Prasco Lab to market generics version of Colcrys in US

Singapore: US generics firm, Prasco Laboratories, has entered into alliance with US subisdiary of Japanese pharmaceutica...

January 13, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Japanese HAL robotic suit certified in Europe

Singapore: Japan-based Cyberdyne's Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) robotic exoskeleton, designed to help patients having dif...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Eisai, Santen enter agreement for new ophthalmic drugs

Singapore: Japan-based Eisai and Santen Pharmaceutical entered into an option agreement which grants Santen rights of ev...

September 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Antiviral drug for Ebola shows signs of efficacy

Singapore: Avigan is being provided to clinical trials in Guinea for patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The drug f...

February 25, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Ready, Fit, Build and Run: Solutions fast tracked

Singapore: The Japanese biotech company UNIGEN has taken Werum's PAS-X Manufacturing Execution System (MES) into operati...

August 19, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Japan patent office upheld claims in gene silencing trial

Singapore: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced that the Japanese Patent Office uphe...

October 10, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Eisai divests rights for Glidael Wafer to Arbor

Singapore: Eisai's US subsidiary has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement to divest US rights for its Gli...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Astellas announces global team promotions

Singapore: Astellas Pharma Global Development (APGD), a subsidiary of Astellas Pharma Inc. based in Tokyo, Japan has ann...

October 23, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Handheld hemoglobin testing device wins coveted Stevie award

Singapore: Masimo announced that its Pronto-7 handheld noninvasive hemoglobin, arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse...

September 24, 2012 | Monday | News
Otsuka buys Avanir pharmaceuticals for $3.5bn

Singapore: The Japanese drug maker Otsuka Pharmaceuticals announced the acquisition of Avanir pharmaceuticals for $3.5 b...

December 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Abbott partners with Japan's Sekisui

Singapore: Abbott Laboratories has inked a pact with Japan's Sekisui to offer coagulation testing solutions for laborato...

May 22, 2015 | Friday | News
One Lambda partners with GenoDive

Singapore: One Lambda, a Thermo Fischer scientific brand announced that it has inked a pact with Japan-based GenoDive Ph...

October 10, 2014 | Friday | News
Japan leukemia market to grow to $565mn in 2022

Singapore: A new study by research and consulting firm GlobalData, highlighted that Japan's chronic myeloid leukemia (CM...

May 22, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Suven secures three product patents for their NCEs in Canada, Japan and Korea

Suven Life Sciences Ltd, headquartered in Hyderabad, India, secured product patents from Canada, Japan and Korea corresp...

March 26, 2015 | Thursday | News
RetroNectin now available for clinical research

Singapore: In an effort to aid progress in gene therapy clinical research, representatives of Clontech Laboratories and ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Influenza can get worse with every season

Singapore: Acute viral respiratory infection influenza, or flu, strikes every winter, and several nations are preparing ...

October 23, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo seeks approval for TB drug in Japan

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo's generic subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Espha has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (...

October 6, 2014 | Monday | News
Daiichi accuses Singh brothers of concealing facts

Singapore: The Japanese owners of Ranbaxy Laboratories, drug major Daiichi Sankyo has accused the Singh brothers, former...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News