Astellas, UCB launch Cimzia in Japan

Singapore: Astellas Pharma and UCB Japan have launched Cimzia (certolizumab pegol) in Japan for adult patients with rheu...

March 11, 2013 | Monday | News
BabyLance safety heelstick receives EU patent

Singapore: US-based MediPurpose, a master distributor and manufacturer of medical products, has announced an addition to...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | News
Museum gets $250,000 from Takeda to train teachers

Singapore: Takeda announced that it will donate $250,000 to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry mainly to support ...

October 23, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Eisai, Biogen boost manufacturing in US

Singapore: Eisai's US subsidiary entered into a strategic manufacturing alliance with Biogen Idec to bolster the manufa...

December 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
KHK advances DsiRNA cancer target, pays $5 mn

Singapore: Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, a RNA interference (RNAi) company focused on developing breakthrough oncology thera...

January 4, 2013 | Friday | News
BMS seeks Hep C therapy approval in Japan

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to Japan's Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices...

November 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Daiichi US appoints Glenn Gormley as chairman

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has appointed Dr Glenn Gormley, as president and chairman of Daiichi Sankyo, US. Dr Gormley w...

October 4, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Catalent, UMN collaborate for biosimilars

Singapore: Catalent Pharma Solutions and UMN Pharma announced the signing of an agreement to provide UMN Pharma a broad...

December 14, 2012 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo generics' unit to launch 5 drugs

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo's pharmaceuticals subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Espha is all set to launch five generic products ...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Medtronic to help rebuild hospital in Japan

Singapore: Medtronic Foundation will partner with Project HOPE to rebuild the Yamada General Hospital in Japan's norther...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | News
New details of rice fungus may help control disease

Singapore: A study by an international team of researchers has shed light on how the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryz...

June 20, 2013 | Thursday | News
Tablet coating inspection technology developed in Japan

Singapore: Sumitomo Electric Industries and Kwansei Gakuin University have jointly developed a tablet coating inspectio...

September 25, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu to launch gas chromatograph Tracera

Singapore: Shimadzu will introduce Tracera, a high-sensitivity gas chromatograph equipped with the newly developed barri...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Ovaries of early menopausal women 'awakened' to conceive baby

Singapore: Doctors at Stanford University, US, and St Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan, have used a new tec...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Daiichi, Sanofi seeks nod for baby vaccine in Japan

Singapore: Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo, a member of the Daiichi Sankyo Group, has applied for approval of its tetravalent co...

February 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Mitsubishi Tanabe files NDA for Canagliflozin

Singapore: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma announced that the company has submitted an application for the manufacturing and ma...

May 30, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
US FDA approves Xtandi for prostate cancer

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Xtandi (enzalutamide) capsules for the trea...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Ganesh Ramaswamy is Pentax's global president

Singapore: Japan-based Hoya Group's Pentax Medical has appointed Mr Ganesh Ramaswamy to the position of global president...

October 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Fujikura to license Cellmid's cancer antibody

Singapore: Japan-based Fujikura Kasei is going to licence cancer diagnostic antibody midkine (MK) developed by Australia...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Molecular diagnostics is key to future

China, Japan, India and Singapore are leveraging on genetic technologies to develop molecular diagnostic platform which ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
GE Healthcare, Osaka University join hands

Singapore: GE Healthcare Life Sciences has tied up with Osaka University to allow students to have access to GE Healthca...

August 20, 2013 | Tuesday | News
OHK & Mitsubishi to launch HemaClear in Japan

Singapore: OHK Medical Devices, manufacturer of the HemaClear, single-use, sterile exsanguinating tourniquet device, ann...

June 14, 2013 | Friday | News
Neuland Labs strengthens commitment to Japan

Hyderabad: Neuland Laboratories entered into a manufacturing collaboration with Tokyo-based API named Apic, which is a ...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Affymax, Takeda announce J-code for Omontys

Singapore: Affymax and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, US, announced that the J-code assigned by the Centers for Medicare and M...

