NTT's conductive fiber to help in biomedical recordings

Singapore: Japanese company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has developed a conductive fiber by coating...

March 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Daiichi, ArQule enroll patient for cancer trial

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo and ArQule announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the pivotal phase III METIV-...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Three major Japanese labs collaborate on Parkinson's disease research

Tokyo: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd., Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University (CiRA) and Hit...

July 27, 2015 | Monday | News
BIO joins coalition to caution against further restructuring of Japan's Pharmaceutical Pricing

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has made an announcement that the organization has joined a coalition of organ...

July 31, 2015 | Friday | News
Japanese researchers discover potential drug target for muscle disease

Tokyo: In collaboration with the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences at Kyoto University, a team of CiRA researchers...

August 24, 2015 | Monday | News
Biocon, Fujifilm launch Insulin Glargine in Japan

Singapore: Marking a major achievement in Indian biosimilar history, India's Biocon announced that close on the heels of...

July 19, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Takeda USA joins National Pharmaceutical Council

Tokyo: The National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) has inducted Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Takeda), a wholly-owned s...

July 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
No more needles, no more pain!

Singapore: Vaccination will no longer be a painful process as researchers from Japan's Osaka University have developed a...

July 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
HUYA appoints Yoshiki Shimamura as VP for Japan Operations

The international operation of Chinese pharmaceutical company, HUYA Bioscience International (HUYA) has expanded its Sen...

July 1, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Kowa, Chugai to market liver cancer drug

Singapore: Japan's Kowa Company and Chugai Pharmaceutical have entered into license agreement for liver cancer drug pere...

July 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo to develop Cell Therapy's Heartcel for Japanese market

Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited has signed a license agreement with UK-based Cell Therapy Ltd for an exclusive license in...

May 11, 2016 | Wednesday | News
RaQualia, Interprotein to research on pain drug

Singapore: RaQualia Pharma and Interprotein entered into a collaborative research agreement. The partnership will focus...

February 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Japan accepts Pluristem's regenerative cells as safe

Israel's Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. has announced that Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) has cl...

August 13, 2015 | Thursday | News
US-based ERT expands in Japan

Singapore: ERT, a US-based service provider to biopharmaceutical organizations, medical device companies and contract re...

January 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan's MHLW lifts prescription period limitation for Daiichi Sankyo's antiplatelet agent

Based on a notification received from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Daiichi Sankyo Company Limite...

June 1, 2015 | Monday | News
Otsuka launches joint venture in Vietnam

Singapore: Otsuka Pharmaceutical reached an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) in the functional food and bever...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Samantha Su, Simranjit Singh: Finding skilled professionals is a challenge in Singapore

In the biomedical sector, the combination of latest technology and a strong business model is considered to be ideal. Th...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Allergan Japan implements new software to meet regulatory requirements

In a step to upgrade its pharmacovigilance services, Allergan Japan has announced that the company has implemented US-he...

September 7, 2015 | Monday | News