Medicago, Mitsubishi to co-cultivate plants

Singapore: Medicago is collaborating with Mitsubishi Chemical to evaluate the latter's closed cultivation Plant Factory ...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Takeda, ImmunoGen, sign technology licensing agreement

Japanese pharma major Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and ImmunoGen Inc., a biotechnology company that develops ta...

March 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Japanese firm establishes Singapore subsidiary

Singapore: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP), a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, has established a wh...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Japan to temporarily suspend Novartis business

Singapore: According to sources, the Tokyo-based pharma major Novartis, is likely to suffer temporary suspension by the ...

February 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Recent 6 'Big Pharma' frauds

Each year big pharma giants end up spending billions of dollars in paying for fraud, misrepresentation of data and other...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Astellas boosts neglected diseases research

Singapore: Furthering its aim to develop new drugs in segments with high unmet need, Japanese company Astellas entered i...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong to host international TCM exhibition, conference

Singapore: Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Modernized Chinese Medicine International Association (MCMIA ...

August 12, 2013 | Monday | News
Riken launches iPS cell therapy pilot study

Singapore: Riken has launched a pilot study to assess the safety and feasibility of the transplantation of autologous in...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioAsia 2014: Innovation, collaboration identified as success keys

Hyderabad: With emphasis on cutting-edge innovations this year, BioAsia 2014 under the theme 'Innovate. Evolve.' kick-st...

March 5, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
Japan to gather nanotechnology experts in 2014

Singapore: Japan is all set to host the 13th International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference, for three days from...

December 18, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi's thrombosis drug meets primary endpoint

Singapore: Global phase III clinical trial of once-daily edoxaban for the treatment of acute symptomatic deep vein throm...

September 2, 2013 | Monday | News
Japan approves Crimzia for arthritis patients

Singapore: UCB Japan received marketing approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for Cim...

December 28, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
URMC launches new heart device trial in Asia

Singapore: Cardiologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center, US, are launching a new study in an effort to im...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Honeycomb lung treatment Pirespa in South Korea

Bangalore: Seoul-based Ildong has received a marketing and manufacturing approval for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Iran, Japan to collaborate on health projects

Singapore: Iranian health Minister, Dr Hassan Hashemi has signed an MoU with Japan's Minister for Health Labor and Welfa...

February 27, 2015 | Friday | News
Prima BioMed's immunotherapeutic drug secures Japanese patent

May 3, 2016: Australia-based Prima BioMed Ltd has announced that the company has been granted patent number 5908210 enti...

May 3, 2016 | Tuesday | News
MSD Japan head: Regulatory bodies are purposely delaying approvals

The entire world is worried about drying up of research pipelines and continued decline in research productivity. This m...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
PPD forms joint venture in Japan

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) and Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories have formed a joint venture ...

December 26, 2014 | Friday | News