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
Japan, Singapore to bring innovation in drug, device, technology

Singapore: Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Collaboration Center for Life Innovation (GCC) and the Agency for Scienc...

November 29, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeda enters into supply agreement for Omontys

Singapore: Takeda and Affymax, announced that Takeda Pharmaceuticals America (TPA) has entered into a supply agreement ...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japanese, Thai institutes sign bio-conservation MoU

Singapore: A phase III memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Thailand's BIOTEC and Japan's National Insti...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Takeda receives Japanese nod for Adcetris

Singapore: Japanese pharma major Takeda Pharma has announced that it has received approval of Adcetris (brentuximab vedo...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Verastem enters research collaboration with Eisai

Singapore: Verastem, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat breast and other c...

July 13, 2012 | Friday | News
CRO INC Research expands to Japan

Singapore: Therapeutically focused global clinical research organization, INC Research LLC has announced the establishme...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Sosei initiates oropharyngeal candidiasis trial

Singapore: Sosei Group's Japanese subsidiary initiated a phase III trial for SO-1105 for the treatment of oropharyngeal...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan study: Sugar solution makes tissue transparent

Singapore: Researchers from Japan's RIKEN Center for Developmental biology have developed a new sugar and water-based so...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Astellas, Cytokinetics sign $490 mn muscle deal

Singapore: US-based Cytokinetics and Japan-based Astellas Pharma entered in a two-year collaboration focused on the R&am...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Astellas, XenoPort launch Regnite in Japan

Singapore: Astellas Pharma and XenoPort have launched Regnite (gabapentin enacarbil) extended-release tablets. Regnite i...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | News
TSRI, Takeda expand research collaboration

Singapore: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Takeda Pharmaceutical plan to expand their recent research collabo...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Japanese I'rom acquires 18% in Australian IDT

Singapore: Japanese company I'rom Holdings will acquire an 18.8 percent stake in IDT Australia. I'rom is listed on the T...

May 7, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Iressa deaths: Japanese High Court rules in favor of AZ

Singapore: The Japanese unit of AstraZeneca (AZ), has been acquitted, in a case that had held the firm responsible for t...

May 28, 2012 | Monday | News
Asia vaccine strategists call for collaboration

Asia needs a solution, that goes beyond traditional structure, models and pathways, to meet the essential vaccine supply...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo, Ranbaxy to leverage synergies in Thailand

Singapore: Japan's Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy Laboratories have plans to integrate their business operations in Thailand...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
RIKEN's new chip detects traces of miRNA in only 20 mins

Singapore: A new power-free microfluidic chip developed by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Japan, ...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | News
Hoya appoints new executive officer

Singapore: Japan based Hoya Corporation has appointed Mr Augustine Yee as its executive officer, chief legal officer and...

May 26, 2014 | Monday | News
Takeda's center among Chicago's top 100 workplaces

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceuticals' Deerfield campus has been listed among Chicago's top 100 workplaces by the Chicago T...

November 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Eisai launches beauty drink in Japan

Singapore: Japan-based Eisai is going to launch its new carbonated supplement drink named 'Chocola BB Sparkling + Fiber'...

February 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Eisai seeks nod for Helicobacter Pylori treatment

Singapore: Eisai, which has its headquarters in Tokyo, has submitted a marketing authorization application to Japan's Mi...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News
Will Keryx's ferric citrate NDA get nod in Japan?

Singapore: Keryx Biopharmaceuticals announced that its Japanese partner, Japan Tobacco (JT), has filed a New Drug Appli...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
FDA accepts sNDA for Astellas cancer drug

Singapore: The US FDA has accepted Astellas Pharma's US subsidiary filing of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) ...

January 17, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
EMA to review marketing plea for antipsychotic medication

Singapore: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the marketing authorization application for review of an aty...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
Ranbaxy advisory: All our products are safe and efficacious

New Delhi: Ranbaxy issued an advisory claiming that all their products in the Indian and global markets are safe and eff...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
Amgen to acquire Onyx for $10 bn cash

Singapore: Global biopharmaceutical company Amgen plans to acquire all the outstanding shares of Onyx Pharmaceuticals fo...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | News
Effient trial by Daiichi, Lilly fails to meet primary endpoint

Singapore: The TRILOGY ACS study, a phase III trial comparing prasugrel plus aspirin to clopidogrel plus aspirin in pati...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
Takeda ends 3-year-old-deal with Amylin

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical mutually terminated its worldwide agreement with Amylin Pharmaceuticals, which was ori...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
EMA committee positive on Teduglutide

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

June 25, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Astellas Pharma opens office in Singapore

Singapore: Astellas Pharma, Japan's pharmaceutical giant with net sales of $10.7 billion and net income of $881 million ...

