Merck gets cancer drug license from Symphogen

Singapore: Symphogen signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Merck in Germany for Sym004, an investigationa...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Kinex receives funds from Hong Kong govt ITC

Singapore: US-based Kinex Pharmaceuticals's application for the Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Programme has bee...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Singapore's first flu vaccine clears phase I trial

Singapore: Influenza vaccine (gH1-Qbeta) developed by Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) a...

January 30, 2014 | Thursday | News
Exjade gets FDA nod for iron overload treatment

Singapore: The US FDA has approved Exjade (deferasirox) for the treatment of chronic iron overload in patients 10 years...

January 24, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Customized treatments to dominate oncology therapy

Singapore: Cancer treatments are becoming increasingly personalized, as regulators are approving therapeutics offering s...

July 11, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
GSK, Theravance seek EU nod for COPD drug

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Theravance submitted a regulatory application in the European Union for the investi...

January 11, 2013 | Friday | News
Role of oxidative stress in autism disorder found

Singapore: In an effort to explore biological influences on the varying appearance of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Dr...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
CSL Behring progresses on novel drug for Hemophilia A

‎Singapore: Australia-based CSL Behring achieved improved pharmacokinetic results for its novel investigational re...

July 4, 2013 | Thursday | News
Sanofi begins biopharmaceutical plant construction

Singapore: Sanofi and US-based Transgene have launched the construction phase of the manufacturing platform dedicated to...

January 30, 2014 | Thursday | News
Allied abdominal hernia study shows +ve results

Singapore: Allied Healthcare has achieved positive results in the study of Adapt-treated tissue as a bioprosthetic subst...

January 10, 2013 | Thursday | News
Biotron's HIV drug candidate reverses impaired immune system

Singapore: Australia based Biotron's HIV drug candidate BIT225 has demonstrated its ability to reverse HIV-induced impai...

July 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
GRPE elements to help cure HIV via gene therapy

Singapore: A research team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has discovered an approach that could...

April 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Charles River manages 2.9% growth in Q2, 2013

Singapore: Drug development company Charles River Laboratories has marked net sales of $292.9 million in the second quar...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | Company results
Coherus starts ph3 trial of rheumatoid arthritis biosimilar drug

‎Singapore: US based biosimilar therapeutic developer, Coherus BioSciences, has started its Phase 3 trial of CHS-0...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Study: Novartis' Afinitor hinders kidney tumor

Singapore: A phase III study conducted at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, US, has revealed that pati...

January 11, 2013 | Friday | News
Concert Pharma, Celgene enter in $300 mn merger

Singapore: Concert Pharmaceuticals entered into a strategic collaboration with Celgene Corporation directed towards deut...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Mother's antibodies may cause autism

Singapore: Researchers at University of California have found that prenatal exposure to specific combinations of antibod...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
CellSeed withdraws stem cell drug application

Singapore: Europe's CellSeed has withdrawn its application for a centralized marketing authorization for the medicine Or...

March 22, 2013 | Friday | News