Bayer gets Japan's nod for gastro tumor drug

Singapore: Bayer has received Japan's approval for Stivarga indicated for the treatment of patients suffering from gastr...

August 22, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Noven Pharma files NDA with US FDA

Singapore: Noven Pharmaceuticals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese firm Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical, has submitted a n...

August 30, 2012 | Thursday | News
Theravance, Alfa Wassermann collaborate

Singapore: Theravance and Alfa Wassermann entered into an exclusive development and commercialization agreement in cert...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Japan's Meiji Seika Pharma buys Medreich

Singapore: Japan's Meiji Seika Pharma is set to acquire Bangalore-based generic drug maker Medreich for $290 million. Th...

June 27, 2014 | Friday | News
Scientists in Japan make progress in vaccine against norovirus

Singapore: Even as a new strain of stomach flu is infecting many across the world, scientists in Japan seem to have made...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
FDA approves Eisai's ACIPHEX

Singapore: Eisai announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ACIPHEX Sprinkle Delayed-Releas...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Takeda establishes global medical affairs dept in Japan

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has established the Global Medical Affairs Japan Department at Takeda Development Cente...

November 26, 2012 | Monday | News
Zeria gets nod for Acofide Tablets in Japan

Singapore: Zeria Pharmaceutical and Astellas Pharma announced that, Zeria has obtained the marketing approval of Acofid...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Interphex Japan concludes in Tokyo

International pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing conference and expo, the 25th Interphex Japan, concluded on a suc...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | News
Daiichi to aid drug discovery projects

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has launched TaNeDS (Take a New challenge for Drug diScovery) collaborative drug discovery pro...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu pharma summit concurs that innovation is the key

Singapore: The Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit 2012 held in Singapore sent out an unaninmous message that it is high time ...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
Scottish body approves Fycompa by Eisai

Singapore: Scotland's health technology assessment body, Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), has approved Eisai's AMPA ...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi's comments upset former Ranbaxy owners

Singapore: Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo, which currently holds a majority stake in Ranbaxy, had earlier highlighted...

May 24, 2013 | Friday | News
Shimadzu launches smart device enabled HPLC system

Singapore: Japan-based global analytics technology provider, Shimadzu, has launched i-Series of new industry standard HP...

July 9, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi gets positive results in prasugrel trial

Singapore: Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo has received positive results for a double-blind randomized phase III trial c...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Takeda, UCL collaborate on brain diseases

Singapore: UCL (University College London) and Japan based Takeda Pharmaceutical have formed a new research collaboratio...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Ospens enters distribution deal with Japanese firm

Singapore: Canadian company Opsens signed its first major agreement granting distribution and other rights for its OptoW...

November 26, 2012 | Monday | News
Singapore, Japan to develop eye disease detection technology

Singapore: A*STAR's Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), and Topcon Corporation, Japan based ophthalmic instruments an...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News