EMA to review marketing plea for antipsychotic medication

Singapore: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the marketing authorization application for review of an aty...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
Chipscreen gets SFDA nod after accelerated review

‎Singapore: China-based Chipscreen Biosciences announced the achievement of the primary endpoint in the pi...

April 17, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
FDA affirms superiority of Pradaxa over warfarin

Singapore: US Food and Drug Administration has affirmed Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa 150mg superior in reducing ischem...

June 7, 2012 | Thursday | News
Sanofi withdraws diabetes drug NDA in the US

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Sanofi has temporarily withdrawn new drug application (NDA) for lixisenatide i...

September 13, 2013 | Friday | News
Amgen to acquire Onyx for $10 bn cash

Singapore: Global biopharmaceutical company Amgen plans to acquire all the outstanding shares of Onyx Pharmaceuticals fo...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | News
Effient trial by Daiichi, Lilly fails to meet primary endpoint

Singapore: The TRILOGY ACS study, a phase III trial comparing prasugrel plus aspirin to clopidogrel plus aspirin in pati...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
Astellas Pharma opens office in Singapore

Singapore: Astellas Pharma, Japan's pharmaceutical giant with net sales of $10.7 billion and net income of $881 million ...

December 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
A*STAR, GSK develop medicines for emerging markets

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES) have signed a five-y...

April 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aussie firm gets TGA approval for pancreatic cancer drug

Singapore: Australian biopharmaceutical company, Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA), has recieved Therapeutic Good...

March 18, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Pharmaxis gets grants for fibrotic research

Singapore: Australian pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis' research projects conducted in conjunction with the University o...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Regenerative Therapy for heart failure enters Ph III Trial

Singapore: Belgian biotechnology company Cardio3 BioSciences (C3BS) has received authorization from the Belgian Federal ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Mesoblast to set up stem cell drug plant in Singapore

Singapore: Australian regenerative drug company, Mesoblast, is planning to expand its global manufacturing base and the ...

May 29, 2014 | Thursday | News
Sanford-Burnham, Daiichi form new alliance

Singapore: US based Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and Japan's Daiichi Sankyo have formed a three year disco...

May 26, 2014 | Monday | News
Boehringer, Eli Lilly to evaluate Trajenta for type 2 diabetes

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly have initiated phase IIIb trial to evaluate the glycaemic efficacy and saf...

March 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Taiwan firm NCE to get priority review in China

Singapore: Taiwan Liposome Company's multi-mechanistic anti-cancer new chemical entity Lipotecan has been accepted into ...

March 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Astrazeneca, China university in research deal

Singapore: AstraZeneca has signed a research collaboration with Fudan University, one of China's leading academic instit...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Phylogica extends collaboration with Janssen Biotech

Singapore: Phylogica, a leading Australian peptide drug discovery company, has extended its collaboration with Janssen B...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca, BMS gets positive regulatory feedback on Type 2 diabetes drug

Singapore: Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has provided Ast...

November 29, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Regeneron acquires Sanofi eye care antibodies

Singapore: US-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has acquired exclusive rights to two families of novel antibodies from San...

May 6, 2013 | Monday | News
Teva, Xenon enter $335 mn deal for pain drug

Singapore: Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical and Canada-based Xenon Pharmaceuticals have entered into a collaborative dev...

December 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Linaclotide phase III trial initiated in China

Singapore: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals have announced the initiation of a phase III clinica...

September 11, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore firm, Stehlin Foundation collaborate on anti-cancer drug

Singapore: NanoMaterials Technology (NMT), a Singapore based company, has signed an exclusive material supply agreement ...

October 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
AseaCyte gets BioSpectrum award for drug discovery efforts

A meeting between Dr Teo Soo Hwang, current CEO of AseaCyte; Dr Lee Hong Boon from Cancer Research Initiatives Foundatio...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Abraxane cancer trial shows positive results in Australia

Singapore: Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) is going to publish abstracts related to its phase III metastatic me...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
Astellas, Ambit terminate cancer drug deal

Singapore: Japan-based Astellas Pharma and US-headquartered Ambit Biosciences are ending their collaboration for joint d...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News