Japan's Taisho forays into Vietnam market

Singapore: In line with its expansion strategy, Japan's Taisho Pharmaceutical has acquired a 24.5 percent stake in Vietn...

July 7, 2016 | Thursday | News
Apollo Pharmacy cautions against Ranbaxy drugs' use

New Delhi: Spelling further problems for India's pharma giant Ranbaxy and its Japanese owners Daiichi Sankyo, Apollo Pha...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Japan's MHLW approves Gilead's Hep C drug

Tokyo: Gilead Sciences Inc. has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved H...

July 6, 2015 | Monday | News
American Cryostem forays into Japanese biotechnology market

Singapore: American CryoStem Corporation (CRYO) a New Jersey-based developer, marketer and global licensor of patented a...

July 24, 2015 | Friday | News
Nikon joins hands with Lonza group for cell and gene therapies

Singapore: Japan-based Nikon has inked a deal with Lonza group to establish a new wholly owned cell and gene therapy con...

May 8, 2015 | Friday | News
Takeda partners with Japan's National Cancer Center

Singapore: Japanese drug giant Takeda has joined hands with the National Cancer Center (NCC), Japan, to discover and dev...

May 11, 2015 | Monday | News
Exlites launches e-commerce website with core products

Singapore: Exlites Holdings launched its new online e-commerce website. The new website will be a convenient way for pat...

August 14, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves Avastin for brain cancer treatment

Singapore: Roche announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Avastin (bevaciz...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Takeda appoints new chief medical and scientific officer

Singapore: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical has appointed Dr Andrew Plump as corporate officer and chief medical and scient...

December 23, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Tobacco prevalence in Asia raising death toll

Singapore: According to a study in PLOS Medicine, by Prof Wei Zheng, professor of Medicine and director of the Vanderbil...

June 17, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi forms new firm to treat muscular dystrophy

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo is going to establish a new company named Orphan Disease Treatment Institute, along with Innov...

February 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Aussie man contracts dengue in Japan

Singapore: As per a recent news report, an Australian traveler to Japan has been diagnosed with dengue fever. As per the...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
Rosetta Genomics receives first patent allowance in Japan

Singapore: Rosetta Genomics, a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, announced that t...

February 16, 2015 | Monday | News
Japan uses Dolly sheep's method to clone mouse

Singapore: Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, have used the same technique that...

March 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Plea seeks approval to treat H. pylori gastritis with triple therapy

Singapore: Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Astellas Pharma have submitted a joint application to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Cancer detection in less than an hour?

Singapore: Japan-based Hitachi and Kyushu University recently announced plans to develop a new device that can detect ca...

February 16, 2015 | Monday | News
Otsuka, Pioneer form alliance to develop endoscope

Singapore: Otsuka Medical Devices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Otsuka, and Pioneer have reached an agreement to form a ...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Novel Solutions for Emerging Diseases: Molcure

With increased life expectancy, an ageing society, and evolving infections, there is a growing demand for novel treatm...

August 24, 2014 | Sunday | Analysis