Eisai enters license agreement with HUYA Bioscience

Singapore: Eisai has entered into an exclusive license agreement with HUYA Bioscience International to develop and marke...

February 2, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Eisai receives positive CHMP opinion on new indication for anticancer agent

Singapore: Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that its European regional headquarters Eisai Europe Ltd. has received a positive o...

July 26, 2016 | Tuesday | News
St. Jude launches cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator

Singapore: St. Jude Medical, a global medical device company, has launched the Unify Quadra cardiac resynchronization th...

July 18, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Mallinckrodt's pharmaceutical gas approved in Australia and Japan

Tokyo: United Kingdom's Mallinckrodt plc has announced that INOmax (nitric oxide) for inhalation has received regulator...

November 2, 2015 | Monday | News
Thailand, Japan to develop medical robots

Singapore: Thailand Center of Excellence for lifesciences has signed a pact with Mahidol University's Faculty of Enginee...

February 13, 2015 | Friday | News
NDA approval for obesity drug Oblean in Japan

Singapore: Netherlands-based Norgine BV and Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical have announced the approval of the ...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
Japan's PeptiDream partners with Genentech

Singapore: PeptiDream, Tokyo-based biopharmaceutical company, has entered into a multi-target discovery and optimization...

December 22, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo files NDA for Prasugrel in Japan

Singapore: Japanese drug major Daiichi Sankyo submitted a New Drug Application to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welf...

June 19, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit gathers veterans to share regulatory challenges

Singapore: 5th Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit 2015, the flagship event of Shimadzu that provides a platform for the globa...

January 7, 2016 | Thursday | News
Eisai buys Chinese Generics Company Liaoning TianYi

Singapore: Eisai announced that regarding the acquisition of Chinese generic pharmaceutical company Liaoning TianYi Biol...

January 6, 2016 | Wednesday | News
HMT opens office in US

Singapore: Human Metabolome Technologies (HMT), the leading provider of capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry (CE...

November 13, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Aricept leads Japan pharma market with $1.81 bn

The top 10 pharmaceutical products being sold in the Japanese market, by both local and foreign players, contribute to a...

June 12, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Japan nods Pfizer arthritis drug Xeljanz

Singapore: Pfizer's Xeljanz (tofacitinib citrate) has received approval for the treatment of adults with rheumatoid arth...

March 28, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
R-Tech Ueno, Hokkaido University to co-develop diabetic intervention

Singapore: JASDAQ-listed R-Tech Ueno has decided to conduct collaborative research with a group led by professor Susumu ...

May 19, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Taiho establishes Taiho Ventures to foster oncology biotech start-ups

Taiho Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (TPC), a full-fledged oncology pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, has establishe...

May 11, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Amgen,Astellas announce the launch of Repatha in Japan

Singapore: Japanese pharma giant Amgen Astellas BioPharma and Astellas Pharma recently announced the launch of their pro...

April 28, 2016 | Thursday | News
Japan driving innovation in drug delivery devices

Within the Asia-Pacific region, Japan has maintained its leadership role as the largest pharmaceutical market, second on...

July 2, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
Cubist gets right to Astellas' ceftolozane

Singapore: Cubist Pharmaceuticals and Astellas Pharma entered into an agreement under which Cubist will obtain the right...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News