Japan to revise medical device approval procedures
Japan | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 13 Feb, 2013
Singapore: In order to speed up the approval process for medical devices, Japan is planning to introduce some changes in...Read more
Another Japanese university finds data manipulation for Novartis drug
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2013
Singapore: The Jikei University School of Medicine has become the second Japanese university to find that clinical data ...Read more
Prism to start PRI-724 trials to treat fibrosis
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2013
Singapore: Prism Pharma, a drug discovery company focused on developing small molecule technologies that modulate protei...Read more
Takeshi Yura is AMRI Asia discovery VP
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Dr Takeshi Yura has been promoted by AMRI to the position of vice president of discovery and development serv...Read more
APAC stem cell therapy market to reach $972mn in 2018
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 1 Comment | 01 Jan, 2013
Singapore: A new study by Reports and Reports predicted that the stem cell therapy market in Asia Pacific (APAC) will gr...Read more
Medtronic starts trial of renal denervation system in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 02 Oct, 2012
Singapore: Medtronic started Symplicity HTN-Japan, the first clinical trial with the Symplicity renal denervation system...Read more
BMS-Pfizer stroke drug gets Japanese nod
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 27 Dec, 2012
Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has...Read more
Chugai gets Japanese nod cancer drug Kadcyla
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 23 Sep, 2013
Singapore: The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved Oncology specializing pharmaceutical firm Ch...Read more
Biosensors to collaborate with Terumo in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Biosensors International, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative medical devices, is collaborat...Read more
Nexavar seeks marketing authorization in Japan
Japan | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 1 Comment | 01 Oct, 2013
Singapore: Bayer HealthCare has submitted an additional application for marketing authorization to the Ministry of Healt...Read more
Shinogi starts supply of Pirespa to Ildong
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Oct, 2012
Singapore: Osaka-based Shionogi has began to supply Pirespa 200mg tablet (pirfenidone) to Ildong Pharmaceutical, which i...Read more
US-based TriReme looks for big growth in Asia
Japan | Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 1 Comment | 31 May, 2012
TriReme Medical, a US-based start-up medical devices company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of innovativ...Read more
Abbott and Sucampo get nod for AMITIZA in Japan
Japan | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2012
Singapore: Sucampo Pharma and Abbott received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan for AMITIZA...Read more
Otsuka launches English website for global viewers
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2013
Singapore: Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical launched a newly designed English corporate website in collaboration with a...Read more
Takeda diabetes drug gets China's import license
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2013
Singapore: China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued an Import Drug License (IDL) for Takeda's type 2 di...Read more
Japan Minister: Dont be afraid of new science strategy
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Jun, 2013
Singapore: Japanese scientists are skeptical about the country's new strategy for economic growth, which includes an emp...Read more
Takeda appoints first-ever non-Japanese president
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 02 Dec, 2013
Singapore: In an effort to speedup business expansion in emerging nations, Japan's largest drug maker, Takeda Pharmaceut...Read more
FDA panel approves new obesity drug, Eisai to market it
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2012
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lorcaserin, a chemical drug that aims to control obesity by altering the serotonin receptors i...Read more