January 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Now Eisai joins global health fund

Singapore: Japan-based Eisai co-established the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) to advance the R&am...

April 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Astellas, Ambit Biosciences begin quizartinib trial

Singapore: Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma and Ambit Biosciences have initiated the phase IIb open-label clinical tr...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Teva enters Korean pharmaceutical market

Singapore: Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical and Korea's Handok Pharmaceuticals will establish a business venture in Sout...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
DHL expands secure cold chain network

Singapore: DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist, has expanded its Qualified Envirotainer Provider...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
US FDA to grant priority review to Eisai's AcipHex

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review Eisai's new drug application (NDA) for a ne...

December 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Given Imaging's Colon PillCam cleared in Japan

Singapore: Israel-based Given Imaging, a world leader in gastrointestinal medical devices and pioneer of capsule endosco...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
CPhI Japan wins prestigious AEO Excellence Award

Singapore: CPhI Japan won the Organiser Team of the Year award at the Association of Event Organisers (AEO) Excellence A...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | News
FDA approval for Daiichi Sankyo packaging facility

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to package products at its first U...

June 26, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Japan to consider new legislation to regulate clinical studies

Singapore: Japan is considering new legislation to regulate clinical studies in the country, according to a report publi...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Astellas Pharma launches new vaccine in Japan

Singapore: Astellas Pharma has launched the combined vaccine for the prevention of pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, and p...

November 6, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu launches gas chromatograph mass spectrometer

Singapore: Shimadzu Corporation introduced the GCMS-TQ8030 ultra fast triple quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrome...

May 21, 2012 | Monday | News
Eisai pharma opens its new Australia division

Singapore: Eisai, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, is seeking to expand its global network by opening a new office in ...

November 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
There must be another way'- thought iPS cell guru Shinya Yamanaka

"When I saw the embryo, I suddenly realized there was such a small difference between it and my daughters. I thought, we...

October 25, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSp...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan to launch emergency center in Cambodia

Singapore: Innovation Network Corp. of Japan has announced its plans to establish a joint venture with two other Japanes...

December 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
LCT, Otsuka to co-develop NTCELL for Parkinson's

Singapore: Living Cell Technologies have signed an agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory to co-develop NTCELL for...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
10 pharma giants join hands to speed up drug discovery

Collaboration has emerged as the preferred way forward for pharmaceutical companies looking to address the patent cliff,...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
Japanese biomedical firm sets up lab in Singapore

Singapore: Japan-based biopharmaceutical firm, Kyowa Hakko Kirin (KHK) has setup Singapore Translational Research Labora...

September 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Pharmacovigilance: A strategic opportunity

For many Asian pharmaceutical companies, pharmacovigilance is a critical component of any drug development program. As p...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
CEO of Takeda's Millennium Pharma quits abruptly

Singapore: Ms Deborah Dunsire, CEO, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, is leaving the company in an abrupt departure. Ms Dunsir...

May 13, 2013 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo reveals its five-year business plan

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has announced a new five-year business plan, which will span from April 1, 2013 through March ...

March 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Daiichi to work with US FDA to solve Ranbaxy quality issue

Singapore: As a strong reaction to the import ban placed on Ranbaxy Laboratories' third manufacturing unit in India, the...

September 25, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda gets go ahead for teduglutide in Europe

Singapore: The European Commission (EC) has granted European market authorization for the medicinal product teduglutide ...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Astellas, UMN pharma to curb influenza in Japan

Singapore: In a bid to curtail the growing cases of influenza in Japan, Astellas announced that it has submitted an app...

June 3, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Big Pharma continues acquisitions

The first quarter of 2011 witnessed major deals in the global pharmaceutical space, with April proving to be a big month...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Ranbaxy aiming to sell its generics in Japan

Singapore: Leading Indian generic drug maker, Ranbaxy Laboratories, along with its owners, Japan's second largest pharma...

