Astellas to have new facility at Takahagi Technology Center

Singapore: Astellas Pharma is constructing a new building at the Takahagi Technology Center in Japan. The building, whic...

August 28, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: Oncology is the top therapeutic focus area for CROs in APAC

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
AB Sciex proteomics scientist wins prestigious award

Singapore: Dr Christie Hunter, director of proteomics applications of AB Sciex, has received the 2013 Science and Techno...

September 10, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Japan approves Lyxumia for diabetes therapy

Singapore: Drug major, Sanofi has received approval of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for manufac...

July 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan team develops feather-light sensors

Singapore: A diaphanous plastic sheet peppered with sensors could lead to the development of medical implants so unobtru...

July 25, 2013 | Thursday | News
Shimadzu Asia Pacific appoints new MD

Singapore: Shimadzu Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Shimadzu, Japan, has appointed Mr Kiminobu Imura as its new managing d...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | News
Eisai, Novartis terminate COPD deal

Singapore: Novartis Pharma and Eisai have agreed to terminate their co-promotion agreement for three therapies for chro...

January 11, 2013 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo subsidiary to market products in Venezuela

New Delhi: Daiichi Sankyo's subsidiary Daiichi Sankyo Venezuela will begin marketing products of Ranbaxy in Venezuela as...

June 20, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Astellas appoints Sef Kurstjens as CMO

Singapore: Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company, will implement revisions in its global...

February 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Openvas by Daiichi Sankyo launched in Mexico

Singapore: Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo has launched antihypertensive franchise olmesartan medoxomil in Mexico under the n...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | News
Alnylam, Genzyme enter gene silencing deal

Singapore: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Genzyme, a Sanofi company, announced that they have formed an exclusive alliance...

October 23, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: India, China lead in APAC CRO sector

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Yaskawa Electric invests in ReWalk exoskeleton

Singapore: Israel-based ARGO Medical Technologies has partnered with innovative robotics experts Yaskawa Electric, Japan...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Ranbaxy controversy: What have been the highlights?

On May 13, 2013, Indian drug major Ranbaxy pleaded guilty to charges related to drug safety. The company admitted to hav...

May 27, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Otsuka to acquire Astex for $866 mn in cash

Singapore: The boards of directors of Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Astex Pharmaceuticals have unanimously approved a transa...

September 6, 2013 | Friday | News
AZ, Takeda, Mitsubishi, Eisai to jointly wipe out H. pylori in Japan

Singapore: Takeda, AstraZeneca, Mitsubishi Tanabe and Eisai submitted a joint application to Japan's Ministry of Health...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Takeda to acquire Inviragen for $250 mn

Singapore: Japanese company, Takeda Pharmaceutical is looking to acquire Inviragen for an upfront payment of $35 million...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japanese use charred resin to make nano 3D structures

Singapore: Though its surface has been turned to carbon, the bunny-like features can still be easily observed with a mic...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeda, Dainippon to market schizophrenia drug

Singapore: Japanese companies Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma and Takeda Pharmaceutical have obtained approval for marketing a...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan gives patent for Medgenics IFNa pump

Singapore: Medgenics received a Notice of Allowance from the Japanese Patent and Trademark Office for key claims protec...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Novel oral RA treatment Xeljanz launched in Japan

Singapore: Pfizer Japan and Takeda Pharmaceutical have launched Xeljanz (tofacitinib citrate) in Japan. The medicine was...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan firms keen to collaborate with Indian pharma

Singapore: Japanese companies are keen to collaborate with pharmaceutical companies in India. A delegation of pharmaceut...

February 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Astellas to pay $300 mn for cancer drug conjugates

Singapore: Japan's Astellas Pharma has collaborated with US-based Ambrx for the discovery and development of novel antib...

April 5, 2013 | Friday | News
Eisai dissolves Palma Bee'Z Research Institute

Singapore: Japan-headquartered Eisai and its diagnostics business subsidiary Eidia have decided to dissolve and absorb t...

October 11, 2012 | Thursday | News
Shimadzu extends ultra fast mass spectrometry range

Singapore: Shimadzu UK has launched a high-end liquid chromatography mass spectrometer, the LCMS-8080, which delivers be...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Takeda seeks bowel drug marketing nod from EU

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical submitted a marketing authorization application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency ...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Japan approves Accent MRI Pacemaker

Singapore: St Jude Medical, a global medical device company, has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health,...