December 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
Sucampo gets $15 mn payment from Abbott

Singapore: Sucampo Pharmaceuticals' subsidiary SPL has received a $15 million milestone payment from Abbott's subsidiar...

December 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Scotland approves Eisai's Fycompa

Singapore: Eisai announched that Scotland's health technology assessment (HTA) body, the Scottish Medicines Consortium ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Zoll establishes Japanese subsidiary

Singapore: ZOLL Medical, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions and a wholly owned US subsidi...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
RLS, Parkinson's drug Neupro gets Japanese nod

Singapore: The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Neupro (rotigotine transdermal patch...

December 28, 2012 | Friday | News
AVEO, Astellas cancer drug gets FDA nod

Singapore: AVEO Oncology and Astellas Pharma announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted fo...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
Mundipharma, Shionogi tie up for pain treatment in Japan

Singapore: Mundipharma has entered a license agreement with Japan-based Shionogi for the exclusive rights to develop, ma...

November 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Japan approves pioneering stem cell study for heart disease

Singapore: Cytori Therapeutics announced that a 40-patient, multi-center investigator-sponsored and funded clinical stu...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Isogenica appoints CTC Lab Systems to tap Japan

Singapore: Isogenica has appointed CTC Laboratory Systems (CTCLS) of Tokyo, Japan, to represent its business in Japan. C...

May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | News
ThermoGenesis sells product line to Asahi

Singapore: ThermoGenesis, a leading supplier of enabling technologies for the processing, storage and administration of ...

July 3, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Sanford-Burnham, Daiichi form new alliance

Singapore: US based Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and Japan's Daiichi Sankyo have formed a three year disco...

May 26, 2014 | Monday | News
Takeda strives to enter Europe's type 2 diabetes market

Singapore: Japan-based Takeda Global Research & Development Centre has received confirmation of the acceptance of su...

June 21, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
Bangkok to adopt Japanese technology to treat cancer

Singapore: Thailand hospital is planning to introduce Japanese cancer therapy technology using a heavy ion beam to treat...

November 6, 2014 | Thursday | News
Novartis under fire from Tasigna allegations

Singapore: Swiss giant Novartis Pharma's Japanese arm has prompted the Japanese health ministry to launch an investigati...

May 14, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Genmab in research deal with Kyowa Hakko Kirin

Singapore: Genmab has entered into a research collaboration with Japan-based Kyowa Hakko Kirin to create bispecific anti...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Japanese-Thai program to fund three projects

Singapore: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) ...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | News
Daiichi seeks approval for influenza antiviral in Japan

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

November 19, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Mitsubishi and Daiichi Sankyo to launch diabetes drug in Japan

Singapore: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and Daiichi Sankyo will launch selective DPP-4 inhibitor Tenelia 20mg tablets (tenel...

August 28, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Pic Gallery - 7th in-Pharma Japan and 26th Interphex Japan

7th in-Pharma Japan and 26th Interphex Japan, which was held from July 10-12, 2013, at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Pharma companies focus on supply chain in Japan

Singapore: Pressures felt in Japan as a result of the country's aging population, drug price revisions and patent expiri...

July 19, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Takeda subsidiary suspended for 'no drug label'

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical received an Order for Corrective Action regarding the manufacturing and marketing of Al...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Thermo Fisher enters into agreement Fujirebio

Singapore: Thermo Fisher Scientific signed a long-term license agreement with Fujirebio to make its biomarker assay Pro...

November 21, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Bayer colorectal cancer drug gets Japanese nod

Singapore: Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals's...

March 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Astellas, Ambit terminate cancer drug deal

Singapore: Japan-based Astellas Pharma and US-headquartered Ambit Biosciences are ending their collaboration for joint d...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Edison Pharma, DSP enter $4 bn metablosim drug deal

Singapore: US-based Edison Pharmaceuticals has entered into a strategic alliance valued up to $4.295 billion with Japan'...

February 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Gilead files NDA for Hep C drug in Japan

Singapore: US-based Gilead Sciences has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to Japan's Pharmaceutical and Medical Dev...

June 30, 2014 | Monday | News
AnGes, Mitsubishi Tanabe sign MoU to market Collategene

Singapore: AnGes MG entered into a definitive agreement with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma for the exclusive marketing right...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
What the future holds for the APAC CRO market?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Japan scientists pioneer new stem cell technology

Singapore: A research team at the tissue regeneration materials unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), s...

