Takeda to acquire LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Oct, 2012

Singapore: The wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical, Takeda America Holdings, has entered into a...Read more

Astellas, UCB launch Cimzia in Japan

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Astellas Pharma and UCB Japan have launched Cimzia (certolizumab pegol) in Japan for adult patients with rheu...Read more

BabyLance safety heelstick receives EU patent

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Aug, 2013

Singapore: US-based MediPurpose, a master distributor and manufacturer of medical products, has announced an addition to...Read more

Museum gets $250,000 from Takeda to train teachers

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Takeda announced that it will donate $250,000 to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry mainly to support ...Read more

Eisai, Biogen boost manufacturing in US

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Eisai's US subsidiary entered into a strategic manufacturing alliance with Biogen Idec to bolster the manufa...Read more

KHK advances DsiRNA cancer target, pays $5 mn

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Jan, 2013

Singapore: Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, a RNA interference (RNAi) company focused on developing breakthrough oncology thera...Read more

BMS seeks Hep C therapy approval in Japan

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Nov, 2013

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to Japan's Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices...Read more

Daiichi US appoints Glenn Gormley as chairman

Japan |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has appointed Dr Glenn Gormley, as president and chairman of Daiichi Sankyo, US. Dr Gormley w...Read more

Catalent, UMN collaborate for biosimilars

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Catalent Pharma Solutions and UMN Pharma announced the signing of an agreement to provide UMN Pharma a broad...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo generics' unit to launch 5 drugs

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo's pharmaceuticals subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Espha is all set to launch five generic products ...Read more

Medtronic to help rebuild hospital in Japan

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2012

Singapore: Medtronic Foundation will partner with Project HOPE to rebuild the Yamada General Hospital in Japan's norther...Read more

New details of rice fungus may help control disease

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2013

Singapore: A study by an international team of researchers has shed light on how the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryz...Read more

Tablet coating inspection technology developed in Japan

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Sumitomo Electric Industries and Kwansei Gakuin University have jointly developed a tablet coating inspectio...Read more

Shimadzu to launch gas chromatograph Tracera

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Feb, 2013

Singapore: Shimadzu will introduce Tracera, a high-sensitivity gas chromatograph equipped with the newly developed barri...Read more

Ovaries of early menopausal women 'awakened' to conceive baby

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Doctors at Stanford University, US, and St Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan, have used a new tec...Read more

Daiichi, Sanofi seeks nod for baby vaccine in Japan

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2013

Singapore: Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo, a member of the Daiichi Sankyo Group, has applied for approval of its tetravalent co...Read more

Mitsubishi Tanabe files NDA for Canagliflozin

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 May, 2013

Singapore: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma announced that the company has submitted an application for the manufacturing and ma...Read more

US FDA approves Xtandi for prostate cancer

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Sep, 2012

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Xtandi (enzalutamide) capsules for the trea...Read more