Takeda appoints new chief medical and scientific officer

Singapore: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical has appointed Dr Andrew Plump as corporate officer and chief medical and scient...

December 23, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Tobacco prevalence in Asia raising death toll

Singapore: According to a study in PLOS Medicine, by Prof Wei Zheng, professor of Medicine and director of the Vanderbil...

June 17, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi forms new firm to treat muscular dystrophy

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo is going to establish a new company named Orphan Disease Treatment Institute, along with Innov...

February 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Aussie man contracts dengue in Japan

Singapore: As per a recent news report, an Australian traveler to Japan has been diagnosed with dengue fever. As per the...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
Rosetta Genomics receives first patent allowance in Japan

Singapore: Rosetta Genomics, a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, announced that t...

February 16, 2015 | Monday | News
Japan uses Dolly sheep's method to clone mouse

Singapore: Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, have used the same technique that...

March 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Plea seeks approval to treat H. pylori gastritis with triple therapy

Singapore: Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Astellas Pharma have submitted a joint application to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Cancer detection in less than an hour?

Singapore: Japan-based Hitachi and Kyushu University recently announced plans to develop a new device that can detect ca...

February 16, 2015 | Monday | News
Otsuka, Pioneer form alliance to develop endoscope

Singapore: Otsuka Medical Devices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Otsuka, and Pioneer have reached an agreement to form a ...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Novel Solutions for Emerging Diseases: Molcure

With increased life expectancy, an ageing society, and evolving infections, there is a growing demand for novel treatm...

August 24, 2014 | Sunday | Analysis
Point-of-care diagnostics is revolutionary

In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation rolled out a new grant of $31 million to fund innovation in point-of-ca...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Roche, Astellas pharma ink pact to develop tissue diagnostic solutions

Singapore: Swiss giant Roche recently announced that its member company, Ventana Medical Systems has inked a pact with J...

April 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
Takeda boosts business presence in Turkey

Singapore: Japanese major Takeda Pharmaceutical and NEUTEC İLAÇ SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Åž (Neutec) announce...

February 25, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Indo-Japan ties on the rise

The last five years have witnessed many collaborative deals between bioscience organizations in India and Japan. The ado...

February 18, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
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

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