Taconic Biosciences expands its pact with Japan's Micell

Singapore: Taconic Biosciences, a global leading provider of genetically modified animal models to researchers, recently...

April 24, 2016 | Sunday | News
Zecotek receives $500,000 order from Hamamatsu

Singapore: Zecotek Photonics, a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific ...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca to commercialize Daiichi Sankyo's OIC drug

Singapore: AstraZeneca has partnered with Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo to co-commercialize Movantik (naloxegol) in the US,...

March 20, 2015 | Friday | News
Astellas to axe 300 jobs in home country in FY14

Singapore: Japanese pharmaceutical major Astellas Pharma has announced that it would cut down its group workforce in hom...

November 4, 2013 | Monday | News
R&D Antibodies gets nod from Japan Patent Office

Singapore: Research & Diagnostic Antibodies (R&D Antibodies) received a notice of allowance from the Japan Paten...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
Takeda gastro norovirus vaccine shows +ve results

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has achieved positive reponse from its phase I/II study of its intramuscular bivalent (...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
Targeted Medical Pharma assigns J-Network as distributor

Singapore: US-based Targeted Medical Pharma has signed an exclusive product distribution agreement with J-Network, a Cal...

February 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
DSP, Edison sign deal for mitochondria disease

Singapore: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP) has signed a research, development and commercial license agreement for the ...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Japan approves extended indication of CryoLife's BioGlue

CryoLife Inc., a leading medical device and tissue processing company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced...

July 10, 2015 | Friday | News
World's most powerful microscope ready for use

Singapore: The world's most powerful microscope, which resides in a specially constructed room at the University of Vict...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sosei buys Heptares Therapeutics

Singapore: Sosei Group Corporation, a leading Japanese biopharmaceutical company with operations in Japan and the UK, ha...

February 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Japan, Qatar collaborate on personalized medicine

Singapore: The Japanese Preventive Medicine & Diagnosis Innovation Program (RIKEN-PMI) has announced a collaboration...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | News
NCKU Taiwan, Fujistu Taiwan ink a pact to establish cloud computing platform

Singapore: Japan-based technology giant Fujitsu Taiwan and Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) have signed a ...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | News
Eisai leverages genetic research with Genomics

Singapore: Japanese firm, Eisai, and Oxford based Genomics has formed partnership to share Genomics' statistical analyse...

April 13, 2015 | Monday | News
New testing kit fast tracks Ebola diagnosis

Singapore: Japanese researchers at the Nagasaki University announced that they have developed a new diagnostic technique...

September 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
What's the stem cell regulatory scenario like in APAC?

The pioneering work of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has open...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Japanese scientists discover anti-cancer property in diabetes drug

Scientists at the Okayama University in Japan have announced that their studies have revealed how a diabetes drug helps ...

March 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
GSK, Theravance withdraw COPD drug from Japan

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance have withdrawn license application for the use of inhaled drug fluticasone fur...

July 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News