July 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Astellas gets FDA nod for kidney transplant drug

Singapore: Japan-based Astellas Pharma has received US FDA approval for Astagraf XL (tacrolimus extended-release capsule...

July 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Global collaborations is the way forward for drug discovery

Over the last few decades India has reiterated its capabilities in providing dependable and cost effective chemistry ser...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Pfizer, Mylan enter generics deal in Japan

Singapore: Pfizer and Mylan have signed a definitive agreement to establish an exclusive long-term strategic collaborati...

August 23, 2012 | Thursday | News
Takara Bio enters deal with Invivoscribe

Singapore: Japanese firm Takara Bio has entered into an agreement with Invivoscribe Technologies to grant the latter lic...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
NuVasive spine surgery implant approved in Japan

Singapore: NuVasive, a medical device company focused on developing minimally disruptive surgical products and procedur...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Mitsubishi to acquire Medicago at $1.16 per share

Singapore: Medicago, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based o...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Kinetic launches portable negative pressure therapy

Singapore: US-based Kinetic Concepts (KCI) has launched ActiVAC Therapy System for in-patient use in Japan, which is a l...

April 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Terumo and Biosensors to sell Nabori DES system

Singapore: Terumo and Biosensors International announced an extension of their existing licensing agreements, under w...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Otsuka, Lundbeck files NDA for schizophrenia drug

Singapore: Japanese firm Otsuka Pharmaceutical and global firm H Lundbeck have submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to...

July 15, 2014 | Tuesday | News
HealthPatch MD receives Japanese nod

Singapore: Vital Connect recently announced that its wearable device HealthPatch MD has received approval for sale in th...

February 19, 2015 | Thursday | News
Amgen-Cytokinetics collaboration to include Japan

Singapore: USA-based Amgen, the world's largest independent biotech company, has expanded its strategic collaboration wi...

June 17, 2013 | Monday | News
Taiho seeks Japanese nod for oral cancer agent

Singapore: Taiho Pharmaceutical submitted an application for approval of the manufacture and marketing of the novel oral...

February 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
FDA approves Eisai's Fycompa

Singapore: Eisai announced that its U.S. subsidiary has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (F...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Innovative dual chamber syringe for pharma market

Singapore: Japan-based Arte and German company ProJect Pharmaceutics are working closely on the development of a new typ...

June 5, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Takeda to acquire LigoCyte Pharma

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals, jointly announced that Takeda's wholly-owned sub...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BioJapan to kick off in October

Singapore: The 17th edition of BioJapan is all set to kick off from October 14, 2015 Pacifico Yokohama. Top industry pla...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Takeda, Resolve to develop, sell autoimmune drugs

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has entered into a partnership with Resolve Therapeutics to develop compounds for the t...

February 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
Takeda acquires LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals at $60 mn

Singapore: LEO Pharma plans to establish five long-term, strategic research collaborations in four countries by the end ...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
GlobalData: Osteoporosis market to be $8 bn

Singapore: According to GlobalData, the osteoporosis therapeutics market of the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the ...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
R-Tech Ueno loses case against Takeda

Singapore: The International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce, has issued its arbitral award in t...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | News
APAC ovarian cancer drug market to grow modestly'

Singapore: Asia Pacific (APAC) therapeutics market for ovarian cancer will undergo a modest rise in value, from $294.3 m...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
Agenix gets patent for ThromboView in Japan

Singapore: Japan's Patent Office has granted a key patent to drug and diagnostic company Agenix covering the manufacturi...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Deal with Janssen gets Astellas $65 million up-front

Singapore: Astellas Pharma signed a license agreement with Janssen Biotech under which Janssen has an exclusive right to...

October 2, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Scil Proteins, Ono collaborate to develop Affilin therapeutics

Singapore: Scil Proteins, a private biotech company specializing in the research, development and production of recombin...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Takeda acquires URL Pharma

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company acquired URL Pharma through its wholly-owned subsidiary Takeda America Holdings...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
Lorcaserin receives positive vote from FDA advisory committee

Singapore: Eisai announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory C...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Genetic diagnostics companies speed ahead

The playing field for research and development for genetic diagnostics has been leveled. The landmark decision by the US...

June 28, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
Amgen CEO speaks of firm's grand entry into Japan

The world's largest biotechnology company Amgen entered into a long-term collaboration with Astellas Pharma in May this ...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News

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