Italian, Japanese robot firms sign healthcare deal

Singapore: Italy-headquartered Health Robotics has signed two long-term contract extensions of its exclusive partnership...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda, US-based BioMotiv join hands

Singapore: Japan's largest drug company Takeda Pharmaceutical has entered into a strategic investment partnership with U...

September 26, 2014 | Friday | News
Asia faces an acute skills gap challenge

Shortage of skills and qualification among life science professionals to pursue risk laden activities is proving to be a...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Takeda, Teva working on glatiramer deals in Japan

Singapore: In a bid to provide a new treatment options to patients with multiple sclerosis in Japan, Israel's Teva Pharm...

December 6, 2013 | Friday | News
APAC Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma treatment market to touch $1.7 bn'

Singapore: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) treatment market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries including India, Australia, Chin...

September 26, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Eisai signs deal with Sabin Vaccine Institute

Singapore: Japanese firm Eisai has entered into a partnership agreement to supply the Sabin Vaccine Institute with E6020...

September 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Takeda, Affymax announce supply agreement

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceuticals America has entered into a supply agreement for sourcing and supply of Omontys (pegine...

July 13, 2012 | Friday | News
Suven Lifesciences receives five patents from four countries

Singapore: India-based Suven Lifescinces has secured patents for its new chemical entities (NCEs) from Japan, China, New...

December 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Japan gets Certara's D360 to boost drug discovery

Singapore: Certara, a drug development and drug safety consultancy firm has launched its D360 software in Japan for prov...

August 4, 2014 | Monday | News
Novartis Japan admits to concealing side effects

Singapore: Landing in trouble again, the Japanese arm of the Swiss drug maker Novartis has now admitted that it conceale...

September 2, 2014 | Tuesday | News
First semi-rigid heart ring implanted in man

Singapore: Sorin Group received authorization from the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) to mar...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | News
Japanese nod for Given Imaging's PillCam SB 3

Singapore: Israel -based Given Imaging, makers of gastrointestinal medical devices and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, has...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
Neurons reveal brain, whiskers network link

Singapore: Human fingertips have several types of sensory neurons that are responsible for relaying touch signals to the...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
Teijin, Ipsen launch gigantism drug

Singapore: Teijin Pharma, the core company of the Teijin Group's healthcare business, and Ipsen launched Somatuline 60/...

January 18, 2013 | Friday | News
Fujifilm hopeful for anti-influenza drug as ebola treatment

Singapore: Japan's Fujifilm has already started the production of its anti-influenza drug Avigan Tablet 200mg (Favipirav...

November 12, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Stem cell scientist Dr Yoshiki Sasai is dead

Singapore: Dr Yoshiki Sasai, former Director of Japan's RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) and a stem cell sci...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Taiho terminates oranitib Ph III trial

Singapore: Faced with disappointing results, Japan's large drugmaker, Taiho Pharmaceutical has said that it is terminati...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Dainippon sets up cancer drug subsidiary in the US

Singapore: Japan-based Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP), has decided to establish an anti-cancer drugs sales company in t...

October 10, 2013 | Thursday | News