Japan study: Sugar solution makes tissue transparent

Singapore: Researchers from Japan's RIKEN Center for Developmental biology have developed a new sugar and water-based so...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Astellas, Cytokinetics sign $490 mn muscle deal

Singapore: US-based Cytokinetics and Japan-based Astellas Pharma entered in a two-year collaboration focused on the R&am...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Astellas, XenoPort launch Regnite in Japan

Singapore: Astellas Pharma and XenoPort have launched Regnite (gabapentin enacarbil) extended-release tablets. Regnite i...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | News
TSRI, Takeda expand research collaboration

Singapore: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Takeda Pharmaceutical plan to expand their recent research colla...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Japanese I'rom acquires 18% in Australian IDT

Singapore: Japanese company I'rom Holdings will acquire an 18.8 percent stake in IDT Australia. I'rom is listed on the T...

May 7, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Iressa deaths: Japanese High Court rules in favor of AZ

Singapore: The Japanese unit of AstraZeneca (AZ), has been acquitted, in a case that had held the firm responsible for t...

May 28, 2012 | Monday | News
Asia vaccine strategists call for collaboration

Asia needs a solution, that goes beyond traditional structure, models and pathways, to meet the essential vaccine supply...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo, Ranbaxy to leverage synergies in Thailand

Singapore: Japan's Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy Laboratories have plans to integrate their business operations in Thailand...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
RIKEN's new chip detects traces of miRNA in only 20 mins

Singapore: A new power-free microfluidic chip developed by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Japan...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | News
Hoya appoints new executive officer

Singapore: Japan based Hoya Corporation has appointed Mr Augustine Yee as its executive officer, chief legal officer and...

May 26, 2014 | Monday | News
Takeda's center among Chicago's top 100 workplaces

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceuticals' Deerfield campus has been listed among Chicago's top 100 workplaces by the Chicago...

November 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Eisai launches beauty drink in Japan

Singapore: Japan-based Eisai is going to launch its new carbonated supplement drink named 'Chocola BB Sparkling + Fiber'...

February 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Eisai seeks nod for Helicobacter Pylori treatment

Singapore: Eisai, which has its headquarters in Tokyo, has submitted a marketing authorization application to Japan's Mi...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News
Will Keryx's ferric citrate NDA get nod in Japan?

Singapore: Keryx Biopharmaceuticals announced that its Japanese partner, Japan Tobacco (JT), has filed a New Drug App...

January 8, 2013 | Tuesday | News
FDA accepts sNDA for Astellas cancer drug

Singapore: The US FDA has accepted Astellas Pharma's US subsidiary filing of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) ...

January 17, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
EMA to review marketing plea for antipsychotic medication

Singapore: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the marketing authorization application for review of an aty...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
Ranbaxy advisory: All our products are safe and efficacious

New Delhi: Ranbaxy issued an advisory claiming that all their products in the Indian and global markets are safe and eff...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
Amgen to acquire Onyx for $10 bn cash

Singapore: Global biopharmaceutical company Amgen plans to acquire all the outstanding shares of Onyx Pharmaceuticals fo...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | News
Effient trial by Daiichi, Lilly fails to meet primary endpoint

Singapore: The TRILOGY ACS study, a phase III trial comparing prasugrel plus aspirin to clopidogrel plus aspirin in pati...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
Takeda ends 3-year-old-deal with Amylin

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical mutually terminated its worldwide agreement with Amylin Pharmaceuticals, which was o...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
EMA committee positive on Teduglutide

Singapore: The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a posi...

June 25, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Astellas Pharma opens office in Singapore

Singapore: Astellas Pharma, Japan's pharmaceutical giant with net sales of $10.7 billion and net income of $881 million ...

December 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
Sucampo gets $15 mn payment from Abbott

Singapore: Sucampo Pharmaceuticals' subsidiary SPL has received a $15 million milestone payment from Abbott's subsidi...

December 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Scotland approves Eisai's Fycompa

Singapore: Eisai announched that Scotland's health technology assessment (HTA) body, the Scottish Medicines Consortiu...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Zoll establishes Japanese subsidiary

Singapore: ZOLL Medical, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions and a wholly owned US subsi...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News