Bayer recognizes innovation by Korean start-up

Singapore: Vital Smith, a Korean startup which focuses on developing innovative technology for diagnostics devices is...

August 30, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Aquavit, Green Cross sign MoU

Singapore: Green Cross, a leading biotechnology company in South Korea, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | News
Chugai gets Japanese nod cancer drug Kadcyla

Singapore: The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved Oncology specializing pharmaceutical firm Ch...

September 23, 2013 | Monday | News
Nexavar seeks marketing authorization in Japan

Singapore: Bayer HealthCare has submitted an additional application for marketing authorization to the Ministry of Healt...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Starpharma to receive $6 mn for overseas R&D

Singapore: Australia-based Starpharma is eligible to receive approximately $6 million cash in R&D tax incentives for...

November 23, 2012 | Friday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific celebrates 20th year in Singapore

Singapore: Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed 20th year of its operation in Singapore. The company celebrated the mi...

August 30, 2016 | Tuesday | News
FDA to review Vanda blindness drug Tasimelteon

Singapore: The US FDA has granted priority review classification to Vanda's New Drug Application (NDA) for tasimelteon, ...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Novartis' Jakavi improves myelofibrosis

Singapore: Phase III studies by Novartis has demonstrated that Jakavi (INC424, ruxolitinib) treatment resulted in sustai...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Quest signs $2mn development deal with Korean firm

Singapore: Quest PharmaTech, a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of cance...

July 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
EU approves Novartis' Bexsero for meningitis

Singapore: European Commission has approved Novartis' Bexsero (Meningococcal Group B Vaccine [rDNA, component, adsorbed]...

January 23, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Material science firm Crystal to open lab in China

Singapore: Crystal Pharmatech is going to open its laboratories in China in order to provide customized, materials sc...

January 2, 2013 | Wednesday | News
ShangPharma celebrates 10 years with Eli Lilly

Singapore: ShangPharma, a China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing company, cel...

June 5, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Google, Facebook, Apple invite nominations for 2014 'Breakthrough Prize'

Singapore: Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation has opened its process of online nomination for the 2014 prize...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Bionomics cancer trial shows +ve results

Singapore: Australian drug discovery firm, Bionomics, has received positive results in the phase I clinical trial of its...

February 3, 2014 | Monday | News
New drug slows cancer significantly

Singapore: A study by University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers demonstrated that a new drug has dr...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Shionogi launches London headquarter

Singapore: Japan-based pharmaceutical company Shionogi has launched its new European Headquarters in London, UK, to be c...

July 6, 2012 | Friday | News
Tetraphase antibiotic gets FDA QIDP designation

Singapore: US-based Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals has received approval from US FDA for its lead antibiotic product candida...

July 22, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Zhejiang Medicine, Ambrx to develop antibody drug conjugate for breast cancer

Singapore: Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, Ambrx and China's Zhejiang Medicine (ZMC) have formed a collaborati...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Novartis to ship 30 mn flu vaccine to US

Singapore: Novartis plans to ship around 30 million doses of its influenza vaccines including Fluvirin and Flucelvax to ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
FDA warns Genentech researcher for trial data validity

Singapore: The US FDA has given a warning to Dr Bernard Doft, a phase III investigator of Genentech's Lucentis macular d...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Pall to acquire Atmi for $185 million

Singapore: Pall Corporation, a developer of filtration, separation and purification technology, has decided to acquire A...

February 3, 2014 | Monday | News
Now 9-yr-old girls can use Cervarix for cancer

Singapore: Cervarix has now been approved for use in females aged nine-to-25 years to prevent persistent infection, prem...

May 7, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Novotech to support drug development in Korea

Singapore: Australian clinical research organization, Novotech, has partnered with Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) to...

July 5, 2014 | Saturday | News
Xiangxue Pharma acquires rights for Kinex KX02

Singapore: Kinex Pharmaceuticals executed a license agreement with Xiangxue Pharmaceuticals granting Xiangxue Pharmaceut...

May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Alchemia appoints new chairman

Singapore: Alchemia, Australia based drug discovery and development company, has appointed Mr. Santo J. Costa as non-exe...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers