Astellas, KEK sign deal for neglected diseases research
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Sep, 2012
Singapore: The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) and Japan-based Astellas Pharma have concluded an agr...Read more
Transcu appoints banking veteran as group CEO
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2012
Singapore: Transcu Group, a life sciences company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of cutting-...Read more
Takeda expands Singapore operation
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Feb, 2015
Singapore: Japan headquartered Takeda Pharmaceutical has expanded its operations in Singapore in order to focus on emerg...Read more
GSK seeks Japanese approval for NDA
Japan | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 May, 2014
Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline has submitted a regulatory application to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare...Read more
IBA, Toshiba partner to advance particle therapy worldwide
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 10 Apr, 2015
Belgium-based Ion Beam Applications S.A. (IBA) and Japanese major Toshiba Corporation have signed a global collaboration...Read more
Astella's Xtandi variation receives EU nod
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Dec, 2014
Singapore: The European Commission has amended the marketing authorization for Xtandi, manufactured by the Japanese drug...Read more
Takeda appoints James Kehoe as CFO
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2016
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced the appointment of James Kehoe as Takeda's new Chief Financial Offic...Read more
Dr Freidman receives the Japanese award for gene therapy
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 31 Jan, 2015
Singapore: Dr Theodore Friedmann, MD, professor in the department of pediatrics at University of California, San Diego S...Read more
Japan's NEC to exploit Prima BioMed's cancer immunotherapeutic technology
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 12 May, 2015
The press release indicated that Immutep is a French company and is a 100 percent subsidiary of Prima BioMed. Immutep de...Read more
Shionogi, Egalet sign deal for opioid products
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 02 Dec, 2013
Singapore: US-based Egalet has entered into a definitive collaboration and license agreement with Japan-based Shionogi f...Read more
NUS, Thermo Fisher Scientific strike alliance
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 09 Sep, 2014
Singapore: National University of Singapore (NUS) and Life Sciences Group of Thermo Fisher Scientific have struck a stra...Read more
Merck, Pfizer to co-market potential cancer drug
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Apr, 2015
Singapore: Merck and Pfizer have decided to co-promote Pfizer's anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor Xalkori (criz...Read more
Sannova gets approval for vitamin K2 syrup
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 25 May, 2012
Singapore: The pharmaceutical manufacturing and sales subsidiary of Eisai, Sannova, has received approval for an additio...Read more
TAKE's attempt to bring talented workforce to the market
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 19 Feb, 2015
Singapore: On 18 February, TAKE Solutions, a global business technology solutions provider, launched TAKE Academy of Lif...Read more
Medicago, Mitsubishi to co-cultivate plants
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 31 Jan, 2013
Singapore: Medicago is collaborating with Mitsubishi Chemical to evaluate the latter's closed cultivation Plant Factory ...Read more
Takeda, ImmunoGen, sign technology licensing agreement
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Mar, 2015
Japanese pharma major Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and ImmunoGen Inc., a biotechnology company that develops ta...Read more
Japanese firm establishes Singapore subsidiary
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP), a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, has established a wh...Read more
Japan to temporarily suspend Novartis business
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Feb, 2015
Singapore: According to sources, the Tokyo-based pharma major Novartis, is likely to suffer temporary suspension by the ...Read more