July 2, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Japan, Korea lead in stem cell race

In South Korea, two research teams led by Prof. Park Se-pill at Jeju National University Stem Cell Research Center and M...

November 12, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
Exlites eyes more medtech deals from China, Taiwan, Japan

Singapore: Exlites Holdings from the US has entered into an agreement with a company that will source new cutting edge m...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News
NZ value-added dairy product launches in Japan

Singapore: New Zealand-based dairy biotechnology company, Quantec, announced that it has signed a distribution and suppl...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
Otsuka schizophrenia relapse gets FDA nod

Singapore: Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck have received US FDA approval for Abilify Maintena (aripipra...

March 1, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
US FDA issues API bulk & tapped density guidance

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance to the Active Pharmaceutical ingredient industr...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Dezima in-licenses CETP inhibitor from Mitsubishi

Singapore: Dezima Pharma, a biotechnology company developing innovative drugs in the field of dyslipidemia, has in-licen...

January 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
South Korea approves Halaven for breast cancer

Singapore: Eisai's South Korean sales subsidiary has received approval from the regulatory authorities in South Korea to...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Takeda's foreign recruitments suffer hostility

Singapore: The former executives and shareholders of Takeda, a leading Japanese firm, have expressed their resentment ov...

June 24, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Orexo re-submits NDA for cancer pain killer in Japan

Singapore: Swedish specialty pharmaceutical company, Orexo, revealed that that its partner Kyowa Hakko Kirin submitted ...

November 19, 2012 | Monday | News
Eisai reveals phase III results of breast cancer drug Halaven

Singapore: Eisai revealed its preliminary results from a recently completed phase III study of Halaven versus capecitabi...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi faces $100 mn law suit for gender discrimination

Singapore: Six current and former female pharmaceutical sales professionals working with Daiichi Sankyo, US, have filed ...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda to acquire Envoy Therapeutics

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical's wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda America, and Envoy Therapeutics have entered into a ...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Takeda drug gets positive CHMP opinion

Singapore: The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a...

July 23, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Abbott, Eisai receive approval to market Humira

Singapore: Abbott Japan and Eisai have received approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to market Hu...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
Daiichi develops antibody to prevent fracture

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo's 24-month randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multi-center phase III clinical trial ...

October 16, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves NDA for hyperlipidemia drug

Singapore: The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has approved a new drug application (NDA) of Lotriga granu...

October 1, 2012 | Monday | News
Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare announces trial results of dolutegravir

Singapore: Initial results received from the phase III SINGLE (ING114467) study of Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare's investigat...

July 11, 2012 | Wednesday | News
What is the revenue size, range of CROs in APAC?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
FIPB clears seven pharma proposals, defers three

Singapore: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared seven out of the ten investment proposals in the ph...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Kyoto University gets patents for iPS cell technology

Singapore: Kyoto University has been granted four patents relating to its basic iPS cell technology, one in Japan and th...

October 11, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
Japanese MMA for Mitsubishi's diabetes drug

Singapore: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and Daiichi Sankyo have announced that Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has received approva...

July 9, 2014 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Astellas seeks to market enzalutamide in Europe

Singapore: Japan-based Astellas Pharma has submitted a European marketing authorization application to the European Medi...

June 27, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Daiichi seeks approval of Topotecin use in children

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has submitted a supplemental new drug application to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Wel...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
Astellas invests $140 mn on expansion in the US

Singapore: Tokyo-based Astellas, a pharmaceutical company, is investing $140 million to locate its headquarters for the ...

June 7, 2012 | Thursday | News
Google, Facebook, Apple launch 'Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences'

Singapore: Mr Sergey Brin (computer scientist and co-founder of Google), Ms Anne Wojcicki (American biologist, co-founde...

February 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
New R&D center to advance rice research in Japan

Singapore: The agriculture ministry of Japan will set up a center to develop rice strains, using genetic studies, that a...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Daiichi, Ranbaxy promote generics in Brazil

New Delhi: Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy will work in synergy in Brazil to expand the business of both companies in the cou...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
Japan medtech firm signs $9 mn deal with A*Star

Singapore: Japan's technology company, Arkray is investing $9.1 million over a five-year period in a research venture an...

