Tivozanib shows superiority over sorafenib in trial

Singapore: Investigational agent, tivozanib, has demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful PFS su...

May 18, 2012 | Friday | News
Chugai gets positive outcome from Actemra Subcutaneous Injection trials

Japanese pharmaceutical giant Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd has announced that its Actemra Subcutaneous Injection (Actemr...

May 17, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Prosetta Biosciences, Takeda to co-discover drugs for neurodegenerative diseases

Prosetta Biosciences Inc. has entered into a Feasibility and First Right of Negotiation Agreement with Japan's Takeda Ph...

May 3, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Histogenics to develop Purpose's NeoCart for Japanese Market

Histogenics Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed regenerative medicine company focused on developing and commercializing product...

May 11, 2016 | Wednesday | News
NCRM gets Japanese patent for nanotechnology-based corneal stem cell transplant

Tokyo: Corneal endothelial precursor cell transplantation methodology, employing a Nanocomposite gel sheet has been awar...

February 1, 2016 | Monday | News
Allergan's Botox Vista receives marketing authorization in Japan

Dublin-headquartered Allergan plc has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved an...

May 25, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Microfluidics expert becomes Japan S&T agency licensee

Singapore: Microfluidics expert Dolomite is now a licensee of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) under JST's m...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo to reorganize supply chain business

Singapore: Japan's Daiichi Sankyo has decided to reorganize three of its Japanese supply chain subsidiaries, Daiichi San...

October 2, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo announces closure of its Hiratsuka Plant

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter Daiichi Sankyo) has announced its decision to close the Hiratsuka ...

April 4, 2016 | Monday | News
BIOTEC launches microbe management course

Singapore: Thailand's flagship biotechnology organization, BIOTEC, NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC) of Japan an...

January 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Ajinomoto acquires US firm Althea

Singapore: Japan-headquartered Ajinomoto has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Althea Technologies, a US-ba...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Biobanking has attractive prospects in Asia

Asia is becoming increasingly important as a market for upcoming biobanks. Within Asia, India, China and Japan have attr...

June 12, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Multiple sclerosis market to peak at $18.3 bn in 2018

Singapore: Leading independent healthcare analyst, Datamonitor Healthcare, has revealed in their latest research that th...

August 20, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Astellas EMEA appoints Eugene Van Rensburg as CFO

Tokyo: Astellas Pharma EMEA, the regional headquarters of Japan's Astellas Pharma Inc. for Europe, the Middle East an...

September 18, 2015 | Friday | News
TNAU, Japanese professors unravel key genetic features of barley

Singapore: India's Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) professor Natesan Senthil and a Japanese professor have tog...

August 5, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Eisai, Sysmex partner to develop diagnostic for dementia

Singapore: Eisai and Sysmex Corporation jointly announced that the two companies have entered into a comprehensive non-e...

February 16, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Orient, NanoCarrier sign deal for Nanoplatin trial

Singapore: Taiwan company Orient Europharma and Japan-based pharmaceutical company NanoCarrier have signed a new agreeme...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | News
ALK's Japanese partner reports positive results for hay fever drug

Copenhagen-based ALK has announced that its partner in Japan, Torii Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, has reported positive results...

August 10, 2015 | Monday | News
Breast cancer market will rise to $3.4 billion by 2021'

Singapore: The Asia-Pacific (APAC) breast cancer market is set to experience considerable expansion from $1.9 billion in...

February 16, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Infraredx to launch TVC Imaging System in Japan

Singapore: Infraredx, a medical device company committed to advancing the diagnosis and management of coronary artery an...

June 28, 2012 | Thursday | News
Mitsubishi Tanabe to manufacture diabetes drug Tenelia

Singapore: Japanese company Mitsubishi Tanabe has received approval to manufacture and market the selective DPP-4 inhibi...

July 2, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Otsuka expands collaboration with Lundbeck

Singapore: Japanese company Otsuka Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck, Denmark-based company, have outlined co-promotion plan...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Novartis' Alcon recalling more intraocular lenses in Japan

Singapore: Novartis' Alcon expanded the recall of its intraocular lenses in Japan, pushing the number of affected units ...

December 7, 2015 | Monday | News
Global respiratory syncytial virus treatment market to touch $2.3 bn by 2024

Singapore: The global Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) treatment market will expand to unprecedented levels over the ne...

January 14, 2016 | Thursday | News
Eisai enters license agreement with HUYA Bioscience

Singapore: Eisai has entered into an exclusive license agreement with HUYA Bioscience International to develop and marke...

February 2, 2016 | Tuesday | News