Takeda, Affymax announce supply agreement

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceuticals America has entered into a supply agreement for sourcing and supply of Omontys (pegine...

July 13, 2012 | Friday | News
Suven Lifesciences receives five patents from four countries

Singapore: India-based Suven Lifescinces has secured patents for its new chemical entities (NCEs) from Japan, China, New...

December 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Japan gets Certara's D360 to boost drug discovery

Singapore: Certara, a drug development and drug safety consultancy firm has launched its D360 software in Japan for prov...

August 4, 2014 | Monday | News
Novartis Japan admits to concealing side effects

Singapore: Landing in trouble again, the Japanese arm of the Swiss drug maker Novartis has now admitted that it conceale...

September 2, 2014 | Tuesday | News
First semi-rigid heart ring implanted in man

Singapore: Sorin Group received authorization from the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) to mar...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | News
Japanese nod for Given Imaging's PillCam SB 3

Singapore: Israel -based Given Imaging, makers of gastrointestinal medical devices and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, has...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
Neurons reveal brain, whiskers network link

Singapore: Human fingertips have several types of sensory neurons that are responsible for relaying touch signals to the...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
Teijin, Ipsen launch gigantism drug

Singapore: Teijin Pharma, the core company of the Teijin Group's healthcare business, and Ipsen launched Somatuline 6...

January 18, 2013 | Friday | News
Fujifilm hopeful for anti-influenza drug as ebola treatment

Singapore: Japan's Fujifilm has already started the production of its anti-influenza drug Avigan Tablet 200mg (Favipirav...

November 12, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Stem cell scientist Dr Yoshiki Sasai is dead

Singapore: Dr Yoshiki Sasai, former Director of Japan's RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) and a stem cell sci...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Taiho terminates oranitib Ph III trial

Singapore: Faced with disappointing results, Japan's large drugmaker, Taiho Pharmaceutical has said that it is terminati...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Dainippon sets up cancer drug subsidiary in the US

Singapore: Japan-based Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP), has decided to establish an anti-cancer drugs sales company in t...

October 10, 2013 | Thursday | News
Japanese, Korean firm to jointly develop breast cancer drug

Singapore: Japanese company, Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Korean firm, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, have entered into a license agre...

January 8, 2015 | Thursday | News
Cook gives Zilver PTX to doctors in US, EU, Japan

Singapore: US-based medical device manufacturer Cook Medical is again shipping its Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral St...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Novartis' Cosentyx receives Japanese nod

Singapore: The Japanese Ministry for Health and Welfare has recently given its nod for Novatris' Cosentyx, that treats p...

February 6, 2015 | Friday | News
UK delists breast cancer drug, eribulin, from Cancer Drug Fund

Singapore: Halaven (Eribulin), indicated for the treatment of advanced or metastatic breast cancer, developed by Japanes...

January 8, 2015 | Thursday | News
Pronova, Takeda launch Lotriga in Japan

Singapore: Pronova BioPharma and Takeda's Lotriga granular capsule 2g is now available for the treatment of hyperlipi...

January 11, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeda to distribute Kaketsuken's influenza vaccine in Japan

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has partnered with Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute for the distribution of Ka...

May 21, 2015 | Thursday | News
Daiichi Sankyo exits Sun Pharma

Singapore: The board of directors of Japanese pharmaceutical giant Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited approved a resolution ...

April 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Asthma therapy market to touch $23.1 bn by 2023

Singapore: Asthma treatment market value will grow from approximately USD15.9 billion in 2013, across eight major countr...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
New device promises to detect cancer in 3 min!

Singapore: Japanese researchers claim that they have developed a new device that can detect cancer from a drop of blood ...

June 19, 2015 | Friday | News
Mochida seeks Ulcerative Colitis drug approval in Japan

Tokyo's Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has filed for a new drug application (NDA) for MD-0901 with the Japanese Ministr...

November 6, 2015 | Friday | News
Investors eye Japan's pharma law reformation

Singapore: Assuming the role of Prime Minister of Japan in December 2012, Mr Shinzo Abe has provided a boon for Japanese...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Yokohama sets platform for 700 bio-pharmas to convene at BioJapan 2015

The seventeenth edition of BioJapan 2015, one of Asia's largest partnering events, will be held for three days from Octo...

August 31, 2015 | Monday | News
Eylea by Bayer gets Japanese nod for myopic CNV

Singapore: Bayer's Eylea (aflibercept) injection for myopic choroidal neovascularization (myopic CNV) has received an ap...

September 23, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory