FDA slams NIH for non-compliance issues

Singapore: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center has suspended operations of its Pharmaceutical Developmen...

June 5, 2015 | Friday | Regulatory
Candidate drug to treat Batten disease identified

Singapore: Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a potential new drug that could help i...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Alexion files NDA in Japan for Asfotase Alfa

Singapore: Alexion pharma has announced the submission of New Drug Application (NDA) to the Japanese Ministry of Health,...

October 28, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Takeda's multiple myeloma drug meets primary endpoints

Singapore: Japanese pharma major Takeda Pharmaceutical Company has announced that the randomized, double-blind, placebo-...

February 11, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Boehringer leukaemia study shows +ve results

Singapore: A phase II interim analysis of a randomized study involving Boehringer Ingelheim's investigational haematolog...

December 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Minomic, US firm to develop prostrate cancer drug

Singapore: Australian biotechnology company Minomic International has collaborated with US partner to develop a potentia...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
GSK, Genmab leukemia drug gets FDA breakthrough status

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Genmab and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) breakthrough therapy d...

September 17, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Novartis Gilenya reduces multiple sclerosis relapse

Singapore: According to an international multiple sclerosis (MS) registry and a US health claims database, Novartis' Gi...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Gilead, Janssen extends HIV drug partnership

Singapore: Gilead Sciences has expanded its agreement with Ireland based Janssen for the development and commercializati...

December 30, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Shionogi's constipation medicine proves effective in trials

Tokyo: Shionogi, one of Japan's century-old pharmaceutical manufacturers, has announced that its once-daily naldemedine ...

August 4, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Pharmaxis, Synairgen to develop drugs for fatal lung disease

Singapore: Australian pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis, and UK biotechnology company, Synairgen, have entered into a res...

August 6, 2015 | Thursday | News
Taiwan's PharmEngine initiates clinical trial of chemotherapy drug

Singapore: Taiwan's PharmaEngine licensing partner, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, and its sublicensing partner, Baxter Inte...

May 5, 2015 | Tuesday | News
HUYA Bioscience partners with Fudan University

Singapore: HUYA Bioscience International has signed an exclusive license with Fudan University for the ex-China rights t...

March 15, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Phylogica inks a deal with Genentech

Singapore: Australia-based drug discovering company, Phylogica has inked a pact with US-based Genentech, to discover nov...

December 22, 2014 | Monday | News
Pfizer gets FDA nod for tafamidis meglumine

Singapore: Pharma giant Pfizer has received a complete response letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) o...

June 20, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Taiwan's PharmaEngine gets TFDA nod for cancer drug

Singapore: Taiwan's PharmaEngine has recieved Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) approval for ONIVYDE (irinoteca...

October 23, 2015 | Friday | News
Cellmid receive patent approval from Australia

Singapore: Australia-based Cellmid has received patent approval from IP Australia for method of treatment or prevention ...

January 13, 2015 | Tuesday | News
FDA to review Pfizer's meningococcal disease drug

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical firm, Pfizer, has recieved US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nod for review of Biol...

August 15, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory