Targeted Medical Pharma assigns J-Network as distributor

Singapore: US-based Targeted Medical Pharma has signed an exclusive product distribution agreement with J-Network, a Cal...

February 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
DSP, Edison sign deal for mitochondria disease

Singapore: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP) has signed a research, development and commercial license agreement for th...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Japan approves extended indication of CryoLife's BioGlue

CryoLife Inc., a leading medical device and tissue processing company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced...

July 10, 2015 | Friday | News
World's most powerful microscope ready for use

Singapore: The world's most powerful microscope, which resides in a specially constructed room at the University of Vict...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sosei buys Heptares Therapeutics

Singapore: Sosei Group Corporation, a leading Japanese biopharmaceutical company with operations in Japan and the UK, ha...

February 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Japan, Qatar collaborate on personalized medicine

Singapore: The Japanese Preventive Medicine & Diagnosis Innovation Program (RIKEN-PMI) has announced a collaboration...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | News
NCKU Taiwan, Fujistu Taiwan ink a pact to establish cloud computing platform

Singapore: Japan-based technology giant Fujitsu Taiwan and Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) have signed a ...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | News
Eisai leverages genetic research with Genomics

Singapore: Japanese firm, Eisai, and Oxford based Genomics has formed partnership to share Genomics' statistical analyse...

April 13, 2015 | Monday | News
New testing kit fast tracks Ebola diagnosis

Singapore: Japanese researchers at the Nagasaki University announced that they have developed a new diagnostic technique...

September 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
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Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance have withdrawn license application for the use of inhaled drug fluticasone fur...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 acqu...

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 perce...

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 R...

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