BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth
Japan | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 2 Comment | 18 Sep, 2013
The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...Read more
Roche, Meiji Seika Pharma, Fedora collaborate to develop bacterial resistance to antibiotics
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Jan, 2015
Singapore: Pharmaceutical firms, Roche, Meiji Seika Pharma and Fedora have entered into a license agreement for the deve...Read more
Asia gets $15 mn donation for better sanitation
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 21 Mar, 2014
Singapore: Last year, the Asian Development Bank created the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund to help provide...Read more
McCann Healthcare forms new group in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2012
Singapore: McCann Healthcare Worldwide Japan (MHWWJ, a division of McCann Healthcare Worldwide, McCann Worldgroup and In...Read more
Takeda taps Sanofi's top exec to lead global R&D
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 19 Dec, 2014
Singapore: Japan-based, Takeda pharmaceuticals has tapped Sanofi's executive, Mr Andrew Plump, to head global research a...Read more
Japan says NO to smoking, first dip since 1965
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 01 Aug, 2014
Singapore: A survey conducted by Japan Tobacco has revealed that smoking rates in the country have fallen by 20 percent...Read more
Mauna Kea & Amco to distribute Cellvizio in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2013
Singapore: Mauna Kea Technologies, leader in the optical biopsy market and developer of Cellvizio, which the fastest way...Read more
Cardica's stapling cartridge seeks Japanese nod
Japan | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2013
Singapore: Japan's Century Medical has filed for regulatory approval of US-based Cardica's MicroCutter Xchange 30 cuttin...Read more
Japanese develops eye-based autism detector
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Mar, 2013
Singapore: IP Shakti, an early-stage seed fund for biomedical and life science innovations, has entered into a partnersh...Read more
IHH healthcare acquires 5 nursing homes in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 19 Mar, 2015
Singapore: Malaysia's leading hospital operator, IHH healthcare recently announced that its subsidiary Parkway Life Rea...Read more
Daiichi's Lixiana approved for ischemic stroke
Japan | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Sep, 2014
Singapore: Japanese pharmaceutical company, Daiichi Sankyo, has received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour an...Read more
Zeria Group's Tillotts, Numab collaborate to co-develop Inflammatory Bowel Disease therapeutics
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 10 Jun, 2015
Tillotts Pharma AG, a part of Japan-based Zeria Group, and Numab AG have entered into an exclusive global licensing agre...Read more
Toshiba, Johns Hopkins collaborate on big-data research
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 11 Sep, 2014
Singapore: To utilize the potential of Big Data to predict and prevent diseases, Toshiba has established a 'Toshiba Cent...Read more
Fuji subsidiary AstaReal to build $30 mn plant in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2013
Singapore: Fuji Chemical Industry from Japan is planning to set up a $30 million manufacturing unit under its subsidiary...Read more
Bristol seeks Japanese nod of all-oral hepatitis C treatment
Japan | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Nov, 2013
Singapore: US drugmaker, Bristol-Myers Squibb co has said that it is seeking Japanese health regulators approval of its ...Read more
Orphan blood disease drugs to gain market
Japan | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 1 Comment | 07 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Physicians treating rare blood disorders now have more drug treatments to choose from to treat patients. This...Read more
Takeda develops first-ever vomiting bug vaccine
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Jun, 2013
Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical is developing a vaccine against norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug. Dr Ra...Read more
NPS gets orphan drugs' rights from Takeda
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 20 Mar, 2013
Singapore: NPS Pharma has re-gained the full worldwide rights to teduglutide and recombinant human parathyroid hormone ...Read more