Toshiba inaugurates a new healthcare unit in Japan

Singapore: Following footsteps of Microsoft, Samsung, Apple and other technology giants, Toshiba too has decided to incr...

December 18, 2014 | Thursday | News
Japan, Vietnam sign MoU to advance healthcare

Singapore: The Vietnamese Ministry of health recently inked a pact with Japan's medical universities in Kansai region an...

February 13, 2015 | Friday | News
Japan's Sosei group to buy Jitsubo

Singapore: Japan-based pharma major, Sosei, recently announced the acquisition of Jitsubo, a Japanese peptide technology...

December 15, 2014 | Monday | News
Taconic strengthens distribution and animal breeding partnerships in Japan

US-based Taconic Biosciences, a leading provider of genetically modified solutions to researchers worldwide, announced a...

March 19, 2015 | Thursday | News
International Stem Cell Corporation receives Stem Cell Patent in Japan

International Stem Cell Corporation, a California-based biotechnology company developing novel stem cell based therapies...

March 19, 2015 | Thursday | News
APAC colorectal cancer market to touch $2.9 bn by 2020

Singapore: Colorectal Cancer (CRC) therapeutics market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is set to increase in value, from $1.9 bil...

December 18, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Boston Therapeutics, Advance Pharmaceutical to market diabetes drug in Japan

Boston Therapeutics, Inc., a leading developer of complex carbohydrates to treat diabetes and inflammatory diseases, and...

March 19, 2015 | Thursday | News
Global Type1 diabetes market to touch $13.6 bn by 2023'

Singapore: Global treatment market for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) will expand from $6.6 billion in 2013 to an estimated $13.6...

March 19, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
US firm files antibody patent in Japan, Korea

Singapore: MMRGlobal received confirmation of the filings of a divisional application for its antibody technology in Jap...

August 27, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Italian, Japanese robot firms sign healthcare deal

Singapore: Italy-headquartered Health Robotics has signed two long-term contract extensions of its exclusive partnership...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda, US-based BioMotiv join hands

Singapore: Japan's largest drug company Takeda Pharmaceutical has entered into a strategic investment partnership with U...

September 26, 2014 | Friday | News
Asia faces an acute skills gap challenge

Shortage of skills and qualification among life science professionals to pursue risk laden activities is proving to be a...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Takeda, Teva working on glatiramer deals in Japan

Singapore: In a bid to provide a new treatment options to patients with multiple sclerosis in Japan, Israel's Teva Pharm...

December 6, 2013 | Friday | News
APAC Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma treatment market to touch $1.7 bn'

Singapore: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) treatment market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries including India, Australia, Chin...

September 26, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Eisai signs deal with Sabin Vaccine Institute

Singapore: Japanese firm Eisai has entered into a partnership agreement to supply the Sabin Vaccine Institute with E6020...

September 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Takeda, Affymax announce supply agreement

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceuticals America has entered into a supply agreement for sourcing and supply of Omontys (pegine...

July 13, 2012 | Friday | News
Suven Lifesciences receives five patents from four countries

Singapore: India-based Suven Lifescinces has secured patents for its new chemical entities (NCEs) from Japan, China, New...

December 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Japan gets Certara's D360 to boost drug discovery

Singapore: Certara, a drug development and drug safety consultancy firm has launched its D360 software in Japan for prov...

August 4, 2014 | Monday | News
Novartis Japan admits to concealing side effects

Singapore: Landing in trouble again, the Japanese arm of the Swiss drug maker Novartis has now admitted that it conceale...

September 2, 2014 | Tuesday | News
First semi-rigid heart ring implanted in man

Singapore: Sorin Group received authorization from the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) to mar...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | News
Japanese nod for Given Imaging's PillCam SB 3

Singapore: Israel -based Given Imaging, makers of gastrointestinal medical devices and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, has...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
Neurons reveal brain, whiskers network link

Singapore: Human fingertips have several types of sensory neurons that are responsible for relaying touch signals to the...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
Teijin, Ipsen launch gigantism drug

Singapore: Teijin Pharma, the core company of the Teijin Group's healthcare business, and Ipsen launched Somatuline 6...

January 18, 2013 | Friday | News
Fujifilm hopeful for anti-influenza drug as ebola treatment

Singapore: Japan's Fujifilm has already started the production of its anti-influenza drug Avigan Tablet 200mg (Favipirav...

November 12, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Stem cell scientist Dr Yoshiki Sasai is dead

Singapore: Dr Yoshiki Sasai, former Director of Japan's RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) and a stem cell sci...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News