FDA approves additional indication of Eisai's anticancer agent Lenvima

Japan's Eisai Co Ltd has announced that its US subsidiary Eisai Inc. has received approval from the US Food and Drug Adm...

May 17, 2016 | Tuesday | News
PharmaMar seeks Japan PMDA approval for tissue sarcoma drug

The Japanese Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council (PAFSC) has recommended an approval for Madrid-based Pha...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Treatment for rare metabolic disorder approved in Japan

NASDAQ-listed Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced that Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) appr...

July 7, 2015 | Tuesday | News
ILS strengthens Bachem's peptide business in Japan

Tokyo: Switzerland's Bachem and Initiative for Life Sciences (ILS) have decided to strengthen their co-marketing efforts...

September 9, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Japan to provide medical assistance to Kyrgyzstan

Singapore: In a bid to improve medical services and healthcare scenario in Kyrgyzstan, Japan has inked a pact with five ...

March 9, 2015 | Monday | News
Astellas sells Kiyosu Plant business to MicroBiopharm Japan

Tokyo: Pharma giant Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced that the company and MicroBiopharm Japan Co. Ltd. (MBJ) have conc...

November 2, 2015 | Monday | News
“Engineered 3D human tissue will bring efficiencies in drug screening and drug safety testing”

First, could you give the readers a short bio of your company?Cyfuse is a regenerative medicine startup founded in 2010 ...

June 30, 2015 | Tuesday | Opinion
OxOnc, Pfizer drug trial to be held in Asia

Singapore: OxOnc Development, an oncology development company founded by pharmaceutical development executives and oncol...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Invivoscribe, Astellas sign agreement for companion diagnostics

Invivoscribe Technologies Inc., a US-based company with international experience in commercializing in-vitro diagnostic ...

April 29, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Japan Pharma Manufacturers Association partners with Medidata

Singapore: Medidata, a provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research, has collaborated with Japan Pharmaceutic...

September 1, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Takeda partners with WIPO to accelerate R&D

Singapore: Japan based Takeda Pharmaceutical has participated in WIPO Re:Search, a consortium to accelerate research and...

April 24, 2016 | Sunday | News
CPhI Japan set to begin tomorrow

Singapore: CPhI Japan, organized by UBM EMEA, is set to begin at the Big Sight Exhibition Center, Tokyo, Japan, from Apr...

April 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Astella, Potenza partner to enhance immune-oncology programs

Singapore: Japan's Astellas Pharma and Potenza Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a portfolio of immuno-on...

April 23, 2015 | Thursday | News
Tosoh buys an Indian invitro diagnostics company

Singapore: As part of expanding and strengthening its bioscience operations, Japan-based Tosoh Corporation has acquired ...

April 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Naviscan gets Japan approval for PET

Singapore: Naviscan, the global leader in organ-specific molecular imaging, received Shonin approval from the Japanese M...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo Korea, Daewoong Pharma to co-promote oral anti-coagulant in Korea

Tokyo: Japanese pharmaceutical giant, Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary i...

December 28, 2015 | Monday | News
Chugai-Athersys collaborate to develop MultiStem Cell Therapy

Singapore: Chugai Pharmaceutical and US-based Athersys have entered into a partnership and license agreement to exclusiv...

March 5, 2015 | Thursday | News
Sanford Consortium, Takeda Pharmaceutical partner in $10-million innovation alliance

The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine in La Jolla, California, and the Japanese major Takeda Pharmaceutical C...

June 10, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Roche to develop companion diagnostic test for Acute Coronary Syndrome

Roche has announced that the company has entered into an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic (CDx) test for dalc...

June 10, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Carna Biosciences collaborates with Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Carna Biosciences has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Janssen Biotech Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutica...

June 12, 2015 | Friday | News
Transcatheter heart devices to see surge in Japan

Singapore: Millennium Research Group (MRG) estimates that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) devices will be ...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo initiates Hokusai-VTE cancer study

Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited has initiated its Hokusai-VTE Cancer, a multinational study which will investigate the ef...

June 19, 2015 | Friday | News
Mesoblast files for approval of stem cell product in Japan

Tokyo: Australia's regenerative medicine company, Mesoblast Limited has announced that its allogeneic mesenchymal stem c...

September 7, 2015 | Monday | News
Syros to replicate Japanese clinical trials of cancer drug in US and Europe

Tokyo: Cambridge-based Syros Pharmaceuticals has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the Japanese oncolo...

September 28, 2015 | Monday | News
Cellmid to supply diagnostic antibodies to Fujikura

Singapore: Cellmid has signed an important option agreement with listed Japanese company Fujikura Kasei, a major supp...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | News