Parexel CEO to chair Association of CROs

Singapore: Parexel International's, chairman and CEO, Mr Josef von Rickenbach, has been named the 2013 chairman of the ...

January 11, 2013 | Friday | News
OECD: EU should harmonize trial regulations

Singapore: Increasingly complex and inconsistent clinical trial regulations are causing delays, raising costs and leadin...

February 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
WuXi among top 10 outsourcing firms in China

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D services company with ope...

June 29, 2012 | Friday | News
Andrew Cunningham to lead PPD central lab

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) has appointed Dr Andrew Cunningham as vice president of central labo...

November 21, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
CPR to provide access to phase I units in APAC

Singapore: Australian-based CRO, CPR Pharma Services, is launching a service aimed at US-based companies who want access...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
WuXi facility gets SFDA certificate

Singapore: The toxicology facility of WuXi PharmaTech at Suzhou, China, has received a certificate of Good Laboratory Pr...

August 17, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
Dr Anthony S Rebuck, Quintiles: Entry of new biosimilars will transform biopharma in 2013

Big news in 2013 will be the growth of biosimilars in the biologics segment. By the end of the year, biosimilars will ac...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Japan to consider new legislation to regulate clinical studies

Singapore: Japan is considering new legislation to regulate clinical studies in the country, according to a report publi...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
India bioservices registers 12% growth

The bioservices sector witnessed a growth of 15.5 percent in 2011-12 in spite of facing many issues from the regulatory ...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSp...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
FDA eases norms to reduce clinical trial costs

Singapore: In a move that will reduce time and cost of bringing new drugs to market, America's drug regulator, Food and ...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Pharmacovigilance: A strategic opportunity

For many Asian pharmaceutical companies, pharmacovigilance is a critical component of any drug development program. As p...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Icon, Taiwan's national clinical trials center sign deal

Singapore: Icon, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical d...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Dr Paul Hutchison: NZ's R&D investment is below OECD's average

Dr Paul Hutchison, a healthcare professional and a parliamentarian from Hunua, New Zealand, has emerged as one-of-the-mo...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
Bindhya Cariappa: A woman has many roles to play

My father was an army officer and we saw frequent relocation, as a result of which we learned very early in life to adap...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Patrys gets approval for myeloma trials in Australia

Singapore: Patrys has received approval to commence its planned phase I/IIa multiple myeloma trial with lead anti-canc...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | News
Dr Sukumar Nagendran is VP medical affairs of Quest

Singapore: Quest Diagnostics, a diagnostic information service provider, appointed Dr Sukumar Nagendran, as vice preside...

April 3, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
UK govt asked to make trials more transparent

Singapore: The United Kingdom Science and Technology Committee has described the current lack of transparency of many c...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Malaysia aims at 1000 clinical trials by 2020, trains professionals

The rise of the National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs) has created a sense of urgency in Malaysia. The government, in its...

September 17, 2013 | Tuesday | Opinion
BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Quintiles signs bioanalytical deal with Korean CRO

Singapore: To enhance its bioanalytical service offerings in Asia, Quintiles has signed an exclusive partnership with Bi...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | 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
SymBio Pharma completes patient enrollment

Singapore: Japan-headquartered SymBio Pharmaceuticals has completed patient enrollment for its phase II clinical trial o...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Vedic's health study on men is a success

Singapore: Vedic Lifesciences has successfully completed four human studies on sexual health, for various clients from C...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | News
CNS hires former TGA toxicologist for BioDesk

Singapore: Clinical Network Services (CNS), an Australian-based CRO offering integrated development services, has appoin...

March 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Charles River to acquire Galapagos at USD 179 mn

Singapore: Charles River Laboratories is soon to acquire CRO services division of Galapagos, which includes both Argenta...

March 19, 2014 | Wednesday | News
INC Research opens two new offices in Japan

Singapore: INC Research, a therapeutically focused global clinical research organization (CRO) with a Trusted Process(R)...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
AusBiotech advocates strong clinical trial program

Singapore: Australia, which celebrated International Clinical Trials Day on May 20, is looking to strengthen its clinica...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
New Zealand aims at early phase and proof of concept trials

New Zealand has held a clean track record with early phase and proof of concept trials and has maintained accuracy in th...

September 12, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Mr Tarun Pandotra, PRA India: Drug discovery outsourcing will gain momentum in 2013

The drug discovery outsourcing market will experience high revenue growth from 2013-to-2023. Expansion of the market wil...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Clinical trials for Prima BioMed's CVacâ„¢ extended

Singapore: Prima BioMed, Australia's leading biotechnology company pioneering in therapeutic area of cancer is said to b...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Quality researchers give an edge to Australia

Australia, known for providing rigorous high quality clinical research and enthusiastic investigators with centers of ...