May 27, 2013 | Monday | News
Fujifilm opens new lens factory in Philippines

Singapore: Fujifilm Corporation has started full-scale operation of Fujifilm Optics Philippines in Laguna. The new compa...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo, National Cancer Center enter research alliance

Singapore: National Cancer Center of Japan and pharma company Daiichi Sankyo have agreed to form a comprehensive resear...

May 23, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Phospagenics, Nippon Zoki to develop pain drug

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics has extended its collaboration with its high calib...

April 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan's BIOtech 2013 witnesses 10,362 visitors

Singapore: BIOtech 2013 in Japan, which is one-of-the-largest bio events in Asia, concluded successfully. The event was ...

May 21, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Mystic gets Japan, China patent nod for containers

Singapore: Mystic Pharmaceuticals, US, received key notices of allowance from Asian patent offices in the company's ong...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Century Medical gets Japanese nod for Glider catheter

‎Singapore: TriReme Medical's Japanese partner, Century Medical, has received Shonin approval for Glider PTCA cath...

April 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential

The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Ariad begins phase I/II trial of ponatinib in Japan

Singapore: Ariad Pharmaceuticals, an emerging global oncology company focused on discovery, development and commercializ...

August 23, 2012 | Thursday | News
Eisai gets 6 months US exclusivity for Aciphex

Singapore: Eisai has been able to meet the US FDA's written request requirements for pediatric exclusivity for Aciphex ...

December 12, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Abbott starts Absorb Japan trial in CAD patients

Singapore: Abbott announced that it has initiated the Absorb Japan randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the ...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
Chugai seeks nod for breast cancer drug in Japan

Singapore: Japanese multinational Chugai Pharmaceutical has filed a new drug application to the Ministry of Health, Labo...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Japanese stem cell researcher wins 2012 Nobel in medicine

Singapore: Dr Shinya Yamanaka, director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, ha...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
Chugai Pharma appoints new CMO

Singapore: Chugai Pharma USA, Berkeley Heights, NJ a wholly owned subsidiary of Chugai Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan, mem...

April 29, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Japan to host its first-ever medicine expo in 2014

Singapore: Japan is hosting its first personalised medicine and diagnostics expo in May 14-16, 2014.The Japanese governm...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
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
Harlan Japan appoints Hiroharu Okochi as president

Singapore: Harlan Contract Research Services (CRS), a division of Harlan Laboratories, a privately held provider of gene...

December 10, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Accuray to expand services in Japan

Singapore: Accuray, a radiation oncology company, has extended its industry-leading Emerald Service Program for the Tomo...

June 21, 2012 | Thursday | News
What services do APAC CROs offer to their clients?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Shionogi partners with six Irish universities

Singapore: Shionogi, one of Japan's biggest pharmaceutical companies, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for...

June 19, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Why big pharma is busy acquiring injectables firms?

Big pharma companies are gearing up to combat the shortage of injectables in the US through acquiring companies with app...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Japan drug maker Novartis, in trouble again!

Singapore: In an internal probing by the Novartis Pharma, it was revealed that its employees in Japan had failed to repo...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Spectrometry leader BiologicsFocus starts biologics initiative

Singapore: AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, announced a global initiative focused on ...

September 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Eisai subsidiary opens antibody facility in the US

Singapore: Eisai's US subsidiary Morphotek has opened a new pilot manufacturing plant in Exton, Pennsylvania, for the pr...

August 16, 2012 | Thursday | News
Riken launches joint research centers in India

Singapore: Japan's largest research organization, Riken has launched two virtual Joint Research Centers with India's pre...

September 17, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Mistubishi to elevate particle therapy portfolio

Singapore: Japanese firm, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, is gearing up to solidify its presence in the bioscience sect...

June 11, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo kids tumor drug gets Japanese nod

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo received approval for a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for an additional indication ...

March 26, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Daiichi, Ranbaxy integrate Thailand business

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy Laboratories will integrate their business operations in Thailand, in order to lev...

January 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda to acquire LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals

Singapore: The wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical, Takeda America Holdings, has entered into a...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News

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