Vifor and Zeria sign deal for Ferinject in Japan

Singapore: Swiss-based Vifor Pharma, a company of the Galenica Group, has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement ...

August 19, 2013 | Monday | News
Takeda's diabetes drug gets Chinese FDA nod

Singapore: Japanese major Takeda Pharmaceutical has said that the China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has ...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Aveo, Astellas report cancer trial results

Singapore: Aveo Oncology and Astellas Pharma announced overall survival (OS) for tivozanib, an investigational agent, fr...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Top pharma deals in the last 5 years in APAC

The number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that have been made over the past two years have almost returned to pre...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Thailand, Japan collaborate on bioremediation

Singapore: BIOTEC, NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC) and Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University signed a p...

January 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan, Singapore to bring innovation in drug, device, technology

Singapore: Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Collaboration Center for Life Innovation (GCC) and the Agency for Scienc...

November 29, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeda enters into supply agreement for Omontys

Singapore: Takeda and Affymax, announced that Takeda Pharmaceuticals America (TPA) has entered into a supply agreement ...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japanese, Thai institutes sign bio-conservation MoU

Singapore: A phase III memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Thailand's BIOTEC and Japan's National Insti...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Takeda receives Japanese nod for Adcetris

Singapore: Japanese pharma major Takeda Pharma has announced that it has received approval of Adcetris (brentuximab vedo...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Verastem enters research collaboration with Eisai

Singapore: Verastem, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat breast and other c...

July 13, 2012 | Friday | News
CRO INC Research expands to Japan

Singapore: Therapeutically focused global clinical research organization, INC Research LLC has announced the establishme...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Sosei initiates oropharyngeal candidiasis trial

Singapore: Sosei Group's Japanese subsidiary initiated a phase III trial for SO-1105 for the treatment of oropharyngeal...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan study: Sugar solution makes tissue transparent

Singapore: Researchers from Japan's RIKEN Center for Developmental biology have developed a new sugar and water-based so...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Astellas, Cytokinetics sign $490 mn muscle deal

Singapore: US-based Cytokinetics and Japan-based Astellas Pharma entered in a two-year collaboration focused on the R&am...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Astellas, XenoPort launch Regnite in Japan

Singapore: Astellas Pharma and XenoPort have launched Regnite (gabapentin enacarbil) extended-release tablets. Regnite i...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | News
TSRI, Takeda expand research collaboration

Singapore: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Takeda Pharmaceutical plan to expand their recent research collabo...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Japanese I'rom acquires 18% in Australian IDT

Singapore: Japanese company I'rom Holdings will acquire an 18.8 percent stake in IDT Australia. I'rom is listed on the T...

May 7, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Iressa deaths: Japanese High Court rules in favor of AZ

Singapore: The Japanese unit of AstraZeneca (AZ), has been acquitted, in a case that had held the firm responsible for t...

May 28, 2012 | Monday | News