Mystic gets Japan, China patent nod for containers

Singapore: Mystic Pharmaceuticals, US, received key notices of allowance from Asian patent offices in the company's o...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Century Medical gets Japanese nod for Glider catheter

‎Singapore: TriReme Medical's Japanese partner, Century Medical, has received Shonin approval for Glider P...

April 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential

The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Ariad begins phase I/II trial of ponatinib in Japan

Singapore: Ariad Pharmaceuticals, an emerging global oncology company focused on discovery, development and commercializ...

August 23, 2012 | Thursday | News
Eisai gets 6 months US exclusivity for Aciphex

Singapore: Eisai has been able to meet the US FDA's written request requirements for pediatric exclusivity for Aciphe...

December 12, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Abbott starts Absorb Japan trial in CAD patients

Singapore: Abbott announced that it has initiated the Absorb Japan randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the ...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
Chugai seeks nod for breast cancer drug in Japan

Singapore: Japanese multinational Chugai Pharmaceutical has filed a new drug application to the Ministry of Health, Labo...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Japanese stem cell researcher wins 2012 Nobel in medicine

Singapore: Dr Shinya Yamanaka, director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, ha...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
Chugai Pharma appoints new CMO

Singapore: Chugai Pharma USA, Berkeley Heights, NJ a wholly owned subsidiary of Chugai Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan, mem...

April 29, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Japan to host its first-ever medicine expo in 2014

Singapore: Japan is hosting its first personalised medicine and diagnostics expo in May 14-16, 2014.The Japanese governm...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
Medical devices: A hot segment in Japan

The aging population in Japan is not only driving the medical care and pharmaceutical industry but also the medical devi...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Eisai's Halaven now available in Spain

Singapore: Eribulin, an anticancer drug marketed by Japan-based Eisai under the trade name Halaven, has received reimbur...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
Europe to get new epilepsy drug from Eisai

Singapore: Eisai has decided to launch its AMPA receptor antagonist Fycompa (perampanel), a first-in-class anti-epilepti...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
What are the hurdles before stem cell research?

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

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Takeda R&D filed 7 NDAs in the last 8 months

Singapore: Takeda Global Research and Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical, has filed seven n...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
US FDA's Priority Review Status for Takeda's IND

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, have announced that the US...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
India invites Japanese firms to invest in healthcare

New Delhi: Aiming at becoming one of the global manufacturing hubs, besides being a large healthcare market, India has i...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
BS Survey: Healthcare is getting smarter in Asia

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November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Japan's top 5 bio firms fund $100 mn HIV, TB research

Singapore: Japan's top pharma companies, including Astellas, Eisai, Daiichi Sankyo, Shionogi, and Takeda, have come toge...

May 30, 2013 | Thursday | News
Eisai gets WHO prequalification, will donate 2.2 bn doses

Singapore: The WHO has prequalified Eisai's drug NTD002, a 100 mg tablet of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) for treatment of el...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: APAC CROs stick to an average of 50 clients

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Sysmex wins performance award in the US

Singapore: The wholly-owned US subsidiary of Sysmex, Sysmex America, has won the seventh annual Pinnacle Award presented...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Solasia appoints Yoshihiro Arai as president

Singapore: Mr Yoshihiro Arai, currently general manager and head of development of Solasia Pharma, has been promoted ...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
New medtech market infographic published

Singapore: Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI) recently published an original infographic and supporting arti...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Thomson Reuters to restore Tohoku to pre-earthquake state

Singapore: The intellectual property and science business of Thomson Reuters has collaborated with Japan's Tohoku Univer...

December 13, 2013 | Friday | News