Anaphore changes corporate name to RuiYi

Singapore: Anaphore changed its corporate name to RuiYi. As part of the company's shift in strategy to the R&D of n...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
Phylogica gets $400K grant to boost drug discovery

Singapore: Australia's peptide drug discovery company, Phylogica has received linkage grant from Australian Research Cou...

July 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Daiichi gets positive results in prasugrel trial

Singapore: Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo has received positive results for a double-blind randomized phase III trial c...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
AstraZeneca acquires Pearl Therapeutics

Singapore: AstraZeneca has completed its acquisition of Pearl Therapeutics, a privately held company based in Redwood Ci...

July 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Target for potent first-strike influenza drugs identified

Singapore: Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reported details of how certain drugs can precisely ...

August 3, 2012 | Friday | News
TaiGen gets TFDA nod for bacterial pneumonia drug

Singapore: Taiwan based TaiGen Biotechnology has recieved Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) approval for new dr...

March 18, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Bionomics to raise $16.4 mn for Alzheimer's R&D

Singapore: Bionomics plans to raise up to approximately $16.4 million of funds to advance development programs across d...

March 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Advinus gets $36 mn research funding from Takeda

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and Advinus Therapeutics jointly announced that they would be initiating a three-year d...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Aslan gastric cancer phase II study shows +ve results

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals has revealed the results of its phase II clinical trial with Aslan001, a small-molecule...

May 28, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sanofi, Regeneron cancer drug Zaltrap gets EU nod

Singapore: European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (EC)'s Zaltr...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Low R&D output, patent cliffs drives big pharma nuts

Singapore: According to the latest global report from industry experts, GBI Research, low R&D productivity, combined...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Bayer, Compugen enter $500 mn cancer deal

Singapore: Israel-based Compugen and global pharmaceutical company Bayer are to jointly pursue a preclinical research pr...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Taiho to start ph III trial in colorectal cancer

Singapore: Japan based-Taiho Pharmaceutical is starting global phase III clinical trial (RECOURSE) for the novel combina...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | News
FDA nod for Genentech pre-surgical cancer drug

Singapore: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has recieved US FDA approval for Perjeta (pertuzumab) regimen for neo...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
FDA issues complete response letter for PREZISTA

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a complete response letter to Janssen Therapeutics for ...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | News
Pharma majors join hands to find new cure for TB

Seven pharmaceutical companies and four research institutions, working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, rec...

June 29, 2012 | Friday | News
GSK to publish clinical study reports of drugs

Singapore: Demonstrating its commitment to clinical trial transparency, multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithK...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Ex-sanofi cancer head is PharmaEngine advisor

Singapore: Taiwan's PharmaEngine appointed Dr Alain Herrera as senior advisor for clinical strategy, operations, corpora...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers