Fujitsu brings medical data to smartphones, iPad

Singapore: The new mobile integrated EMR technology, developed by Fujitsu, a Japanese multinational information technolo...

July 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Chugai expands in Singapore with research institute

Singapore: Japan's Chugai Pharmabody Research (CPR) has started its operations in Singapore. The company started operati...

July 16, 2012 | Monday | News
Eisai US to replace its president, CEO

Singapore: Eisai, US, subsidiary of Tokyo-based Eisai, has appointed Mr Yuji Matsue as chairman and chief executive offi...

March 12, 2014 | Wednesday | News
François-Xavier Roge is Takeda's new CFO

Singapore: Japan-headquartered global firm, Takeda Pharmaceutical, appointed Mr François-Xavier Roger as its chie...

August 28, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Eisai seeks nod for cancer, epilepsy drug in S Africa

Singapore: Japan-based Eisai has filed two products, Halaven (eribulin) for metastatic breast cancer and Fycompa (peramp...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Otsuka schizophrenia drug seeks EMA nod

Singapore: Otsuka Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck's submission of a marketing authorization application (MAA) for the a...

December 24, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Santen to give $7.9 mn fund to Clearside

Singapore: Santen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Santen Pharmaceuticals, and Clearside Biomedical, announc...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Takeda partners with Wipro for IT solutions

Singapore: India based information technology, consulting and outsourcing company, Wipro, has partenerd with Japan's Tak...

May 21, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Affymax, Takeda recall anemia drug Omontys

Singapore: Affymax and Takeda Pharma decided to voluntarily recall all lots of Omontys (peginesatide) injection to the u...

February 25, 2013 | Monday | News
Astellas completes patient recruitment in drug trial

Singapore: Japanese company Astellas Pharma has completed patient recruitment for the isavuconazole phase III registrati...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
EMA accepts market authorization plea for alogliptin

Singapore: The European Medicines Agency has accepted a marketing authorization application for alogliptin, a selective ...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo expands drug discovery program

Singapore: Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo has decided to expand its collaborative drug discovery program with universities a...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioDiem granted Japanese patent for BDM-1

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy development company BioDiem has been granted a key Japanese patent f...

November 23, 2012 | Friday | News
Zecotek and Hamamatsu Photonics join hands

Singapore: Zecotek Photonics, a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific ...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Oramed granted patent in Japan for its POD Tech

Singapore: Israel-based Oramed Pharmaceuticals, a developer of oral drug delivery systems, has announced receiving two a...

October 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Novo Nordisk insulin analogue gets Japanese nod

Singapore: Novo Nordisk announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved RyzodegÂÂ...

January 2, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Mitsubishi Tanabe, Cytochroma end agreement

Singapore: Japanese company Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and Canada-based Cytochroma have terminated a license agreement exe...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Will Ranbaxy, Wockhardt incidents affect brand India?

When the Indian generic sector forayed into the global arena almost two decades back, the affordability of its treatment...

May 29, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Takeda Gemini II trial shows positive results

Singapore: Positive results were reported from Takeda Pharmaceutical's international, randomized, placebo-controll...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Japanese stem cell firm ReproCell expands to US

Singapore: ReproCELL, a Japanese stem cell technology company, has opened the company's first branch and US office in Bo...

January 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Japanese firm suspends trial of ArQule candidate

Singapore: Japanese pharmaceutical company Kyowa Hakko Kirin temporarily suspended patient enrollment in an internationa...

August 30, 2012 | Thursday | News
Japan BIOtech 2013 concludes in huge success

Singapore: "BIOtech 2013 in Japan", which recorded significant growth both in the scale and the quality, concluded in hu...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
Study shows Lipitor well-tolerated among Asians

Singapore: A large-scale retrospective database analysis on atorvastatin (Lipitor) by Astellas Pharma and Pfizer Japan h...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Astellas to do interim analysis of cancer trial

Singapore: Medivation and Astellas Pharma have established an updated interim analysis plan for the Prevail trial, a glo...

April 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Indian pharma to put up a grand show at Tokyo fair

Singapore: The Indian Department of Commerce is showcasing the achievement of the country's pharmaceutical sector at the...

July 2, 2014 | Wednesday | News