Oramed granted patent in Japan for its POD Tech

Singapore: Israel-based Oramed Pharmaceuticals, a developer of oral drug delivery systems, has announced receiving two a...

October 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Novo Nordisk insulin analogue gets Japanese nod

Singapore: Novo Nordisk announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved Ryzodeg (insu...

January 2, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Mitsubishi Tanabe, Cytochroma end agreement

Singapore: Japanese company Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and Canada-based Cytochroma have terminated a license agreement exe...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Will Ranbaxy, Wockhardt incidents affect brand India?

When the Indian generic sector forayed into the global arena almost two decades back, the affordability of its treatment...

May 29, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Takeda Gemini II trial shows positive results

Singapore: Positive results were reported from Takeda Pharmaceutical's international, randomized, placebo-controlled, ...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Japanese stem cell firm ReproCell expands to US

Singapore: ReproCELL, a Japanese stem cell technology company, has opened the company's first branch and US office in Bo...

January 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japanese firm suspends trial of ArQule candidate

Singapore: Japanese pharmaceutical company Kyowa Hakko Kirin temporarily suspended patient enrollment in an internationa...

August 30, 2012 | Thursday | News
Japan BIOtech 2013 concludes in huge success

Singapore: "BIOtech 2013 in Japan", which recorded significant growth both in the scale and the quality, concluded in hu...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
Study shows Lipitor well-tolerated among Asians

Singapore: A large-scale retrospective database analysis on atorvastatin (Lipitor) by Astellas Pharma and Pfizer Japan h...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Astellas to do interim analysis of cancer trial

Singapore: Medivation and Astellas Pharma have established an updated interim analysis plan for the Prevail trial, a glo...

April 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Indian pharma to put up a grand show at Tokyo fair

Singapore: The Indian Department of Commerce is showcasing the achievement of the country's pharmaceutical sector at the...

July 2, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Japan to revise medical device approval procedures

Singapore: In order to speed up the approval process for medical devices, Japan is planning to introduce some changes in...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Another Japanese university finds data manipulation for Novartis drug

Singapore: The Jikei University School of Medicine has become the second Japanese university to find that clinical data ...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Prism to start PRI-724 trials to treat fibrosis

Singapore: Prism Pharma, a drug discovery company focused on developing small molecule technologies that modulate protei...

June 14, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeshi Yura is AMRI Asia discovery VP

Singapore: Dr Takeshi Yura has been promoted by AMRI to the position of vice president of discovery and development serv...

February 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
APAC stem cell therapy market to reach $972mn in 2018

Singapore: A new study by Reports and Reports predicted that the stem cell therapy market in Asia Pacific (APAC) will gr...

January 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Medtronic starts trial of renal denervation system in Japan

Singapore: Medtronic started Symplicity HTN-Japan, the first clinical trial with the Symplicity renal denervation system...

October 2, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BMS-Pfizer stroke drug gets Japanese nod

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has...

December 27, 2012 | Thursday | News