November 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo and Asubio merge to streamline operations

Daiichi Sankyo Inc., the US subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd, will merge with its US-based sister company, Asubi...

April 5, 2015 | Sunday | News
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Astellas joins hands with Tecnofarma International

Singapore: The US subsidiary of Japanese drug major Astellas Pharma has entered into a distribution agreement with Tecno...

June 7, 2013 | Friday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Alchemia gets US patent for oncology platform technology

Singapore: Brisbane-based drug discovery and development company Alchemia has been granted a key US patent critical to ...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan to develop vaccine for H7N9 bird flu

Singapore: A panel of experts at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry of Japan will start producing a vaccine for the ...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo to shut animal vaccine unit

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo's animal vaccine unit, Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo Vaccine is discontinuing its animal vaccine bus...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
OptiMedica expands footprint in Japan

Singapore: Global ophthalmic company OptiMedica has expanded international market adoption of its Catalys Precision Las...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
WaferGen, Qiagen sign Next-Gen sequencing deal

Singapore: WaferGen Bio-systems announced a co-marketing agreement with Qiagen for the promotion of certain products in ...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Novartis's Ultibro Breezhaler receives EC, Japanese nod

Singapore: Novartis has announced that the European Commission has approved once-daily Ultibro Breezhaler (indacaterol 8...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
Shimadzu India aims at 15-20% growth

With a view of expanding their customer base, Shimadzu Analytical India has been taking concrete steps towards connectin...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
Ex-GSK boss promoted as Takeda's CEO

Singapore: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical has promoted Mr Christophe Weber, representative director, president and chief ...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
Millennium starts ph III trial for multiple myeloma drug

Singapore: Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, has initiated an international phase III clinical trial evaluating M...

July 2, 2012 | Monday | News
Astellas looks to sell dermatology assets: Sources

Singapore: Japan-based drugmaker Astellas Pharma is planning to sell its dermatology portfolio, which could be worth bet...

June 19, 2013 | Wednesday | News
SymBio Pharma completes patient enrollment

Singapore: Japan-headquartered SymBio Pharmaceuticals has completed patient enrollment for its phase II clinical trial o...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | News
OMRON reports performance for Q1 2012

Singapore: OMRON Corporation reported consolidated performance for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal 2012, which included...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | Company results
International consortium sequences tomato genome

Singapore: The Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC), which is a group of over 300 scientists from 13 countries sequenced the g...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News
Japan approves world's first transdermal ß1-blocker patch

Singapore: Japan-based Nitto Denko announced that Toa Eiyo has received manufacturing and marketing authorization in Jap...

July 5, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Eisai, Toyama get marketing approval for iguratimod

Singapore: Eisai and Toyama Chemical have received approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to marke...

July 2, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Daiichi to launch Inavir anti-influenza product in Japan

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo submitted an application for a partial label change in Japan to manufacture and market the inf...

November 16, 2012 | Friday | News
FDA slams Shionogi for eyeing profit over patient safety

Singapore: The FDA had during September 2012 informed Shionogi that it need to conduct two clinical trials in order to e...

May 30, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Medical laser market to reach $8.8 bn by 2018: GIA

Singapore: Technological advancements in laser technology have created a plethora of applications in the medical field, ...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Chugai, Nippon Shinyaku tie up for drug development

Singapore: Tokyo-headquartered Chugai Pharmaceutical and Kyotobased Nippon Shinyaku have entered into an agreement to co...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
INC Research opens two new offices in Japan

Singapore: INC Research, a therapeutically focused global clinical research organization (CRO) with a Trusted Process(R)...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Deregulation will boost Japanese pharma sector

Singapore: Japan's pharmaceutical industry is the second largest in the world, worth $89 billion in 2011 or 10 percent o...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Takeda gets FDA nod for three diabetes drugs

Singapore: Japan-headquartered Takeda Pharmaceutical received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Nes...

February 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Teva appoints new chairman for Japan, South Korea

Singapore: Teva Pharmaceutical has appointed Professor Itzhak Krinsky as chairman of Teva Japan and Teva South Korea and...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Germany seeks closer partnership with Japan in biopharma

Singapore: Germany Trade & Invest and the Health-Made in Germany initiative will join forces at this year's BioJapan...

October 9, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Interphex Japan: Japan pharma eyes China, India

Tokyo: The 7th in-Pharma Japan and 26th Interphex Japan, which are being concurrently held at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, k...

July 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi may take legal action against ex-Ranbaxy promoters

Singapore: Breaking its silence for the first time in 10 days after Indian drug major Ranbaxy's $500 million settlement ...

May 24, 2013 | Friday | News
Free software creates largest neural simulation

Singapore: Researchers from the Riken HPCI Program for Computational Life Sciences, the Okinawa Institute of Technology...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Seegene and Eidia to bring MoDx tests to Japan

Singapore: Seegene, a leading developer of multiplexed molecular technologies and diagnostic tests, has entered into a c...

July 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Reverse Medical announces alliance in Japan

Singapore: Reverse Medical announced entering into a strategic partnership agreement with Century Medical (CMI), for dis...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | News
FDA accepts Astellas' NDA for organ rejection drug

Singapore: Astellas Pharma, US, a US subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma, received US FDA acceptance for review o...

December 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Dainippon, Nippon Shinyaku sign deal for new drug

Singapore: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP), headquartered in Japan, and Nippon Shinyaku, also a Japanese company, have c...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Takeda drug Azilva launched in Japan

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical's Azilva (azilsartan) is now available for the treatment of hypertension in Japan. Disc...

May 29, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves Humira for Crohn's disease patients

Singapore: Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has approved the use of Humira in induction and maintenance of ...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Takeda asks judge to rule in its favor

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceuticals, US, highlighted that in the case against Jack Cooper (No CGC-12-518535) the jury rule...

April 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Life Tech, Japanese firm to launch stem cell kit

Singapore: Life Technologies has extended its collaborative agreement with Japanese firm DNAVec Corporation to launch Cy...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access

Telemedicine is re-defining access to healthcare in many ways. It has, in particular, proved to be an effective solution...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Teva pregnancy 'preventor' gets FDA nod

Singapore: The US FDA has approved Teva Pharmaceutical's Quartette (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol and ethinyl estradi...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Growth ahead for Japan's pharma, medtech

Singapore: Japan's pharmaceutical market was estimated to be worth $89.1 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach approx...

July 8, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Evolva, Ajinomoto enter development deal

Singapore: Evolva Holding SA entered into a collaboration agreement with Ajinomoto, Japan, for the joint development of ...

January 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
Astellas, Sanwa launch hyperkalemia treatment

Singapore: Tokyo-headquartered Astellas Pharma and Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, based in Nagoya, Japan, have launched a hyper...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sanofi seeks approval for Lyxumia in Japan

Singapore: Sanofi has submitted the marketing authorization application for Lyxumia, (lixisenatide), an investigational ...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Hitachi mRNA assay to target personalized medicine

Singapore: Hitachi Chemical has developed a novel mRNA quantitative assay called Hem(A)+ System that offers a wide rang...

November 19, 2012 | Monday | News
Eisai to launch breast cancer drug in India

Singapore: With an agenda to expand its footprint in the emerging markets, Japan's Eisai Pharma is launching its novel a...

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves broader indication for Lyrica

Singapore: Pfizer Japan has received approval in Japan to replace the current indication of peripheral neuropathic pain ...

March 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Rienso gets marketing authorization in Europe

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and AMAG Pharmaceuticals have been granted marketing authorization by the European Comm...

June 26, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Consumers are winners in the BRCA gene case

In the wake of US Supreme Court's win-win verdict in Association for Molecular Pathology vs Myriad Genetics case, Frost ...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News

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