Viralytics presents +ve results of phase II Cavatak trial

Singapore: Viralytics reported strong interim results from its phase II clinical trial of Cavatak treatment in late stag...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Competition intensifies for type 2 diabetes drugs

Singapore: The global pre-diabetes population is three times the size of the current diabetes patient population and the...

August 28, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
FDA approval gives new hope to Multiple Sclerosis patients

Singapore: Genzyme, a Sanofi company, received approval from the US FDA for AUBAGIO (teriflunomide) as a new once-daily,...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
TaiGen files NDA for Nemonoxacin in Taiwan, China

Singapore: Taiwan's TaiGen Biotechnology has submitted New Drug Application (NDA) for the oral formulation of nemonoxaci...

May 16, 2013 | Thursday | News
Verinata Health joins hands with Teva in Israel

Singapore: Illumina announced that Teva Pharmaceutical has signed an exclusive agreement with Verinata Health, an Illumi...

July 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Merck Serono starts Phase III non-small cell lung cancer drug trial

Singapore: Global biopharmaceutical firm Merck Serono has initiated international Phase III trial of its investigational...

April 9, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Pradaxa gets EU approval for DVT

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim has recieved Euroean approval for Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) for the treatment and p...

June 10, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
AstraZeneca, LegoChem drug to curb superbugs

Singapore: AstraZeneca has formed collaboration with Korea's LegoChem Biosciences to develop a novel antibiotic to treat...

December 21, 2012 | Friday | News
Big pharma yet to warm up to drug resistance

Singapore: Drug resistance and patent expiries are demanding that the antibacterial drug market moves forward soon, but ...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Cancer Therapeutics reveals new targeted drug

Singapore: Cancer Therapeutics, an Australian company focused on translating cancer biology research into novel treatmen...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | News
Eisai gets WHO prequalification, will donate 2.2 bn doses

Singapore: The WHO has prequalified Eisai's drug NTD002, a 100 mg tablet of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) for treatment of el...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Bayer and Sanofi battle to cure colorectal cancer

Singapore: Bayer's Stivarga (regorafenib) became the second drug to have been approved in the past two months by the US ...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
New antibody-based drug to cure diabetes

Singapore: CSL has developed a new drug candidate that is able to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes and revers...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | News
Novartis oncology president steps down

Singapore: Novartis oncology president, Mr Hervé Hoppenot, has stepped down from the position to pursue a career oppo...

January 13, 2014 | Monday | News
Hodgkin lymphoma therapy may lead to other cancers

Singapore: Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens, were at increased risk ...

August 27, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Phase III data: STELARA reduces active psoriatic arthritis

Singapore: A study by Janssen Research and Development revealed that patients with active psoriatic arthritis, who were ...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Lonza, BioWa sign research agreements with Pfizer

Singapore: Swiss chemicals and drug company Lonza and USA-based BioWa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Kyowa Hakko ...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
FDA recommends Takeda's drug for Chrohn's disease

Singapore: A joint panel of members from the Gastrointestinal Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committ...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory