MD Anderson, Astellas collaborate to develop new drug for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Japanese pharma giant Astellas Pharma Inc. and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has signed an option ag...

April 8, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Elsevier collaborates with Kanazawa Univ, Japan

Singapore: Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services,...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Fujifilm to acquire US-based vaccine maker

Singapore: Japan's Fujifilm has inked a deal to acquire US-based Kalon Bio therapeutics, which has expertise in manufact...

October 31, 2014 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo launches Methylene Blue Injection in Japan

Japanese pharma major Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited has launched Methylene Blue Injection 50mg for the treatment of met...

March 23, 2015 | Monday | News
HUYA Bioscience completes cancer drug's first cohort study in Japan

HUYA Bioscience International (HUYA) has completed the first cohort in a Phase 1 clinical trial in Japan of its cancer d...

March 23, 2015 | Monday | News
Amgen seeks approval for anti-cholesterol drug in Japan

US-based Amgen has announced that an application seeking marketing approval of Repatha (evolocumab) for the treatment of...

March 23, 2015 | Monday | News
MNCs on medtech growth trail

Industry forecasts by market analysts state that 80 percent of the multinational companies expect to gain a good share i...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Biochips market to be worth $11.4 bn by 2018

Singapore: A recent report released by RnRMarketResearch.com has analyzed the Global Biochips Industry and forecasted th...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan's GHIT fund pumps $637,000 to support antimalarial drug discovery

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) - a unique public health partnership that brings Japanese know-...

February 6, 2015 | Friday | News
Lawyer files suit to shut Ranbaxy plants in India

New Delhi: An Indian lawyer has filed a lawsuit asking the country's Supreme Court to probe the pharmaceutical giant, it...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Millennium and Takeda get EU approval for cancer drug

Singapore: Millennium, The Takeda Oncology Company and Takeda Pharmaceutical announced that the European Commission (...

November 1, 2012 | Thursday | News
NovoTTF Therapy treats first recurrent glioblastoma patient in Japan

Singapore: US-based Novocure announced that Dr Tatsunori Okamaura, MD, PhD, of the Kashiwaba Neurosurgical Hospital in S...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Kane Biotech issued new patent in Japan

Singapore: Kane Biotech, a biotechnology company engaged in the development and commercialization of products that preve...

October 10, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Eisai website to help its staff manage obesity

Singapore: Eisai launched a new website to provide employees with an educational resource for information about obesity ...

August 16, 2013 | Friday | News
Japan's Taisho forays into Vietnam market

Singapore: In line with its expansion strategy, Japan's Taisho Pharmaceutical has acquired a 24.5 percent stake in Vietn...

July 7, 2016 | Thursday | News
Apollo Pharmacy cautions against Ranbaxy drugs' use

New Delhi: Spelling further problems for India's pharma giant Ranbaxy and its Japanese owners Daiichi Sankyo, Apollo Pha...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Japan's MHLW approves Gilead's Hep C drug

Tokyo: Gilead Sciences Inc. has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved H...

July 6, 2015 | Monday | News
American Cryostem forays into Japanese biotechnology market

Singapore: American CryoStem Corporation (CRYO) a New Jersey-based developer, marketer and global licensor of patented a...

July 24, 2015 | Friday | News
Nikon joins hands with Lonza group for cell and gene therapies

Singapore: Japan-based Nikon has inked a deal with Lonza group to establish a new wholly owned cell and gene therapy con...

May 8, 2015 | Friday | News
Takeda partners with Japan's National Cancer Center

Singapore: Japanese drug giant Takeda has joined hands with the National Cancer Center (NCC), Japan, to discover and dev...

May 11, 2015 | Monday | News
Exlites launches e-commerce website with core products

Singapore: Exlites Holdings launched its new online e-commerce website. The new website will be a convenient way for pat...

August 14, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves Avastin for brain cancer treatment

Singapore: Roche announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Avastin (bevaciz...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Takeda appoints new chief medical and scientific officer

Singapore: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical has appointed Dr Andrew Plump as corporate officer and chief medical and scient...

December 23, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Tobacco prevalence in Asia raising death toll

Singapore: According to a study in PLOS Medicine, by Prof Wei Zheng, professor of Medicine and director of the Vanderbil...

June 17, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi forms new firm to treat muscular dystrophy

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo is going to establish a new company named Orphan Disease Treatment Institute, along with Innov...

February 18, 2013 | Monday | News