Medical devices: A hot segment in Japan

The aging population in Japan is not only driving the medical care and pharmaceutical industry but also the medical devi...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Eisai's Halaven now available in Spain

Singapore: Eribulin, an anticancer drug marketed by Japan-based Eisai under the trade name Halaven, has received reimbur...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
Europe to get new epilepsy drug from Eisai

Singapore: Eisai has decided to launch its AMPA receptor antagonist Fycompa (perampanel), a first-in-class anti-epilepti...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
What are the hurdles before stem cell research?

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

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Takeda R&D filed 7 NDAs in the last 8 months

Singapore: Takeda Global Research and Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical, has filed seven n...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
US FDA's Priority Review Status for Takeda's IND

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, have announced that the US...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
India invites Japanese firms to invest in healthcare

New Delhi: Aiming at becoming one of the global manufacturing hubs, besides being a large healthcare market, India has i...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
BS Survey: Healthcare is getting smarter in Asia

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November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Japan's top 5 bio firms fund $100 mn HIV, TB research

Singapore: Japan's top pharma companies, including Astellas, Eisai, Daiichi Sankyo, Shionogi, and Takeda, have come toge...

May 30, 2013 | Thursday | News
Eisai gets WHO prequalification, will donate 2.2 bn doses

Singapore: The WHO has prequalified Eisai's drug NTD002, a 100 mg tablet of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) for treatment of el...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: APAC CROs stick to an average of 50 clients

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Sysmex wins performance award in the US

Singapore: The wholly-owned US subsidiary of Sysmex, Sysmex America, has won the seventh annual Pinnacle Award presented...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Solasia appoints Yoshihiro Arai as president

Singapore: Mr Yoshihiro Arai, currently general manager and head of development of Solasia Pharma, has been promoted to...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
New medtech market infographic published

Singapore: Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI) recently published an original infographic and supporting arti...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Thomson Reuters to restore Tohoku to pre-earthquake state

Singapore: The intellectual property and science business of Thomson Reuters has collaborated with Japan's Tohoku Univer...

December 13, 2013 | Friday | News
Proteus, Otsuka to collaborate on new medicines

Singapore: Proteus Digital Health and Otsuka Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Japan-headquartered Otsuka Group, have ente...

July 6, 2012 | Friday | News
Lonza, BioWa sign research agreements with Pfizer

Singapore: Swiss chemicals and drug company Lonza and USA-based BioWa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Kyowa Hakko ...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
FDA recommends Takeda's drug for Chrohn's disease

Singapore: A joint panel of members from the Gastrointestinal Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committ...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory