Otsuka, Lundbeck sign $825 mn Alzheimer's deal

Singapore: Denmark-based Lundbeck and Japanese company Otsuka Pharmaceutical have signed a license and development agree...

March 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda drug gets FDA nod for new biologic therapy

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has recieved Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new biologic therapy, En...

May 22, 2014 | Thursday | News
PGA, Astellas conduct women's day at golf tour

Singapore: The PGA Tour and subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma launched its first 'Astellas Presents Executive Wo...

February 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
Daiichi Sankyo recruits patients for cancer trial

Singapore: US-based ArQule and Japanese Daiichi Sankyo have completed the recruitment of patients for their randomized, ...

May 21, 2012 | Monday | News
World's largest PK/PD group launches service in Asia

Singapore: Certara, leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decisio...

April 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Chugai gives cancer drug license to Debiopharm

Singapore: Chugai Pharmaceutical and Debiopharm Group entered into a licensing agreement regarding FF284 (called Debio ...

January 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
ASKLEP joins Medidata partner program

Singapore: ASKLEP, a leading Tokyo-based provider of clinical research services, has joined the Medidata Solutions Part...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Bayer gets Japan's nod for gastro tumor drug

Singapore: Bayer has received Japan's approval for Stivarga indicated for the treatment of patients suffering from gastr...

August 22, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Noven Pharma files NDA with US FDA

Singapore: Noven Pharmaceuticals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese firm Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical, has submitted a n...

August 30, 2012 | Thursday | News
Theravance, Alfa Wassermann collaborate

Singapore: Theravance and Alfa Wassermann entered into an exclusive development and commercialization agreement in cert...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Japan's Meiji Seika Pharma buys Medreich

Singapore: Japan's Meiji Seika Pharma is set to acquire Bangalore-based generic drug maker Medreich for $290 million. Th...

June 27, 2014 | Friday | News
Scientists in Japan make progress in vaccine against norovirus

Singapore: Even as a new strain of stomach flu is infecting many across the world, scientists in Japan seem to have made...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
FDA approves Eisai's ACIPHEX

Singapore: Eisai announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ACIPHEX Sprinkle Delayed-Releas...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Takeda establishes global medical affairs dept in Japan

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has established the Global Medical Affairs Japan Department at Takeda Development Cente...

November 26, 2012 | Monday | News
Zeria gets nod for Acofide Tablets in Japan

Singapore: Zeria Pharmaceutical and Astellas Pharma announced that, Zeria has obtained the marketing approval of Acofid...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Interphex Japan concludes in Tokyo

International pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing conference and expo, the 25th Interphex Japan, concluded on a suc...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | News
Daiichi to aid drug discovery projects

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has launched TaNeDS (Take a New challenge for Drug diScovery) collaborative drug discovery pro...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu pharma summit concurs that innovation is the key

Singapore: The Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit 2012 held in Singapore sent out an unaninmous message that it is high time ...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
Scottish body approves Fycompa by Eisai

Singapore: Scotland's health technology assessment body, Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), has approved Eisai's AMPA ...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi's comments upset former Ranbaxy owners

Singapore: Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo, which currently holds a majority stake in Ranbaxy, had earlier highlighted...

May 24, 2013 | Friday | News
Shimadzu launches smart device enabled HPLC system

Singapore: Japan-based global analytics technology provider, Shimadzu, has launched i-Series of new industry standard HP...

July 9, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi gets positive results in prasugrel trial

Singapore: Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo has received positive results for a double-blind randomized phase III trial c...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Takeda, UCL collaborate on brain diseases

Singapore: UCL (University College London) and Japan based Takeda Pharmaceutical have formed a new research collaboratio...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Ospens enters distribution deal with Japanese firm

Singapore: Canadian company Opsens signed its first major agreement granting distribution and other rights for its OptoW...

November 26, 2012 | Monday | News
Singapore, Japan to develop eye disease detection technology

Singapore: A*STAR's Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), and Topcon Corporation, Japan based ophthalmic instruments an...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Omron launches wireless sleep monitor in Japan

Singapore: Omron Healthcare has launched a new wireless sleep monitoring device in Japan that uses ResMed's technology a...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | News
FDA approves ABILIFY MAINTENA

Singapore: Otsuka Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ABILIF...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Advinus gets $36 mn research funding from Takeda

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and Advinus Therapeutics jointly announced that they would be initiating a three-year d...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Fujifilm, Dr Reddy's terminate generics JV

Hyderabad: Fujifilm and Dr Reddy's Laboratories have decided to terminate the memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enter...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Takeda makes massive changes in its organization

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical announced the appointment of new senior leadership as well as the establishment of a ne...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Taiho to start ph III trial in colorectal cancer

Singapore: Japan based-Taiho Pharmaceutical is starting global phase III clinical trial (RECOURSE) for the novel combina...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | News
Oramed gets Japanese patent for protein delivery

Singapore: Oramed Pharmaceuticals, a developer of oral drug delivery systems, has received approval for a key patent by...

April 4, 2013 | Thursday | News
LG to co-develop biosimilars with Mochida

Singapore: LG Life Sciences (LGLS) and Mochida Pharmaceutical have finalized the agreement to collaborate during the c...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Challenges that Japan pharma will face in 2014

Japan, like all other developed markets, is facing the crunch of a slowing pharma industry. Furthermore, the pharma situ...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Fujitsu brings medical data to smartphones, iPad

Singapore: The new mobile integrated EMR technology, developed by Fujitsu, a Japanese multinational information technolo...

