Furiex, Menarini sign agreement for Priligy

Singapore: Furiex Pharmaceuticals and Menarini Group have signed an agreement giving Menarini rights to commercialize Pr...

May 15, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Human Metabolome Technologies opens US office

Singapore: Human Metabolome Technologies, a Japanese company that deals in capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry (...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | News
Response Genetics renews deal with Taiho Pharma

Singapore: US-based Response Genetics, a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests that ...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Eisai pulls drug from Germany due to unsuitable policies

Singapore: Eisai suspended sales of its epilepsy drug Fycompa (perampanel) in Germany due to unfavorable conditions set ...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Daiichi, ArQule cancer trial fails to meet endpoint

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo Company and ArQule announced the top-line results of a randomized phase II signal generatio...

January 14, 2013 | Monday | News
Takeda builds $96 mn production plant in Russia

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical International completed the construction of its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility a...

September 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Takeda to collaborate with BC Cancer Agency for new drugs

Singapore: Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical has formed a research collaboration with the BC Cancer Agency to explore ...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Singapore, Japan immunology school concludes

Singapore: A*STAR's Immunology Network (SIgN), Singapore, and Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka Univers...

January 25, 2013 | Friday | News
Japan to help export regenerative medicine tech to Qatar, KSA

Singapore: The Japanese government has plans to help private-sector companies in exporting as early as 2015 regenerative...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Bayer receives approval for Gadovist injection in Japan

Bayer HealthCare received approval in Japan for Gadovist (gadobutrol) injection for use with magnetic resonance imaging ...

March 30, 2015 | Monday | News
Takeda acquires URL Pharma, adds to gout portfolio

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical, which has completed the acquisition of URL Pharma, will immediately assume responsibil...

June 5, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Shionogi 'painful intercourse' drug gets FDA nod

Singapore: Shionogi, US, received US FDA approval for Osphena (ospemifene) tablets for the treatment of moderate t...

February 27, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Manchester United signs Toshiba for club's medical equipment

Singapore: Toshiba Medical Systems, part of Japan-based Toshiba Corporation, has entered into a partnership with Manches...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Novartis announces positive results in COPD portfolio trials

Singapore: Data from the once-daily chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) clinical trial programs were presented ...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
How to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

Singapore: Takeda today announced the launch of a new expert report on COPD on the occasion of the 2012 European Respira...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Non-small cell lung cancer therapeutics APAC market to touch $2.9 bn by 2019'

Singapore: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) therapeutics market value in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, Australia, Ch...

March 19, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
Tatsuya Kimura: Japan is a steadily growing market

The Asian business strategy of multinational pharmaceutical companies in terms of resource reallocation and investment w...

May 15, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Medical device packaging demand to exceed $25.7 billion in 2017

Singapore: Western Europe, the US and Japan will continue to account for almost 60 percent of the total market, accordin...

August 12, 2013 | Monday | News
Dr Takeshi Iwatsubo gets Takamine Memorial prize

Singapore: This year, the Tenth Takamine Memorial Daiichi Sankyo Prize will be awarded to Dr Takeshi Iwatsubo, professor...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Covagen to collaborate with Mitsubishi for research

Singapore: Swiss company Covagen has entered into a strategic research collaboration and license agreement with Japanese...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi announces trial results for Prasugrel

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has announced data from the PRASFIT-ACS study, a double-blind randomized phase III trial compa...

September 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Mizuho to distribute Precision Spine products in Japan

Singapore: US-based Precision Spine has signed a long-term exclusive distribution agreement with Mizuho Ikakogyo. Mizuho...

August 14, 2013 | Wednesday | News
NovAliX, Kyowa Hakko Kirin sign deal

Singapore: France-based biopharma company NovAliX entered into a fragment-based drug discovery alliance with Kyowa Hakko...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Dainippon invests in Retina Institute, gets stem cell technology

Singapore: Retina Institute Japan (RIJ), RIKEN, Japan, and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP) have signed an agreement acco...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Fujifilm, Lantheus enter 10-year deal in Japan

Singapore: Lantheus Medical Imaging, a global leader in developing, manufacturing and distributing innovative diagnos...

January 4, 2013 | Friday | News