Biosensors to collaborate with Terumo in Japan

Singapore: Biosensors International, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative medical devices, is collaborat...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Nexavar seeks marketing authorization in Japan

Singapore: Bayer HealthCare has submitted an additional application for marketing authorization to the Ministry of Healt...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Shinogi starts supply of Pirespa to Ildong

Singapore: Osaka-based Shionogi has began to supply Pirespa 200mg tablet (pirfenidone) to Ildong Pharmaceutical, which i...

October 16, 2012 | Tuesday | News
US-based TriReme looks for big growth in Asia

TriReme Medical, a US-based start-up medical devices company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of innovativ...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Abbott and Sucampo get nod for AMITIZA in Japan

Singapore: Sucampo Pharma and Abbott received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan for AMITIZA...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Otsuka launches English website for global viewers

Singapore: Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical launched a newly designed English corporate website in collaboration with a...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeda diabetes drug gets China's import license

Singapore: China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued an Import Drug License (IDL) for Takeda's type 2 ...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan Minister: Dont be afraid of new science strategy

Singapore: Japanese scientists are skeptical about the country's new strategy for economic growth, which includes an emp...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda appoints first-ever non-Japanese president

Singapore: In an effort to speedup business expansion in emerging nations, Japan's largest drug maker, Takeda Pharmaceut...

December 2, 2013 | Monday | News
FDA panel approves new obesity drug, Eisai to market it

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lorcaserin, a chemical drug that aims to control obesity by altering the serotonin receptors i...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Japan pharma to grow at 2% CAGR from 2013-20

Singapore: Simplification of the regulatory process will prove to be the key to the growth of the pharma market in Japan...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
APAC healthcare industry becomes cloud friendly

Singapore: A recent report presented by Frost & Sullivan has said that the healthcare industry in Asia Pacific is em...

November 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Eisai signs agreement with Epizyme and Roche

Singapore: Eisai has signed an agreement with Epizyme and Roche Molecular Systems to collaborate on the development o...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Takeda, Lundbeck to present depression study data

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck will be presenting new data from four studies that evaluated effectivene...

May 20, 2013 | Monday | News
Japan Vaccine begins operation

Singapore: Japan Vaccine, a joint venture created by equal investments from Daiichi Sankyo and GlaxoSmithKline, started ...

July 3, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves generic drug for osteoporosis

Singapore: Actonel 75 mg tablets and Benet 75 mg tablets, a once-monthly formulation of risedronate sodium hydrate (gene...

December 28, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
Mitsubishi proton system aids cancer therapy in Japan

Singapore: Mitsubishi Electric to supply its proton beam therapy system for cancer treatment to Tsuyama Chuo Hospital, J...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves reimbursement for Edwards' Sapien XT valve

Singapore: Edwards Lifesciences, makers of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, has announced that Japan's Central S...

August 22, 2013 | Thursday | News
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
Bionest and Scisive merge together

Singapore: Bionest Partners and Scisive Consulting have merged to form a global strategy and management consulting firms...

December 31, 2012 | Monday | News
Shionogi launches London headquarter

Singapore: Japan-based pharmaceutical company Shionogi has launched its new European Headquarters in London, UK, to be c...

July 6, 2012 | Friday | News
A time to rethink talent management

        Year 2011 was an action-packed-year for HR professionals in Asia Pacific life sciences industr...

May 29, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Astellas, Merck enter co-promotion deal in Japan

Singapore: Astellas Pharma and MSD KK, the Japan unit of US pharma giant Merck, have entered into a co-promotion agreeme...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Leading CMO to increase customer base in Japan

Singapore: CMC Biologics, a leading contract manufacturing organization known for its technical excellence in process...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Eisai to launch Bi Chocola Collagen and Bi Chocola Collagen Gelée

Singapore: Eisai will launch the tablet-type Bi Chocola Collagen and gelée drink-type Bi Chocola Collagen GelÃ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News