Tech drive demand for 3D medical imaging

Singapore: Global Industry Analysts (GIA) announces the release of a comprehensive global report on 3D medical imaging m...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Fuji Pharma acquires Thai contract manufacturer Olic

Singapore: Japanese firm Fuji Pharma has entered into a share purchase agreement with swiss trading firm DKSH to acquir...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Roche, Meiji Seika Pharma, Fedora collaborate to develop bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Singapore: Pharmaceutical firms, Roche, Meiji Seika Pharma and Fedora have entered into a license agreement for the deve...

January 16, 2015 | Friday | News
Asia gets $15 mn donation for better sanitation

Singapore: Last year, the Asian Development Bank created the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund to help provide...

March 21, 2014 | Friday | News
McCann Healthcare forms new group in Japan

Singapore: McCann Healthcare Worldwide Japan (MHWWJ, a division of McCann Healthcare Worldwide, McCann Worldgroup and In...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Takeda taps Sanofi's top exec to lead global R&D

Singapore: Japan-based, Takeda pharmaceuticals has tapped Sanofi's executive, Mr Andrew Plump, to head global research a...

December 19, 2014 | Friday | News
Japan says NO to smoking, first dip since 1965

Singapore: A survey conducted by Japan Tobacco has revealed that smoking rates in the country have fallen by 20 percent...

August 1, 2014 | Friday | News
Mauna Kea & Amco to distribute Cellvizio in Japan

Singapore: Mauna Kea Technologies, leader in the optical biopsy market and developer of Cellvizio, which the fastest way...

June 14, 2013 | Friday | News
Cardica's stapling cartridge seeks Japanese nod

Singapore: Japan's Century Medical has filed for regulatory approval of US-based Cardica's MicroCutter Xchange 30 cuttin...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Japanese develops eye-based autism detector

Singapore: IP Shakti, an early-stage seed fund for biomedical and life science innovations, has entered into a partnersh...

March 29, 2013 | Friday | News
IHH healthcare acquires 5 nursing homes in Japan

Singapore: Malaysia's leading hospital operator, IHH healthcare recently announced that its subsidiary Parkway Life Rea...

March 19, 2015 | Thursday | News
Daiichi's Lixiana approved for ischemic stroke

Singapore: Japanese pharmaceutical company, Daiichi Sankyo, has received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour an...

September 29, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
Zeria Group's Tillotts, Numab collaborate to co-develop Inflammatory Bowel Disease therapeutics

Tillotts Pharma AG, a part of Japan-based Zeria Group, and Numab AG have entered into an exclusive global licensing agre...

June 10, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Toshiba, Johns Hopkins collaborate on big-data research

Singapore: To utilize the potential of Big Data to predict and prevent diseases, Toshiba has established a 'Toshiba Cent...

September 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Fuji subsidiary AstaReal to build $30 mn plant in Japan

Singapore: Fuji Chemical Industry from Japan is planning to set up a $30 million manufacturing unit under its subsidiary...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Bristol seeks Japanese nod of all-oral hepatitis C treatment

Singapore: US drugmaker, Bristol-Myers Squibb co has said that it is seeking Japanese health regulators approval of its ...

November 4, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Orphan blood disease drugs to gain market

Singapore: Physicians treating rare blood disorders now have more drug treatments to choose from to treat patients. This...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis