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 o...

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 industr...

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...

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 GelÃ...

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 Ministr...

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, La...

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