TNI BioTech, Qianjiang Pharma join hands

Singapore: US-based TNI BioTech, a biotechnology company focused on autoimmune diseases in emerging nations, has partner...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | News
Japan Vaccine seeks approval to sell intradermal seasonal influenza vaccine in Japan

Japan Vaccine, an affiliate of pharmaceutical giant Daiichi Sankyo, and Terumo Corporation have filed an application for...

April 13, 2015 | Monday | News
Astellas to axe 300 jobs in home country in FY14

Singapore: Japanese pharmaceutical major Astellas Pharma has announced that it would cut down its group workforce in hom...

November 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Montreal Heart Institute discovers personalized therapy for cardiovascular disease

Singapore: Researchers at Montreal Heart Institute has demonstrated positive result from the medication of dalcetrapib i...

January 13, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Finally, Impax's Parkinson's drug gets FDA approval

Singapore: After years of rejecting approval for Impax's flagship drug Rytary, a treatment for Parkinson's disease, the ...

January 12, 2015 | Monday | News
Taiwan to develop cancer drug with target delivery

Singapore: US-based Molecular Targeting Technologies (MTTI) and National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) of Taiwan hav...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Virax to acquire cancer drug developer AKTivate

Singapore: Australian biotechnology company Virax plans to acquire oncology company AKTivate Therapeutics and its novel ...

October 17, 2014 | Friday | News
Singapore develops novel cancer drug candidate

Singapore: Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medic...

July 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
Japanese scientists discover anti-cancer property in diabetes drug

Scientists at the Okayama University in Japan have announced that their studies have revealed how a diabetes drug helps ...

March 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
GSK, Theravance withdraw COPD drug from Japan

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance have withdrawn license application for the use of inhaled drug fluticasone fur...

July 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Novartis gets positive result in psoriasis PhIII drug

Singapore: Global pharma company Novartis has confirmed positive results from two pivotal phase III studies evaluating i...

July 10, 2014 | Thursday | News
Viral antibody discovered offers hope against flu

Singapore: Researchers from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new antibody that has shown...

February 23, 2015 | Monday | News
TaiGen, Russian firm to co-develop antibiotic

Singapore: Taiwan based TaiGen Biotechnology has collaborated with R-Pharm, a Russian pharmaceutical company, to develop...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Verastem acquires FAK inhibitor from Pfizer

Singapore: Verastem, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat breast and other c...

July 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
Aussie, Indonesia to co-develop AIDS, cancer drugs

Singapore: Australia and Indonesia are jointly working towards the research to understand prevalence of AIDS and cancer ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Bionomics, Merck collaborate on drug development

Singapore: Australian biotech firm, Bionomics, has partnered with Merck for research and license agreement for its BNC37...

June 24, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Aussie start-up firm gets MRCF funding

Singapore: Australia's Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) has funded the start-up firm Solvanix, an early st...

January 16, 2015 | Friday | News
Roche, Meiji Seika Pharma, Fedora collaborate to develop bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Singapore: Pharmaceutical firms, Roche, Meiji Seika Pharma and Fedora have entered into a license agreement for the deve...

January 16, 2015 | Friday | News