VM202 trial completes patient administration

Singapore: ViroMed, a leading biotechnology company, announced the final enrollment and administration of 105 patients f...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
Researchers find gene mutation to lower heart disease

Singapore: By scouring the DNA of thousands of patients, researchers at Broad Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital,...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
EMA to review marketing plea for antipsychotic medication

Singapore: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the marketing authorization application for review of an aty...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
Chipscreen gets SFDA nod after accelerated review

‎Singapore: China-based Chipscreen Biosciences announced the achievement of the primary endpoint in the pivotal, r...

April 17, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
FDA affirms superiority of Pradaxa over warfarin

Singapore: US Food and Drug Administration has affirmed Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa 150mg superior in reducing ischem...

June 7, 2012 | Thursday | News
Sanofi withdraws diabetes drug NDA in the US

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Sanofi has temporarily withdrawn new drug application (NDA) for lixisenatide i...

September 13, 2013 | Friday | News
Amgen to acquire Onyx for $10 bn cash

Singapore: Global biopharmaceutical company Amgen plans to acquire all the outstanding shares of Onyx Pharmaceuticals fo...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | News
Effient trial by Daiichi, Lilly fails to meet primary endpoint

Singapore: The TRILOGY ACS study, a phase III trial comparing prasugrel plus aspirin to clopidogrel plus aspirin in pati...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
Astellas Pharma opens office in Singapore

Singapore: Astellas Pharma, Japan's pharmaceutical giant with net sales of $10.7 billion and net income of $881 million ...

December 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
A*STAR, GSK develop medicines for emerging markets

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES) have signed a five-y...

April 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aussie firm gets TGA approval for pancreatic cancer drug

Singapore: Australian biopharmaceutical company, Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA), has recieved Therapeutic Good...

March 18, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Pharmaxis gets grants for fibrotic research

Singapore: Australian pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis' research projects conducted in conjunction with the University o...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Regenerative Therapy for heart failure enters Ph III Trial

Singapore: Belgian biotechnology company Cardio3 BioSciences (C3BS) has received authorization from the Belgian Federal ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Mesoblast to set up stem cell drug plant in Singapore

Singapore: Australian regenerative drug company, Mesoblast, is planning to expand its global manufacturing base and the ...

May 29, 2014 | Thursday | News
Sanford-Burnham, Daiichi form new alliance

Singapore: US based Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and Japan's Daiichi Sankyo have formed a three year disco...

May 26, 2014 | Monday | News
Boehringer, Eli Lilly to evaluate Trajenta for type 2 diabetes

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly have initiated phase IIIb trial to evaluate the glycaemic efficacy and saf...

March 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Taiwan firm NCE to get priority review in China

Singapore: Taiwan Liposome Company's multi-mechanistic anti-cancer new chemical entity Lipotecan has been accepted into ...

March 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Astrazeneca, China university in research deal

Singapore: AstraZeneca has signed a research collaboration with Fudan University, one of China's leading academic instit...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News