Thailand develops its first-ever indigenous drug

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Thailand's former science and technology (S&T) minister, Professor Yongyuth Yuthavong, and his team have ...Read more

J&J starts clinical trial of Ebola vaccine in Sierra Leone

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Oct, 2015

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced the start of a safety and immunogenicity clinical trial in Sierra Leone of...Read more

ASLAN's bile duct cancer drug receives orphan drug status

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Aug, 2015

Singapore: Singapore's ASLAN pharmaceuticals recently announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted ...Read more

TaiGen initiates clinical trial of leukemia drug in China

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 May, 2015

Singapore: Taiwan's TaiGen Biotechnology has initiated first burixafor trial for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid le...Read more

China approves Bayer's Xarelto

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 May, 2015

Singapore: Bayer's anticoagulant drug, Xarelto (rivaroxaban), has been approved by the China Food and Drug Administratio...Read more

ScinoPharm, Foresee form joint venture

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Feb, 2013

Singapore: Taiwanese company ScinoPharm and US-based Foresee Pharmaceuticals have signed an investment agreement to form...Read more

Novogen's drug shows positive result for brain cancer

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Mar, 2015

Singapore: Australian biotechnology company, Novogen's lead candidate product, TRXE-009, has shown a positive result in ...Read more

Phosphagenics achieves biggest milestone yet

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company, Phosphagenics has achieved succes in its multi-dose oxymorphone ...Read more

Aussie firm trials combination therapy for melanoma

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Sep, 2015

Singapore: Australia based Viralytics has initiated a clinical trial to assess its oncolytic virus, Cavatak, in combinat...Read more

Aussie chemotherapy drug gets orphan designation

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Apr, 2015

Singappore: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to chemotherapy drug candidate Can...Read more

Eisai submits Lenvatinib's new application in Europe

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2016

Tokyo: Japan's pharma giant Eisai Co Ltd announced that its European regional headquarters Eisai Europe Ltd has submitte...Read more

Baxter expands oncology pipeline through acquisition

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 May, 2015

Singapore: Baxter has acquired Oncaspar (pegaspargase) product portfolio, a first-line biologic used as part of a multi-...Read more

Prana completes phase II trial with PBT2

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Prana Biotechnology announced the successful completion of Reach2HD, a phase II clinical trial in patients wi...Read more

Clue to future universal dengue vaccine found

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a clue that has the potential to c...Read more

Lupin hires top Teva, Sandoz staff for R&D in US

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2013

Mumbai: Lupin is setting up a R&D center in the US, and has hired the R&D head of Teva Pharmaceuticals and other...Read more

Janssen terminates R&D alliance with Hutchison Medipharma

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Aug, 2015

Singapore: Janssen Pharmaceutical has terminated the research and development alliance with China based Hutchison Mediph...Read more

Novartis, BIOTEC tie-up to explore Thailand's biodiversity

Drug Discovery |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 2 Comment | 17 May, 2012

In 2005, Novartis, a leading healthcare solution provider, decided to partner with The National Center For Genetic Engin...Read more

BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Drug Discovery |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 14 Comment | 02 Jan, 2014

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase i...Read more