Perrigo rejects Mylan's acquisition bid
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 28 Apr, 2015
Singapore: Irish firm, Perrigo, has declined the acquisition offer from Mylan revalued at USD60 per share in cash and 2....Read more
Novartis positive with anti-malaria drug
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2014
Singapore: Novartis' novel antimalarial drug, KAE609 (cipargamin) has shown efficacy in Phase 2 trial by demonstrating t...Read more
Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Pharmaxis' anti-inflammatory drug candidate
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 May, 2015
Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim has acquired investigational drug PXS4728A from Australia based Pharmaxis, to develop it...Read more
Aussie firm gets FDA nod to inititate trial of wet AMD drug
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 15 Jun, 2015
Singapore: Australia based, Circadian Technologies, through its wholly owned subsidiary Opthea has recieved USFDA approv...Read more
Glioblastoma therapeutics market to double in APAC by 2020
Drug Discovery | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 1 Comment | 19 Sep, 2014
Singapore: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) therapeutics market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is estimated to grow double from USD...Read more
Re-engineered antibiotic could fight drug-resistant bacteria
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 May, 2015
The US scientists have created a promising second-generation antibiotic to fight against the bacteria that commonly caus...Read more
Anti-herpes drug may help control HIV: NIH
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Mar, 2015
Singapore: Valacyclovir, a drug indicated to control the virus that causes genital herpes, appears to reduce the levels ...Read more
FDA approves single dosage HIV drug
Drug Discovery | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 25 Aug, 2014
Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved US-based ViiV Healthcare's single dose Triumeq tablet...Read more
DNA repair drug could treat leukaemia: Singapore
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 25 Aug, 2014
Singapore: A team of scientists at National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that a drug originally designe...Read more
Abivax initiates Ph IIa clinical trial of HIV drug
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 03 Feb, 2015
Singapore: Abivax, a leading clinical stage biotech company developing and commercializing anti-viral compounds and huma...Read more
Eisai UK site to make epilepsy drug for US
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 12 Sep, 2013
Singapore: Japan-based Eisai recieved US FDA approval for the US supply of the epilepsy drug Fycompa (perampanel) from i...Read more
J&J neuro R&D head uses street drug to treat depression
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2013
Singapore: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is contemplating the thought of treating depression using popular street drug...Read more
FDA's call on Rytary delayed by 3 months
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2014
Singapore: Impax laboratories in Taiwan recently announced that FDA had delayed its decision on Rytary, the first non-ge...Read more
Hironic to begin world's first HIFU Urinary Incontinence treatment study in Japan
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 27 Jun, 2016
Singapore: Hironic, based out of Seoul, Korea, is an innovator of medical aesthetic laser and energy devices. The compan...Read more
Japanese GHIT Fund to include diagnostics and drugs for leishmaniasis
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 22 May, 2015
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) of Japan, which in the last two years has funded almost $32 mil...Read more
ASLAN raises $43 mn in series C financing round
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 07 Jan, 2016
Singapore: ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, Singapore based biotech company focused on the development of immunotherapies and targ...Read more
New drug formulation for respiratory system infections
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2014
Singapore: A team from A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES) and National University Hospital (...Read more
Novartis finds no evidence of wrongdoing in clinical trials
Drug Discovery | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2013
Singapore: Novartis Pharma KK has found no evidence that data on clinical trials for its hypertension drug Diovan had be...Read more