South Korea gives tax breaks, establishes R&D fund

The world of pharmaceuticals is becoming more global. As the financial performance of many pharmaceutical companies co...

September 13, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
8K Miles buys CRO Software Startup to foray into pharma biz

Singapore: This agreement includes acquisitions of intellectual property, client contracts and employees. The acquisi...

March 12, 2015 | Thursday | News
Anuradha Rajput: Enjoy challenges to overcome them

I received my MSc in Biochemistry in 1986, and my PhD in Biochemistry in 1992 both from the University of Mysore in Indi...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
The India challenge for clinical research

Once upon a time, not so long ago, India's clinical research industry was one of the most highly sought after destinat...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
CRO survey: India, China dominate market

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November 24, 2012 | Saturday | Analysis
PPD appoints Mr Robert Hureau as CFO

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development, (PPD) has appointed Mr Robert Hureau as executive vice president and chie...

August 26, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
Breast cancer drug market to touch $13.1 bn by 2020'

Singapore: Increased use of targeted therapies, along with a greater uptake of branded drugs and rising incidence popula...

July 24, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Liposome to begin phase-II trials for its cancer drug

Singapore: Taiwan-based drugmaker, Liposome announced that it had received approval from the Chinese government to begin...

September 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Drug development challenges and opportunities in Asia

Singapore: Approximately 15 years ago, PAREXEL envisioned Asia would becomean important player in clinical research and ...

November 13, 2014 | Thursday | Opinion
Malaysia urges graduates to pursue clinical research

Singapore: Malaysia is making efforts to develop expertise in various scientific and clinical disciplines among its grad...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
Novartis finds no evidence of wrongdoing in clinical trials

Singapore: Novartis Pharma KK has found no evidence that data on clinical trials for its hypertension drug Diovan had be...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Oramed, Medpace CRO join hands for oral insulin trial

Singapore: Oramed Pharmaceuticals subsidiary signed an agreement to retain Medpace as the clinical research organization...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
Study finds 600 new genes mutated in stomach cancer

Singapore: A collaborative study conducted by three research groups affiliated with the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
Sigma-Aldrich unit enters Korea with CrystalGenomics

Singapore: Sigma-Aldrich's custom manufacturing and services business unit, SAFC, has signed an agreement with Seoul-bas...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
India approved 26 drugs without clinical trials

New Delhi: Officials in the Indian health ministry have admitted that about 26 new drug molecules were given approval si...

August 19, 2013 | Monday | News
FDA offers guidance on Alzheimer's drug development

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposal designed to assist companies developing new treatme...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
SIRO wins Frost & Sullivan CRO award

Mumbai: SIRO Clinpharm has been awarded the Indian Clinical Research Organization of the Year 2012 Award by Frost & ...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | News
Clinical Research Network gives Singapore its competitive edge

Singapore has a good track record of conducting high quality clinical trials in Asia, attributed to the highly qualifi...

September 13, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
Mr Denzil Benjamin, ICON: New guidelines by India's CDSCO will re-define the industry in 2013

Adapting technology and tools to address the issues of increasing research and development (R&D) costs, slow results...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
India strengthens clinical trial regulations

In a bid to strengthen the regulation and monitoring of clinical trials in the country, the Indian government has announ...

May 16, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
PAREXEL inks services deal with Taiwan hospital

Singapore: Taiwan's PAREXEL International, a biopharmaceutical services provider, and National Taiwan University Hospita...

November 28, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Merger and Acquisition in CRO-Annual BSA CRO Survey

According to business intelligence provider, GBI Research, total number of deals in the global contract research organiz...

October 11, 2015 | Sunday | Analysis
Fight between local and global CROs intensifies

Mr Malcolm Burgess relocated to Hong Kong in 2011 to take up the role of executive vice president of ICON with special r...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
Malaysia to build on its clinical research potential

Malaysia's aspiration is to be a developed nation by the year 2020. With 10 years more to prepare for this anticipated...

June 5, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
PPD acquires patient recruitment firm Acurian

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development, (PPD) has acquired Acurian, a service provider of clinical trial patient ...

August 28, 2013 | Wednesday | News