Japan approves reimbursement for Edwards' Sapien XT valve

Singapore: Edwards Lifesciences, makers of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, has announced that Japan's Central S...

August 22, 2013 | Thursday | News
MTPC completes acquisition of Medicago

Singapore: Japanese drugmaker Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) and Canada-based Medicago, a clinical-stage bi...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | News
Bionest and Scisive merge together

Singapore: Bionest Partners and Scisive Consulting have merged to form a global strategy and management consulting firms...

December 31, 2012 | Monday | News
Shionogi launches London headquarter

Singapore: Japan-based pharmaceutical company Shionogi has launched its new European Headquarters in London, UK, to be c...

July 6, 2012 | Friday | News
A time to rethink talent management

        Year 2011 was an action-packed-year for HR professionals in Asia Pacific life sciences industry. It te...

May 29, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Astellas, Merck enter co-promotion deal in Japan

Singapore: Astellas Pharma and MSD KK, the Japan unit of US pharma giant Merck, have entered into a co-promotion agreeme...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Leading CMO to increase customer base in Japan

Singapore: CMC Biologics, a leading contract manufacturing organization known for its technical excellence in process d...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Eisai to launch Bi Chocola Collagen and Bi Chocola Collagen Gelée

Singapore: Eisai will launch the tablet-type Bi Chocola Collagen and gelée drink-type Bi Chocola Collagen Gelée (...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Astellas, UCB announce approval of Cimzia in Japan

Singapore: Astellas Pharma and UCB announced that UCB Japan has received marketing approval from the Japanese Ministry ...

January 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
NovaBay gets patents in Australia, NZ, Japan for Aganocide compounds

Singapore: NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class non-antibiotic, ant...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
New VP for Government affairs at Astellas

Singapore: Mr Marty Golden will be joining Astellas as the new vice president of Government Affairs with effect from Jul...

July 1, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Sucampo, Abbott launch Amitiza in Japan

Singapore: Sucampo Pharmaceuticals and Abbott have launched Amitiza (lubiprostone) in Japan, a prescription medicine for...

November 28, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Takeda gets Japanese NDA approval for obesity drug

Singapore: Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical and Amsterdam-based Norgine has received Japanese Ministry of Health, Labo...

September 23, 2013 | Monday | News
Vifor and Zeria sign deal for Ferinject in Japan

Singapore: Swiss-based Vifor Pharma, a company of the Galenica Group, has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement ...

August 19, 2013 | Monday | News
Takeda's diabetes drug gets Chinese FDA nod

Singapore: Japanese major Takeda Pharmaceutical has said that the China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has ...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Aveo, Astellas report cancer trial results

Singapore: Aveo Oncology and Astellas Pharma announced overall survival (OS) for tivozanib, an investigational agent, fr...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Top pharma deals in the last 5 years in APAC

The number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that have been made over the past two years have almost returned to pre...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Thailand, Japan collaborate on bioremediation

Singapore: BIOTEC, NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC) and Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University signed a p...

January 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News