Regeneron, Sanofi brain drug has side effects: US FDA

Singapore: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi have been asked by the US FDA to assess potential neurocognitive side ef...

March 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
TWi gets US patent for type II diabetes drug

Singapore: Taiwan-based TWi Biotechnology has received notification of patent allowance for AC-201, its lead drug candid...

September 11, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Nose cancer emerges as a potent killer in Asia

Singapore: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare form of cancer in Western Europe and North America and is emerging a...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Elsevier: Prana drug among 'Top 10 CNS Projects'

Singapore: A clinical drug for Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease by Australia-based Prana Biotechnology, a global dev...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Pharma sales is getting strong'

Singapore: Despite concerns around declines in R&D, there would be a surge in global sales in the coming years reach...

August 4, 2015 | Tuesday | Analysis
Taiwan to get its first biosafety level 3 plant

Singapore: Amaran Biotechnology is going to invest $33.41 million (NT$1 billion) in order to construct a plant and a res...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Drawbridge initiates clinical trial for anaesthetic drug

Singapore: Australia-based Drawbridge Pharmaceuticals has commenced a phase 1C clinical trial of alphaxalone dissolved i...

December 18, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Clinuvel gets positive results in Scenesse trial

Singapore: Australian company Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals reported successful, statistically significant results from its U...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Rectal cancer drug can be used to treat diabetes

Singapore: A pair of studies by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a molecular pat...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | News
BioPharma Asia: Dr Deborah Rathjen wins Life Science Woman Executive of the Year award

Singapore: Dr Deborah Rathjen, CEO of Australia based Bionomics, was awarded the Life Science Woman Executive of the Yea...

March 17, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
Researchers find new link to study brain tumor

Singapore: A joint study by researchers at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI), National University of Singapore (...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
BioDiem BDM-1 gets Chinese divisional patent

Singapore: BioDiem received a grant of a Chinese divisional patent, expanding the patent position for its novel antimicr...

February 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
GSK shuts phase III studies of Crohn's drug

Singapore: ChemoCentryx reported that GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) first-of-four phase III studies, called Shield-1; investig...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | News
Taiwan develops carbohydrate-based cancer vaccine

Singapore: A research team led by Academia Sinica President, Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, and associate research fellow, Dr Chung-...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Phylogica gets patent to model libraries from protein

Singapore: Australia-based Phylogica recieved allowance of its US patent application for synthetic Phylomer libraries. T...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Mesoblast to develop neuro diseases therapies

Singapore: Australian company Mesoblast has outlined the company's strategic plans to develop adult stem cell therapies...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | News
BMS halts Hep C drug administration

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has suspended study drug administration in an ongoing phase II study of BMS-986094...

August 2, 2012 | Thursday | News
Starpharma drug targets cancer more effectively

Singapore: Australia-based Starpharma reported significant tumor-targeting results with its proprietary dendrimer-doceta...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News