What's the stem cell regulatory scenario like in APAC?

The pioneering work of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has open...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Japanese scientists discover anti-cancer property in diabetes drug

Scientists at the Okayama University in Japan have announced that their studies have revealed how a diabetes drug helps ...

March 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
GSK, Theravance withdraw COPD drug from Japan

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance have withdrawn license application for the use of inhaled drug fluticasone fur...

July 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Tech drive demand for 3D medical imaging

Singapore: Global Industry Analysts (GIA) announces the release of a comprehensive global report on 3D medical imaging m...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Fuji Pharma acquires Thai contract manufacturer Olic

Singapore: Japanese firm Fuji Pharma has entered into a share purchase agreement with swiss trading firm DKSH to acquir...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Roche, Meiji Seika Pharma, Fedora collaborate to develop bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Singapore: Pharmaceutical firms, Roche, Meiji Seika Pharma and Fedora have entered into a license agreement for the deve...

January 16, 2015 | Friday | News
Asia gets $15 mn donation for better sanitation

Singapore: Last year, the Asian Development Bank created the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund to help provide...

March 21, 2014 | Friday | News
McCann Healthcare forms new group in Japan

Singapore: McCann Healthcare Worldwide Japan (MHWWJ, a division of McCann Healthcare Worldwide, McCann Worldgroup and In...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Takeda taps Sanofi's top exec to lead global R&D

Singapore: Japan-based, Takeda pharmaceuticals has tapped Sanofi's executive, Mr Andrew Plump, to head global research a...

December 19, 2014 | Friday | News
Japan says NO to smoking, first dip since 1965

Singapore: A survey conducted by Japan Tobacco has revealed that smoking rates in the country have fallen by 20 percent...

August 1, 2014 | Friday | News
Mauna Kea & Amco to distribute Cellvizio in Japan

Singapore: Mauna Kea Technologies, leader in the optical biopsy market and developer of Cellvizio, which the fastest way...

June 14, 2013 | Friday | News
Cardica's stapling cartridge seeks Japanese nod

Singapore: Japan's Century Medical has filed for regulatory approval of US-based Cardica's MicroCutter Xchange 30 cuttin...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Japanese develops eye-based autism detector

Singapore: IP Shakti, an early-stage seed fund for biomedical and life science innovations, has entered into a partnersh...

March 29, 2013 | Friday | News
IHH healthcare acquires 5 nursing homes in Japan

Singapore: Malaysia's leading hospital operator, IHH healthcare recently announced that its subsidiary Parkway Life Rea...

March 19, 2015 | Thursday | News
Daiichi's Lixiana approved for ischemic stroke

Singapore: Japanese pharmaceutical company, Daiichi Sankyo, has received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour an...

September 29, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
Zeria Group's Tillotts, Numab collaborate to co-develop Inflammatory Bowel Disease therapeutics

Tillotts Pharma AG, a part of Japan-based Zeria Group, and Numab AG have entered into an exclusive global licensing agre...

June 10, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Toshiba, Johns Hopkins collaborate on big-data research

Singapore: To utilize the potential of Big Data to predict and prevent diseases, Toshiba has established a 'Toshiba Cent...

September 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Fuji subsidiary AstaReal to build $30 mn plant in Japan

Singapore: Fuji Chemical Industry from Japan is planning to set up a $30 million manufacturing unit under its subsidiary...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Bristol seeks Japanese nod of all-oral hepatitis C treatment

Singapore: US drugmaker, Bristol-Myers Squibb co has said that it is seeking Japanese health regulators approval of its ...

November 4, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Orphan blood disease drugs to gain market

Singapore: Physicians treating rare blood disorders now have more drug treatments to choose from to treat patients. This...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Takeda develops first-ever vomiting bug vaccine

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical is developing a vaccine against norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug. Dr Ra...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
NPS gets orphan drugs' rights from Takeda

Singapore: NPS Pharma has re-gained the full worldwide rights to teduglutide and recombinant human parathyroid hormone ...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Eisai expands R&D in Belgium with office in Brussels

Singapore: Eisai EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa, Russia and Oceania), the R&D division of the Japan-based company...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | News
Genzyme's Cerdelga capsules approved in Japan

Genzyme, a Sanofi company, announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted marketing approv...

April 1, 2015 | Wednesday | News

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