FDA to review Takeda's depression drug

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck have recieved US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acceptance for a sup...

August 11, 2015 | Tuesday | News
FDA not in favour of Otsuka's kidney drug Tolvaptan

Singapore: The US FDA Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee has disapproved Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutic...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Pfizer, Japanese firm to jointly asses mAB for tumor

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, and Japanese firm, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, are jointly assessing the therap...

September 30, 2014 | Tuesday | News
GVK BIO strengthens tie-up with CTC Life Science Japan

Singapore: The drug repurposing platform called GRIP (GVK Bio Repurposing Integrated Platform) is a combination of sever...

December 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
BMS takes on combination drug for cancer therapy

Singapore: Japan's Ono Pharmaceutical and Kyowa Hakko Kirin has partnered with Bristol-Myers Squibbs for Phase 1 clinica...

December 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Toshiba adds new products to its portfolio

Singapore: Toshiba has announced the launch of a Hardware Development Kit (HDK) and a Software Development Kit (SDK), ab...

May 2, 2015 | Saturday | News
Eisai launches thyroid cancer therapy in UK

Eisai Co. Ltd., a leading global research and development-based pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, has launc...

June 11, 2015 | Thursday | News
Chugai seeks approval for anti-cancer agent Avastin in Japan

Singapore: Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical filed an application with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, ...

September 25, 2012 | Tuesday | News
A*STAR, Japanese bank ink partnership

Singapore: Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporat...

August 20, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Aspen to market some of GSK's generic drugs

Singapore: Aspen Global Incorporated (AGI), a subsidiary of Aspen Holdings Incorporated, announced its strategic partner...

October 10, 2014 | Friday | News
FUJIFILM expands cell manufacturing capacity

Singapore: Gobal contract manufacturing firm, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, has expanded its cell culture manufactu...

August 20, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Roche has no plans to acquire Chugai'

Singapore: In the light of reports of Roche's anticipation to take 100 percent stake in Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical gr...

August 20, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Takeda's dengue vaccine trials to being in 2015

Singapore: Japan's pharma giant Takeda Pharmaceutical has said that it is planning to begin the last phase of clinical t...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Embryonic stem cells remain a sticky wicket

Dr Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon's discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) has given the world an altern...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Sun Pharma gets US FTC nod to buy Ranbaxy

On February 02, 2015, Sun Pharma announced that the company received US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) clearance for Ran...

February 5, 2015 | Thursday | News
AbbVie Submits NDA for Hep C drug in Japan

Singapore: US-based AbbVie has announced that the company has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the Japanese Mi...

February 16, 2015 | Monday | News
Mitsubishi system reduces radiotherapy time to 1/4

Singapore: Mitsubishi Electric has completed the construction of a new proton therapy system for cancer treatment at its...

May 15, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Accenture wins contract to handle IT maintenance and operations for Eisai

IT technology and services giant Accenture has signed a contract to provide information technology (IT) system maintenan...

June 25, 2015 | Thursday | News