Theravance, Alfa Wassermann collaborate

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Theravance and Alfa Wassermann entered into an exclusive development and commercialization agreement in cert...Read more

Epilepsy Foundation asks DEA to better review process

Drug Discovery |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 1 Comment | 22 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Epilepsy Foundation of US has called on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), US, to revise its process ...Read more

Fight against TB needs $1.6 bn funding annually

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Mar, 2013

Singapore: WHO and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria said that strains of tuberculosis with resistance to mu...Read more

Daiichi to aid drug discovery projects

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has launched TaNeDS (Take a New challenge for Drug diScovery) collaborative drug discovery pro...Read more

Queensland to get a new drug development center

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Jun, 2015

Singapore: At the recent international BIO Conference in Philadelphia, Queensland's Premier Ms Annastacia Palaszczuk ann...Read more

FDA follows EU, declares Patrys drug as 'orphan'

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Nov, 2013

Singapore: Australia-based Patrys, a clinical stage biotechnology company, has received confirmation of Orphan Medicinal...Read more

AbbVie, Galapagos to make drugs for cystic fibrosis mutations

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Europe-based Galapagos and AbbVie entered into a global alliance to discover, develop and commercialize novel...Read more

Mylan to produce generic of Gilead's HIV drug

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Aug, 2012

Singapore: Mylan signed a new agreement between its subsidiary Mylan Laboratories and Gilead Sciences. According top thi...Read more

MNCs bet on China to tide over patent cliff

Drug Discovery |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 2 Comment | 16 May, 2012

Even as most emerging economies in Asia Pacific are trying to grab a foothold in the global biopharma space, China has e...Read more

Anaphore changes corporate name to RuiYi

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Anaphore changed its corporate name to RuiYi. As part of the company's shift in strategy to the R&D of n...Read more

Phylogica gets $400K grant to boost drug discovery

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Australia's peptide drug discovery company, Phylogica has received linkage grant from Australian Research Cou...Read more

Daiichi gets positive results in prasugrel trial

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo has received positive results for a double-blind randomized phase III trial c...Read more

AstraZeneca acquires Pearl Therapeutics

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Jul, 2013

Singapore: AstraZeneca has completed its acquisition of Pearl Therapeutics, a privately held company based in Redwood Ci...Read more

Target for potent first-strike influenza drugs identified

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Aug, 2012

Singapore: Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reported details of how certain drugs can precisely ...Read more

TaiGen gets TFDA nod for bacterial pneumonia drug

Drug Discovery |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 6 Comment | 18 Mar, 2014

Singapore: Taiwan based TaiGen Biotechnology has recieved Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) approval for new dr...Read more

Bionomics to raise $16.4 mn for Alzheimer's R&D

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Bionomics plans to raise up to approximately $16.4 million of funds to advance development programs across d...Read more

Advinus gets $36 mn research funding from Takeda

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and Advinus Therapeutics jointly announced that they would be initiating a three-year d...Read more

Aslan gastric cancer phase II study shows +ve results

Drug Discovery |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 May, 2013

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals has revealed the results of its phase II clinical trial with Aslan001, a small-molecule...Read more