July 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Chugai expands in Singapore with research institute

Singapore: Japan's Chugai Pharmabody Research (CPR) has started its operations in Singapore. The company started operati...

July 16, 2012 | Monday | News
Eisai US to replace its president, CEO

Singapore: Eisai, US, subsidiary of Tokyo-based Eisai, has appointed Mr Yuji Matsue as chairman and chief executive offi...

March 12, 2014 | Wednesday | News
François-Xavier Roge is Takeda's new CFO

Singapore: Japan-headquartered global firm, Takeda Pharmaceutical, appointed Mr François-Xavier Roger as its chief fi...

August 28, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Eisai seeks nod for cancer, epilepsy drug in S Africa

Singapore: Japan-based Eisai has filed two products, Halaven (eribulin) for metastatic breast cancer and Fycompa (peramp...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Otsuka schizophrenia drug seeks EMA nod

Singapore: Otsuka Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck's submission of a marketing authorization application (MAA) for the app...

December 24, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Santen to give $7.9 mn fund to Clearside

Singapore: Santen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Santen Pharmaceuticals, and Clearside Biomedical, announced...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeda partners with Wipro for IT solutions

Singapore: India based information technology, consulting and outsourcing company, Wipro, has partenerd with Japan's Tak...

May 21, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Affymax, Takeda recall anemia drug Omontys

Singapore: Affymax and Takeda Pharma decided to voluntarily recall all lots of Omontys (peginesatide) injection to the u...

February 25, 2013 | Monday | News
Astellas completes patient recruitment in drug trial

Singapore: Japanese company Astellas Pharma has completed patient recruitment for the isavuconazole phase III registrati...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
EMA accepts market authorization plea for alogliptin

Singapore: The European Medicines Agency has accepted a marketing authorization application for alogliptin, a selective ...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo expands drug discovery program

Singapore: Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo has decided to expand its collaborative drug discovery program with universities a...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioDiem granted Japanese patent for BDM-1

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy development company BioDiem has been granted a key Japanese patent for...

November 23, 2012 | Friday | News
Zecotek and Hamamatsu Photonics join hands

Singapore: Zecotek Photonics, a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific ...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
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
Chugai gets Japanese nod cancer drug Kadcyla

Singapore: The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved Oncology specializing pharmaceutical firm Ch...

September 23, 2013 | Monday | News
Biosensors to collaborate with Terumo in Japan

Singapore: Biosensors International, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative medical devices, is collaborat...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Nexavar seeks marketing authorization in Japan

Singapore: Bayer HealthCare has submitted an additional application for marketing authorization to the Ministry of Healt...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Shinogi starts supply of Pirespa to Ildong

Singapore: Osaka-based Shionogi has began to supply Pirespa 200mg tablet (pirfenidone) to Ildong Pharmaceutical, which i...

October 16, 2012 | Tuesday | News
US-based TriReme looks for big growth in Asia

TriReme Medical, a US-based start-up medical devices company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of innovativ...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Abbott and Sucampo get nod for AMITIZA in Japan

Singapore: Sucampo Pharma and Abbott received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan for AMITIZA...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Otsuka launches English website for global viewers

Singapore: Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical launched a newly designed English corporate website in collaboration with a...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeda diabetes drug gets China's import license

Singapore: China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued an Import Drug License (IDL) for Takeda's type 2 di...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan Minister: Dont be afraid of new science strategy

Singapore: Japanese scientists are skeptical about the country's new strategy for economic growth, which includes an emp...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda appoints first-ever non-Japanese president

Singapore: In an effort to speedup business expansion in emerging nations, Japan's largest drug maker, Takeda Pharmaceut...

December 2, 2013 | Monday | News
FDA panel approves new obesity drug, Eisai to market it

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lorcaserin, a chemical drug that aims to control obesity by altering the serotonin receptors i...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Japan pharma to grow at 2% CAGR from 2013-20

Singapore: Simplification of the regulatory process will prove to be the key to the growth of the pharma market in Japan...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
APAC healthcare industry becomes cloud friendly

Singapore: A recent report presented by Frost & Sullivan has said that the healthcare industry in Asia Pacific is em...

November 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Eisai signs agreement with Epizyme and Roche

Singapore: Eisai has signed an agreement with Epizyme and Roche Molecular Systems to collaborate on the development of ...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Takeda, Lundbeck to present depression study data

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck will be presenting new data from four studies that evaluated effectivene...

May 20, 2013 | Monday | News
Japan Vaccine begins operation

Singapore: Japan Vaccine, a joint venture created by equal investments from Daiichi Sankyo and GlaxoSmithKline, started ...

July 3, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves generic drug for osteoporosis

Singapore: Actonel 75 mg tablets and Benet 75 mg tablets, a once-monthly formulation of risedronate sodium hydrate (gene...

December 28, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
Mitsubishi proton system aids cancer therapy in Japan

Singapore: Mitsubishi Electric to supply its proton beam therapy system for cancer treatment to Tsuyama Chuo Hospital, J...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
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

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