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Astellas, FibroGen start CKD anemia trial in Japan

Singapore: Japan-based Astellas Pharma and US-based FibroGen initiated a phase II clinical study in Japan of ASP1517/FG-...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Aussie firm to begin human trial of cancer detecting antibody

Singapore: Australian immuno-oncology company, Minomic International, is set to launch the first human study of its nove...

October 23, 2015 | Friday | News
USFDA approves 'Female Viagra'

US-based Sprout Pharmaceuticals gained USFDA's approval for Addyi, whose chemical name is Flibanserin, created to enhanc...

August 19, 2015 | Wednesday | News
BioDiem protozoan drug to get Japanese patent

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy and vaccine development company, BioDiem, has received allowance of Jap...

May 27, 2013 | Monday | News
Gilead submits NDA for cancer drug Idelalisib

Singapore: Gilead Sciences has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the US FDA for the approval of Idelalisib, an i...

September 13, 2013 | Friday | News
TWi's drug gets rare disease drug designation in Taiwan

Singapore: Taiwan based TWi Pharmaceutical's drug candidate AC-203 has received designation of rare disease drug by Taiw...

March 11, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Singapore scientists engineer human stem cells

Singapore: A*Star's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have successfully converted human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) c...

December 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Aussie firm likely to get orphan status for its new drug

Singapore: Australia based Prana Biotechnology has recieved positive opinion from European Medicines Agency's Committee ...

April 28, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Eisai, Nihon Medi-Physics to work on dementia intervention

Japanese pharmaceutical giant Eisai Co. Ltd. and Nihon Medi-Physics Co. Ltd. have entered into a collaboration agreement...

April 28, 2015 | Tuesday | News
French firm successfully completes Ph I trial of diabetes drug in Japan

Singapore: French biopharmaceutical company, Poxel, an innovative drug developer for type 2 diabetes, has succesfully co...

May 28, 2015 | Thursday | News
Eisai launches In-house anticancer agent in Japan

Japan's leading pharmaceutical company Eisai Co. Ltd. has launched its in-house developed novel anticancer agent Lenvima...

May 21, 2015 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca invests in antisense therapies

Singapore: Isis Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca have made a strategic collaboration to discover and develop antisense th...

August 3, 2015 | Monday | News
NIH launches clinical trial focused on HIV-related CV disease

Singapore: Researchers have begun enrolling participants in to a multicenter international clinical trial to test whethe...

April 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
Biogen inks autoimmune deal with Mitsubhishi Tanabe pharma

Singapore: US-based Biogen, a leading developer of therapies for neurodegenerative diseases has inked a pact with Japan'...

September 11, 2015 | Friday | News
Janssen seeks approval for drug resistant TB drug in EU

Singapore: Janssen-Cilag International NV (Janssen) submitted a marketing authorization application to the European Medi...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Thailand develops its first-ever indigenous drug

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

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
J&J starts clinical trial of Ebola vaccine in Sierra Leone

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

October 12, 2015 | Monday | News
ASLAN's bile duct cancer drug receives orphan drug status

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

August 21, 2015 | Friday | News