September 13, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
ABRAXANE phase III trial shows improved results

Singapore: A phase III clinical trial of world leading breast cancer drug ABRAXANE (nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitax...

January 23, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Consistent clinical trial quality is key for China

China's pharmaceutical market has grown steadily in the last few years and is projected to grow by an average 19 perce...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
ASKLEP joins Medidata partner program

Singapore: ASKLEP, a leading Tokyo-based provider of clinical research services, has joined the Medidata Solutions Part...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Garth Tierney is executive VP of INC CRO

Singapore: INC Research has promoted Mr Garth Tierney to executive vice president, Asia Pacific. He will be responsible...

March 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Eurofins Panlabs, GE Healthcare join hands

Singapore: Eurofins Scientific, a global pharmaceutical products testing solution provider, has partnered with GE Health...

July 26, 2013 | Friday | News
Avita starts EU study for leg ulcer spray

Singapore: Regenerative medicine company, Avita Medical, has initiated a multicenter randomized control study on the us...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | News
China gets its first international trial sourcing firm

Singapore: Komtur Pharmaceuticals, a German specialist in clinical trial sourcing, has invested in Chinese firm HengHeKa...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Gregory Dennis is now PPD's VP of product development

Singapore: Clinical research firm, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), has appointed Mr Gregory Dennis, as VP of g...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
James Thorburn to lead UK CRO TranScrip in Hong Kong

Singapore: TranScrip Partners, a UK-based specialist contract research organization (CRO) that started its operation in ...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | 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
Charles River grows $286 mn in Q1 2013

Singapore: Charles River Laboratories has reported an increase of 1.8 percent in first quarter of 2013, clocking $286.0 ...

May 2, 2013 | Thursday | Company results
Australia, Thailand to participate in NIH-sponsored trials

Singapore: Three clinical trials that seek to find more effective treatments for influenza are enrolling volunteers with...

February 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Another Japanese university finds data manipulation for Novartis drug

Singapore: The Jikei University School of Medicine has become the second Japanese university to find that clinical data ...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
AMRI acquires Oso Biopharmaceuticals at $110 mn

Singapore: US based contract research firm, AMRI, with operations in Asia, has acquired Oso Biopharmaceuticals Manufactu...

July 2, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Siro unveils new brand identity

Mumbai: Siro Clinpharm, a leading full service clinical research organization, unveiled its new brand identity. The new...

January 18, 2013 | Friday | News
Merck drops Tredaptive study

Singapore: HPS2-THRIVE (heart protection study 2-treatment of HDL to reduce the incidence of vascular events) study of T...

December 24, 2012 | Monday | News
Parexel opens its 6th office in China

Singapore: Parexel International opened a new office in Shenyang, China. This location will support growing client deman...

May 17, 2013 | Friday | News
Bionomics begins phase I trial of anxiety drug

Singapore: Bionomics has been advised by its licensee, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, that following the submission of an In...

December 21, 2012 | Friday | News
TGA admits error in clinical trial tracking

Singapore: Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has identified errors in its internal reports regarding t...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
MTPC completes acquisition of Medicago

Singapore: Japanese drugmaker Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) and Canada-based Medicago, a clinical-stage bi...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | News
John Crowley is Charles River's CAO

Singapore: Charles River Laboratories has appointed Mr John Crowley to the role of corporate senior VP, corporate contro...

September 27, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Health committee gives suggestion to boost NZ's choking clinical trials sector

New Zealand's Health Committee submitted a 62-page report to New Zealand's Parliament making necessary recommendations t...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Mr George Baeder, Quintiles: Companies will fail to leverage on what China has to offer in 2013

China's role in the global drug industry will fundamentally change; most companies will fail to capitalize on this oppor...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Siro deploys Oracle's Health Sciences InForm

Singapore: Siro Clinpharm, a leading full service clinical research organization, has deployed one-of-the-biggest IT ad...

December 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Singapore to open new skin research center

Singapore: The Skin Research Institute of Singapore has announced that the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
CRO INC Research expands to Japan

Singapore: Therapeutically focused global clinical research organization, INC Research LLC has announced the establishme...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Spinifex phase II postherpetic neuralgia trial is a success

Singapore: Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, an Australian pain drug development company, revealed positive headline results fr...

August 30, 2012 | Thursday | News
WHO gets vigilant'-Annual BSA CRO Survey

In a study that analyzed reports from large clinical trials (more than 500 participants), registered on ClinicalTrials.g...

