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 ...

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 o...

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