Takeda transfers HPV vaccine license to Japanese firm

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has transferred its license agreement with the Japan Health Sciences Foundation (HS Fou...

March 12, 2015 | Thursday | News
Medtech Partnering Forum 2015 to be held in Tokyo

Singapore: EBD Group, organizer of leading international life science partnering conferences, has announced Medtech Part...

April 24, 2015 | Friday | News
Hyperion to succeed Santen's anti-rheumatic business

Singapore: Japanese pharmaceutical major Santen Pharmaceutical has decided to sign an agreement with Showa Yakuhin Kakou...

May 13, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Intercept-Sumitomo completes liver cirrhosis drug's phase II trials

Tokyo: Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc has announced the results of a 72-week phase II dose ranging trial of obeticholic a...

November 2, 2015 | Monday | News
Mitsubhisi Tanabe gains commercial rights to Regeneron's antibody drug

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. has collaborated with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC), where Regeneron will p...

October 5, 2015 | Monday | News
Belgium's genae incorporates office in Tokyo

Tokyo: Belgium-based Contract Research Organization (CRO) and services provider genae has incorporated 'genae Japan' in ...

October 7, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Brickell Biotech-Kaken Pharma to co-develop dermatology drug

Brickell Biotech Inc., a US-based clinical-stage pharmaceutical company has signed an exclusive license and development ...

April 5, 2015 | Sunday | News
Milestone drug approvals on a single day pave way for new therapies in Japan

September 28th witnessed the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) granting approvals to many drugs aim...

September 30, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Photonics commercializes tissue surgery laser

Singapore: Photonics, which recently received investments from Maxwell Biotech Venture Fund and RVC Seed Fund, has made ...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Chugai, Gilead get Japanese approval for additional indication of antiviral drug Copegus

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has obtained approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for...

March 30, 2015 | Monday | News
Japan approves BioSpecifics' Dupuytren's Contracture treatment

Tokyo: BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., a US-based biopharmaceutical company developing collagenase-based products, has ...

July 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Astellas-Cyclenium ink drug discovery collaboration

Singapore: Quebec's Cyclenium Pharma has signed a drug discovery collaboration agreement with Astellas Pharma in Tokyo....

May 13, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Takeda acquires US biologics manufacturing facility

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical announced the acquisition of a biologics manufacturing facility located in Brooklyn Par...

January 7, 2016 | Thursday | News
INTERPHEX JAPAN / in-PHARMA JAPAN 2015 to be held at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan

Tokyo: The 28th INTERPHEX JAPAN and 9th in-PHARMA JAPAN will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from July 1st to 3rd, 2015 at th...

June 19, 2015 | Friday | News
Japan pharma market worth $80 billion by 2020: Global Data

Singapore: According to research and consulting firm Global Data, the Japanese pharmaceutical market is poised to grow a...

March 1, 2015 | Sunday | News
How will Asia tackle total drug resistant TB?

The latest concern to have plagued the field of tuberculosis (TB) is the emergence of total drug resistant TB (TDR-TB). ...

March 23, 2012 | Friday | News
BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase i...

January 2, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
“Many foreign CROs are often hesitant to make big investments in Japan”

Founded in 1983, BBK Worldwide is a marketing consultancy firm specializing in patient recruitment for clinical R&D ...

August 14, 2015 | Friday | Opinion