global generi...

February 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Transplant pig cells into human brain to treat Parkinson's

Singapore: Living Cell Technologies (LCT) has received ethical approval from the New Zealand Ministry of Health's Healt...

November 19, 2012 | Monday | News
Glen Pater is APAC head of UK-based CRO TranScrip

Singapore: TranScrip Partners, a UK-based contract service organization, has appointed Australia-based Dr Glen Pater. D...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
QRxPharma resubmits Moxduo NDA to US FDA

Singapore: QRxPharma announced that the company resubmitted its Moxduo New Drug Application (NDA) to the US FDA. As dis...

March 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Australia's Mayne Pharma launches Doryx in US

Singapore: Mayne Pharma Group has announced the launch of Doxycycline Hyclate Delayed-Release tablet in the US through t...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News