NIH funds $45 mn Alzheimer's drug development

Singapore: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding $45 million for research aimed at preventing Alzheimer's ...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | News
Singapore firm to launch next-gen cancer study device

Singapore: Singapore's emerging company Clearbridge BioMedics plans to launch its ClearCell FX System at American Societ...

May 27, 2014 | Tuesday | News
CSL files biologics license plea with FDA

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Australia-based CSL Behring's biologics license applic...

May 30, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Japanese biomedical firm sets up lab in Singapore

Singapore: Japan-based biopharmaceutical firm, Kyowa Hakko Kirin (KHK) has setup Singapore Translational Research Labora...

September 9, 2013 | Monday | News
AB Sciex launches data analysis software

Singapore: AB Sciex, a global leader in analytical technologies, has launched MasterView Software, a new software applic...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
LCT conducts first implant of regenerative therapy

Singapore: Australia-based Living Cell Technologies (LCT) has implanted regenerative cell therapy NTCELL, a treatment fo...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
GSK melanoma phase III misses co-primary endpoint

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) Dermai study, a phase III, randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled Mage-A3 cancer imm...

September 6, 2013 | Friday | News
Bayer cancer drug Stivarga gets Singapore nod

Singapore: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore has approved Bayer' Stivarga, the first oral targeted therap...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Eye diseases cost upto $27bn to Europe

Singapore: European Forum Against Blindness (EFAB) has revealed the results of a six-country study which analyzed the ec...

October 2, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Gilead hepatitis drug to axe treatment time by half

Singapore: Gilead Sciences has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US FDA for approval of sofosbuvir, a once-d...

April 9, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Gilead leukemia study gets complete response

Singapore: Gilead Sciences' phase II study (Study 101-08) evaluating idelalisib (formerly GS-1101), an investigational, ...

May 16, 2013 | Thursday | News
Advinus collaborates with P2D Bioscience for ADHD

Bangalore: Advinus Therapeutics, a Bangalore-based drug discovery and development company, and P2D Bioscience, a CNS-foc...

July 25, 2012 | Wednesday | News
All you need to know about Glivec

What is Glivec?Glivec or imatinib mesylate is the first of a class of drugs that specifically inhibits a target enzyme, ...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Cytomegalovirus treatments to improve

Singapore: A new report by healthcare experts GlobalData has revealed that on cytomegalovirus (CMV), which is generall...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Sol-Gel to treat rosacea using acne drug

Singapore: Israel-based Sol-Gel Technologies achieved positive results for a phase II trial in the US targeting mild-to-...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Phyto-pharmaceuticals to hit Indian markets soon

Singapore: The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified the draft rules on a new domain of medicines ca...

December 2, 2013 | Monday | News
Novartis' thalassemia drug Exjade get EMA nod

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

November 19, 2012 | Monday | News
FDA scraps advisory committee on Merck's drug

Singapore: The US FDA has cancelled an advisory committee meeting that was scheduled to be held on July 18, 2013, in ord...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory