Pall to acquire Atmi for $185 million

Singapore: Pall Corporation, a developer of filtration, separation and purification technology, has decided to acquire A...

February 3, 2014 | Monday | News
Now 9-yr-old girls can use Cervarix for cancer

Singapore: Cervarix has now been approved for use in females aged nine-to-25 years to prevent persistent infection, prem...

May 7, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Novotech to support drug development in Korea

Singapore: Australian clinical research organization, Novotech, has partnered with Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) to...

July 5, 2014 | Saturday | News
Xiangxue Pharma acquires rights for Kinex KX02

Singapore: Kinex Pharmaceuticals executed a license agreement with Xiangxue Pharmaceuticals granting Xiangxue Pharmaceut...

May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Alchemia appoints new chairman

Singapore: Alchemia, Australia based drug discovery and development company, has appointed Mr. Santo J. Costa as non-exe...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
Bionomics, Merck Serono end agreement

Singapore: Australian company Bionomics and Merck Serono, a division of Merck, Darmstadt Germany, have mutually ended t...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | News
Chinese, Hong Kong scientists map H7N9 risk infection

Singapore: A map of avian influenza (H7N9), comprising of bird migration patterns and estimations of poultry production ...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca, Alchemia sign $240 mn drug deal

Singapore: Alchemia signed a multi-target, drug discovery collaboration with AstraZeneca. The collaboration includes the...

April 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Takeda gets Japanese NDA approval for obesity drug

Singapore: Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical and Amsterdam-based Norgine has received Japanese Ministry of Health, Labo...

September 23, 2013 | Monday | News
Lilly reveals phase III trial data on back pain

Singapore: Eli Lilly and Company published data from a phase III trial comparing the effects of FORTEO (teriparatide, rD...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Takeda's diabetes drug gets Chinese FDA nod

Singapore: Japanese major Takeda Pharmaceutical has said that the China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has ...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Aveo, Astellas report cancer trial results

Singapore: Aveo Oncology and Astellas Pharma announced overall survival (OS) for tivozanib, an investigational agent, fr...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
UK, Belgium nod for Bone Therapeutics' therapy

Singapore: Europe-based Bone Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative cell therapy products for t...

October 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Japan, Singapore to bring innovation in drug, device, technology

Singapore: Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Collaboration Center for Life Innovation (GCC) and the Agency for Scienc...

November 29, 2013 | Friday | News
Cancer claimed 8.2 mn lives in 2012: UN

Singapore: Cancer is the biggest cause of mortality worldwide as the killer disease claimed an estimated 8.2 million liv...

February 4, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Protagonist, Ironwood expand peptide R&D deal

Singapore: US-based Protagonist Therapeutics and Australia-based Ironwood Pharmaceuticals expanded their research collab...

December 21, 2012 | Friday | News
UK recommends BMS's Yervoy for skin cancer

Singapore: National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has decided to recommend Bristol-Myers Squibb's Y...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
Singapore opens research centre for circulating tumour cell

Singapore: National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and Clearbridge BioMedics, in partnership with the Pathology Departme...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News