Iran, Japan to collaborate on health projects

Singapore: Iranian health Minister, Dr Hassan Hashemi has signed an MoU with Japan's Minister for Health Labor and Welfa...

February 27, 2015 | Friday | News
Prima BioMed's immunotherapeutic drug secures Japanese patent

May 3, 2016: Australia-based Prima BioMed Ltd has announced that the company has been granted patent number 5908210 enti...

May 3, 2016 | Tuesday | News
MSD Japan head: Regulatory bodies are purposely delaying approvals

The entire world is worried about drying up of research pipelines and continued decline in research productivity. This m...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
PPD forms joint venture in Japan

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) and Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories have formed a joint venture ...

December 26, 2014 | Friday | News
MD Anderson, Astellas collaborate to develop new drug for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Japanese pharma giant Astellas Pharma Inc. and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has signed an option ag...

April 8, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Elsevier collaborates with Kanazawa Univ, Japan

Singapore: Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, h...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Fujifilm to acquire US-based vaccine maker

Singapore: Japan's Fujifilm has inked a deal to acquire US-based Kalon Bio therapeutics, which has expertise in manufact...

October 31, 2014 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo launches Methylene Blue Injection in Japan

Japanese pharma major Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited has launched Methylene Blue Injection 50mg for the treatment of met...

March 23, 2015 | Monday | News
HUYA Bioscience completes cancer drug's first cohort study in Japan

HUYA Bioscience International (HUYA) has completed the first cohort in a Phase 1 clinical trial in Japan of its cancer d...

March 23, 2015 | Monday | News
Amgen seeks approval for anti-cholesterol drug in Japan

US-based Amgen has announced that an application seeking marketing approval of Repatha (evolocumab) for the treatment of...

March 23, 2015 | Monday | News
MNCs on medtech growth trail

Industry forecasts by market analysts state that 80 percent of the multinational companies expect to gain a good share i...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Biochips market to be worth $11.4 bn by 2018

Singapore: A recent report released by RnRMarketResearch.com has analyzed the Global Biochips Industry and forecasted th...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan's GHIT fund pumps $637,000 to support antimalarial drug discovery

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) - a unique public health partnership that brings Japanese know-...

February 6, 2015 | Friday | News
Lawyer files suit to shut Ranbaxy plants in India

New Delhi: An Indian lawyer has filed a lawsuit asking the country's Supreme Court to probe the pharmaceutical giant, it...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Millennium and Takeda get EU approval for cancer drug

Singapore: Millennium, The Takeda Oncology Company and Takeda Pharmaceutical announced that the European Commission (EC...

November 1, 2012 | Thursday | News
NovoTTF Therapy treats first recurrent glioblastoma patient in Japan

Singapore: US-based Novocure announced that Dr Tatsunori Okamaura, MD, PhD, of the Kashiwaba Neurosurgical Hospital in S...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Kane Biotech issued new patent in Japan

Singapore: Kane Biotech, a biotechnology company engaged in the development and commercialization of products that preve...

October 10, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Eisai website to help its staff manage obesity

Singapore: Eisai launched a new website to provide employees with an educational resource for information about obesity ...

August 16, 2013 | Friday | News