Takeda asks judge to rule in its favor

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Apr, 2013

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceuticals, US, highlighted that in the case against Jack Cooper (No CGC-12-518535) the jury rule...Read more

Life Tech, Japanese firm to launch stem cell kit

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Life Technologies has extended its collaborative agreement with Japanese firm DNAVec Corporation to launch Cy...Read more

Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access

Japan |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 1 Comment | 30 Nov, 2012

Telemedicine is re-defining access to healthcare in many ways. It has, in particular, proved to be an effective solution...Read more

Teva pregnancy 'preventor' gets FDA nod

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Apr, 2013

Singapore: The US FDA has approved Teva Pharmaceutical's Quartette (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol and ethinyl estradi...Read more

Growth ahead for Japan's pharma, medtech

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Jul, 2014

Singapore: Japan's pharmaceutical market was estimated to be worth $89.1 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach approx...Read more

Evolva, Ajinomoto enter development deal

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Jan, 2013

Singapore: Evolva Holding SA entered into a collaboration agreement with Ajinomoto, Japan, for the joint development of ...Read more

Astellas, Sanwa launch hyperkalemia treatment

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Jan, 2013

Singapore: Tokyo-headquartered Astellas Pharma and Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, based in Nagoya, Japan, have launched a hyper...Read more

Sanofi seeks approval for Lyxumia in Japan

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 1 Comment | 11 Jun, 2012

Singapore: Sanofi has submitted the marketing authorization application for Lyxumia, (lixisenatide), an investigational ...Read more

Hitachi mRNA assay to target personalized medicine

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Hitachi Chemical has developed a novel mRNA quantitative assay called Hem(A)+ System that offers a wide rang...Read more

Eisai to launch breast cancer drug in India

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Nov, 2013

Singapore: With an agenda to expand its footprint in the emerging markets, Japan's Eisai Pharma is launching its novel a...Read more

Japan approves broader indication for Lyrica

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Pfizer Japan has received approval in Japan to replace the current indication of peripheral neuropathic pain ...Read more

Rienso gets marketing authorization in Europe

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Jun, 2012

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and AMAG Pharmaceuticals have been granted marketing authorization by the European Comm...Read more

Consumers are winners in the BRCA gene case

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2013

In the wake of US Supreme Court's win-win verdict in Association for Molecular Pathology vs Myriad Genetics case, Frost ...Read more

Otsuka, Lundbeck sign $825 mn Alzheimer's deal

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Denmark-based Lundbeck and Japanese company Otsuka Pharmaceutical have signed a license and development agree...Read more

Takeda drug gets FDA nod for new biologic therapy

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 May, 2014

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has recieved Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new biologic therapy, En...Read more

PGA, Astellas conduct women's day at golf tour

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Feb, 2013

Singapore: The PGA Tour and subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma launched its first 'Astellas Presents Executive Wo...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo recruits patients for cancer trial

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2012

Singapore: US-based ArQule and Japanese Daiichi Sankyo have completed the recruitment of patients for their randomized, ...Read more

World's largest PK/PD group launches service in Asia

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Apr, 2013

Singapore: Certara, leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decisio...Read more