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
CEO of Takeda's Millennium Pharma quits abruptly

Singapore: Ms Deborah Dunsire, CEO, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, is leaving the company in an abrupt departure. Ms Dunsir...

May 13, 2013 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo reveals its five-year business plan

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has announced a new five-year business plan, which will span from April 1, 2013 through March ...

March 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Daiichi to work with US FDA to solve Ranbaxy quality issue

Singapore: As a strong reaction to the import ban placed on Ranbaxy Laboratories' third manufacturing unit in India, the...

September 25, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda gets go ahead for teduglutide in Europe

Singapore: The European Commission (EC) has granted European market authorization for the medicinal product teduglutide ...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Astellas, UMN pharma to curb influenza in Japan

Singapore: In a bid to curtail the growing cases of influenza in Japan, Astellas announced that it has submitted an a...

June 3, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Big Pharma continues acquisitions

The first quarter of 2011 witnessed major deals in the global pharmaceutical space, with April proving to be a big month...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Ranbaxy aiming to sell its generics in Japan

Singapore: Leading Indian generic drug maker, Ranbaxy Laboratories, along with its owners, Japan's second largest pharma...

November 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo and Asubio merge to streamline operations

Daiichi Sankyo Inc., the US subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd, will merge with its US-based sister company, Asubi...

April 5, 2015 | Sunday | News
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
Astellas joins hands with Tecnofarma International

Singapore: The US subsidiary of Japanese drug major Astellas Pharma has entered into a distribution agreement with Tecno...

June 7, 2013 | Friday | News
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
Alchemia gets US patent for oncology platform technology

Singapore: Brisbane-based drug discovery and development company Alchemia has been granted a key US patent critical t...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan to develop vaccine for H7N9 bird flu

Singapore: A panel of experts at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry of Japan will start producing a vaccine for the ...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo to shut animal vaccine unit

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo's animal vaccine unit, Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo Vaccine is discontinuing its animal vaccine bus...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
OptiMedica expands footprint in Japan

Singapore: Global ophthalmic company OptiMedica has expanded international market adoption of its Catalys Precision L...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
WaferGen, Qiagen sign Next-Gen sequencing deal

Singapore: WaferGen Bio-systems announced a co-marketing agreement with Qiagen for the promotion of certain products in ...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Novartis's Ultibro Breezhaler receives EC, Japanese nod

Singapore: Novartis has announced that the European Commission has approved once-daily Ultibro Breezhaler (indacaterol 8...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
Shimadzu India aims at 15-20% growth

With a view of expanding their customer base, Shimadzu Analytical India has been taking concrete steps towards connectin...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
Ex-GSK boss promoted as Takeda's CEO

Singapore: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical has promoted Mr Christophe Weber, representative director, president and chief ...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
Millennium starts ph III trial for multiple myeloma drug

Singapore: Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, has initiated an international phase III clinical trial evaluating M...

July 2, 2012 | Monday | News
Astellas looks to sell dermatology assets: Sources

Singapore: Japan-based drugmaker Astellas Pharma is planning to sell its dermatology portfolio, which could be worth bet...

June 19, 2013 | 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
OMRON reports performance for Q1 2012

Singapore: OMRON Corporation reported consolidated performance for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal 2012, which included...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | Company results
International consortium sequences tomato genome

Singapore: The Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC), which is a group of over 300 scientists from 13 countries sequenced the g...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News