October 9, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
Quintiles founder wins lifetime achievement award

Singapore: Quintiles founder Dr Dennis Gillings has received the SCRIP 'Lifetime Achievement Award' and the company has ...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
Study on drug for traumatic brain injury reaches milestone

Singapore: BHR Pharma has reached its SyNAPSe clinical trial enrollment midpoint of 590 patients. The company made the a...

July 25, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Quintiles China report: Low household income is challenge for pharma

Singapore: A new Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report sponsored by Quintiles concludes that "China is a complex mark...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
PPD ranked 2nd by CenterWatch CRO site survey

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development's (PPD) site has been acknowledged by CenterWatch's 2013 Global Investigat...

May 2, 2013 | Thursday | News
Covance receives China GLP certification

Singapore: The early development facility of Covance, which is located in Shanghai, China, received a good laboratory pr...

December 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Quintiles expands clinical trials in Indonesia

Singapore: Quintiles has started its first global study involving Indonesia, made possible by an exclusive alliance with...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves pioneering stem cell study for heart disease

Singapore: Cytori Therapeutics announced that a 40-patient, multi-center investigator-sponsored and funded clinical stu...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Clinical Network Services acquires Beltas' assets

Singapore: Clinical Network Services (CNS), an Australia-based CRO offering integrated development services in the plann...

January 7, 2013 | Monday | News
Clinical Network Services acquires BELTAS' business assets

Singapore: Australian CRO, Clinical Network Services (CNS), has acquired the business assets of its erstwhile New Zealan...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Vedic launches ACElerator client-CRO model

Singapore: Vedic Lifesciences launched an innovative and unique client-CRO model, called ACElerator, for conducting huma...

October 16, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Viralytics accelerates patient recruitment for Cavatak trial

Singapore: Patient recruitment in phase II CALM trial has accelerated significantly in the past three months with 25 pa...

March 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
AtCor Medical wins $3.2 mn contract

Singapore: AtCor Medical, developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor system which measures central aortic blood pressures ...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
JCDC receives human research protection accreditation in India

Bangalore: The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, announced that it has accredit...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
RCC Labs gets exclusive marketing rights from ViruSure

Bangalore: RCC Laboratories, a Hyderabad based contract research organization (CRO) and ViruSure entered into a partners...

November 1, 2012 | Thursday | News
Quintiles, dabl to advance cardiovascular safety

Singapore: Quintiles and dabl, a provider of centralized ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) services, have en...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
Alchemia cancer trial gets nod from drug safety board

Singapore: Alchemia announced that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) responsible for reviewing the sa...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | News
Pusey is new president, GM of WuXiPRA China

Singapore: China-based WuXiPRA, a contract research organization (CRO), has appointed Mr James Pusey, as president and g...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
What the future holds for the APAC CRO market?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Perceptive opens customer care office in China

Singapore: Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International, ha...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Trifecta joins clinical research training consortium

Singapore: Trifecta Clinical joined the board of directors for the Asia Training Consortium (ATC), which is a group of ...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | News
India's clinical trial industry should look into the mirror

What are the major issues confronting India's bioscience sector now? On top of every one's mind is the uncertainty over ...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
Roche starts phase III trial of its eye drug

Singapore: Swiss drugmaker Roche announced that it has started late-stage trials of its experimental drug, Lampalizumab....

September 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
PharmaNet/i3 wins award for oncology research

Singapore: PharmaNet/i3, inVentiv Health's clinical segment, and a leading provider of clinical development services to ...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
Abuse of clinical trial laws need to be prevented

Clinical trial is a process which involves testing of efficacy of drugs for the purpose of determination of safety, prop...

October 15, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
US state pays PRA $0.4 mn for creating jobs

Singapore: PRA, a leading clinical research organization, has received a $400,000 grant from the Kansas Bioscience Autho...

May 10, 2013 | Friday | News
Marken enters S. Korea

Singapore, June 8, 2012: Global clinical supply chain service provider, Marken has opened its first office in South Kore...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
RedHill Biopharma announces dosing of first patient in the phase III study with RHB-104 for Crohn’s Disease

RedHill Biopharma Ltd., a specialty biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development and commercialization...

March 22, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Minoryx Therapeutics completes phase 1 clinical trial for MIN-102

Minoryx Therapeutics, a drug development company specialized in the discovery of new drugs for orphan diseases, announce...

March 22, 2017 | Wednesday | News

Podcast

Survey Box

× Please select an option to participate in the poll.
Processing...   View poll results   More polls

× You have successfully cast your vote.
{{ optionDetail.option }}{{ optionDetail.percentage }}%
{{ optionDetail.percentage }}% Complete
More polls