Medtronic to help rebuild hospital in Japan

Singapore: Medtronic Foundation will partner with Project HOPE to rebuild the Yamada General Hospital in Japan's norther...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | News
New details of rice fungus may help control disease

Singapore: A study by an international team of researchers has shed light on how the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryz...

June 20, 2013 | Thursday | News
Tablet coating inspection technology developed in Japan

Singapore: Sumitomo Electric Industries and Kwansei Gakuin University have jointly developed a tablet coating inspect...

September 25, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu to launch gas chromatograph Tracera

Singapore: Shimadzu will introduce Tracera, a high-sensitivity gas chromatograph equipped with the newly developed barri...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Ovaries of early menopausal women 'awakened' to conceive baby

Singapore: Doctors at Stanford University, US, and St Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan, have used a new tec...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Daiichi, Sanofi seeks nod for baby vaccine in Japan

Singapore: Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo, a member of the Daiichi Sankyo Group, has applied for approval of its tetravalent co...

February 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Mitsubishi Tanabe files NDA for Canagliflozin

Singapore: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma announced that the company has submitted an application for the manufacturing and ma...

May 30, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
US FDA approves Xtandi for prostate cancer

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Xtandi (enzalutamide) capsules for the trea...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Ganesh Ramaswamy is Pentax's global president

Singapore: Japan-based Hoya Group's Pentax Medical has appointed Mr Ganesh Ramaswamy to the position of global president...

October 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Fujikura to license Cellmid's cancer antibody

Singapore: Japan-based Fujikura Kasei is going to licence cancer diagnostic antibody midkine (MK) developed by Australia...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Molecular diagnostics is key to future

China, Japan, India and Singapore are leveraging on genetic technologies to develop molecular diagnostic platform which ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
GE Healthcare, Osaka University join hands

Singapore: GE Healthcare Life Sciences has tied up with Osaka University to allow students to have access to GE Healthca...

August 20, 2013 | Tuesday | News
OHK & Mitsubishi to launch HemaClear in Japan

Singapore: OHK Medical Devices, manufacturer of the HemaClear, single-use, sterile exsanguinating tourniquet device, ann...

June 14, 2013 | Friday | News
Neuland Labs strengthens commitment to Japan

Hyderabad: Neuland Laboratories entered into a manufacturing collaboration with Tokyo-based API named Apic, which is ...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Affymax, Takeda announce J-code for Omontys

Singapore: Affymax and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, US, announced that the J-code assigned by the Centers for Medicare and...

January 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Now Eisai joins global health fund

Singapore: Japan-based Eisai co-established the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) to advance the R&am...

April 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Astellas, Ambit Biosciences begin quizartinib trial

Singapore: Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma and Ambit Biosciences have initiated the phase IIb open-label clinical tr...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Teva enters Korean pharmaceutical market

Singapore: Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical and Korea's Handok Pharmaceuticals will establish a business venture in Sout...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
DHL expands secure cold chain network

Singapore: DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist, has expanded its Qualified Envirotainer Provider...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
US FDA to grant priority review to Eisai's AcipHex

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review Eisai's new drug application (NDA) for a ne...

December 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Given Imaging's Colon PillCam cleared in Japan

Singapore: Israel-based Given Imaging, a world leader in gastrointestinal medical devices and pioneer of capsule endosco...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
CPhI Japan wins prestigious AEO Excellence Award

Singapore: CPhI Japan won the Organiser Team of the Year award at the Association of Event Organisers (AEO) Excellence A...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | News
FDA approval for Daiichi Sankyo packaging facility

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to package products at its first U...

June 26, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Japan to consider new legislation to regulate clinical studies

Singapore: Japan is considering new legislation to regulate clinical studies in the country, according to a report publi...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Astellas Pharma launches new vaccine in Japan

Singapore: Astellas Pharma has launched the combined vaccine for the prevention of pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, and p...

November 6, 2012 | Tuesday | News