New TB cocktail drug holds great promise

Singapore: A novel anti-TB drug has generated encouraging results in a recent Phase II trial funded by the non-profit TB...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Singapore univ prepares for trial of glaucoma drug

Singapore: For glaucoma patients, taking daily medication will soon become a thing of the past. With Nanyang Technologic...

February 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioDuro opens discovery lab in Shanghai

Singapore: BioDuro, a PPD Company, has opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory in Shanghai, China, strengthening its ab...

May 16, 2013 | Thursday | News
FDA approves ZALTRAP for colorectal cancer

Singapore: Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals have received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for ZALTRAP...

August 6, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Report on strategies to manage patent protection loss

Singapore: Exclusivity is everything in the pharmaceutical brand business. Without it, power over pricing disappears and...

July 6, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Eisai cancer drug gets orphan drug designation from Japan

Singapore: Eisai has received orphan drug designation from Japan's Ministry of Labour, Health and Welfare for its multi...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
QRx Pharma gets FDA inputs on Moxduo

Singapore: Australia-based QRxPharma is proceeding with US FDA to discuss the company's Moxduo new drug application (NDA...

October 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo enrolls patients for edoxaban trial

Singapore: Japan-headquartered Daiichi Sankyo has completed patient enrollment in the global Hokusai-VTE phase III study...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi, Amplimmune join hands for protein R&D

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo and Amplimmune have entered into a strategic collaboration to develop a new therapeutic prote...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sankyo halts phase III trial of cancer drug

Singapore: The independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) of the phase III MARQUEE (Met inhibitor ARQ 197 plus Erlotin...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Women are on greater risk for Alzheimer's disease: Report

Singapore: Carrying a copy of a gene variant called ApoE4 confers a substantially greater risk for Alzheimer's disease o...

April 17, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Boehringer Ingelheim´s Volasertib gets orphan drug designation in EU, US

Singapore: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Commission have granted orphan drug designation to Boe...

April 17, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Money churning drugs of 2014: Report

Singapore: Gilead's drug Sovaldi for hepatitis C virus, GlaxoSmithKline/Theravance's Anoro Ellipta for Chronic Obstructi...

April 17, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Johnson & Johnson acquires Aragon Pharma

Singapore: Johnson & Johnson has acquired Aragon Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held pharmaceutical discovery and deve...

August 21, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Chinese medicine improves spinal injury in rats

Singapore: A new study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that Chinese herbal medicine Ji-...

August 21, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Eisai, UCL form neuro R&D alliance

Singapore: University College London (UCL) and Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, have entered into a new agreement ...

December 14, 2012 | Friday | News
Novartis has a substantial drug pipeline for all diseases

Singapore: Novartis planning to leverage on its R&D pipeline to taste commercial success through 2017. Continuing R&...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | News
Taiwan research centre to develop dengue vaccine with Janssen

Singapore: BRIM Biotechnology has collaborated with Janssen Pharmaceutica to pursue research, development and commercial...

June 15, 2015 | Monday | News