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 had been manipulated for a Novartis Pharma drug that lowers blood pre...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 protein-protein interactions, announced the close of an approximately $15 m...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 services, Asia. Dr Yura will report directly to Dr Thomas E. D'Ambra, cha...Read more

APAC stem cell therapy market to reach $972mn in 2018

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

Singapore: A new study by Reports and Reports predicted that the stem cell therapy market in Asia Pacific (APAC) will grow in value from $545 million in 2012 to $972 million in 2018, at a c...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 in Japan for patients with treatment-resistant hypertension. The cli...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 approved Eliquis (apixaban) for the prevention of ischemic stroke an...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 Chugai Pharmaceutical's anti-cancer agent Kadcyla, for HER2-positive in...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 collaborating with Japanese company Terumo to promote the Nobori drug-eluting s...Read more

Nexavar seeks marketing authorization in Japan

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Bayer HealthCare has submitted an additional application for marketing authorization to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan for Nexavar (Sorafenib) tablets...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 is headquartered in Seoul, for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary f...Read more

US-based TriReme looks for big growth in Asia

Japan |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 31 May, 2012

TriReme Medical, a US-based start-up medical devices company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of innovative devices for the treatment of complex vascular disease, recently ope...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 (lubiprostone). The drug is a prescription medicine that is used for...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 an Amsterdam-based creative agency. The new site reflects Otsuka's phi...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 diabetes drug Nesina (alogliptin). Orally administered dipeptidyl pept...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 emphasis on applied biomedical research. Several life science organizati...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 Pharmaceuticals has chosen its new president from a rival company. The company...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 in the brain that control hunger pangs, developed by Arena Pharmaceuti...Read more

Japan pharma to grow at 2% CAGR from 2013-20

Japan |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Simplification of the regulatory process will prove to be the key to the growth of the pharma market in Japan, claimed a recent report by Research and Markets. The CountryFocus ...Read more