Astellas, Ambit terminate cancer drug deal

Singapore: Japan-based Astellas Pharma and US-headquartered Ambit Biosciences are ending their collaboration for joint d...

March 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Roche launches FLOW system

Singapore: Roche has launched FLOW system, a user defined system for workflow chain from primary sample handling to qPCR...

December 18, 2013 | Wednesday | News
TB prevention faces gap of $1.6bn: WHO estimates

Singapore: WHO and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria have stressed on strains of tuberculosis with resistance to...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Edison Pharma, DSP enter $4 bn metablosim drug deal

Singapore: US-based Edison Pharmaceuticals has entered into a strategic alliance valued up to $4.295 billion with Japan'...

February 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Gilead files NDA for Hep C drug in Japan

Singapore: US-based Gilead Sciences has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to Japan's Pharmaceutical and Medical Dev...

June 30, 2014 | Monday | News
GSK gets EU nod for metastatic melanoma inhibitor

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline has recieved European Commission (EC) marketing authorisation for Mekinist (trametinib) as a ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Alchemia gets new CEO

Singapore: Brisbane drug discovery and development company Alchemia announces that Mr Charles Walker has been appointed...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Merck Millipore enhances bioavailability portfolio

Singapore: Merck Millipore is boosting its portfolio for drug bioavailability, including products for all types of dosag...

October 10, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Singapore scientists, clinicians collaborate on 8 projects

Singapore: Singapore has announced 8 biomedical sciences research programmes to advance understanding and treatment of d...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim enriches drug pipeline

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, will acquire the global rights of ...

July 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
China will overtake Japan in R&D spending: Report

Singapore: China's biomedical sector is rapidly transforming itself from a manufacturing base to an innovation hub, inve...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Astellas gets FDA nod for kidney transplant drug

Singapore: Japan-based Astellas Pharma has received US FDA approval for Astagraf XL (tacrolimus extended-release capsule...

July 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Global collaborations is the way forward for drug discovery

Over the last few decades India has reiterated its capabilities in providing dependable and cost effective chemistry ser...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
NIH gives $2.2 mn to VaxInnate for dengue vaccine

Singapore: National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has provi...

April 5, 2013 | Friday | News
Janssen to develop therapy for immunological diseases

Singapore: Janssen Biotech has entered into a license agreement with Astellas Pharma for the worldwide development and c...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
European Commission nod for Novartis' Exjade

Singapore: European Commission has approved Exjade (deferasirox) for the treatment of chronic iron overload requiring ch...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
CSL hemophilia therapy gets orphan drug status

Singapore: CSL Behring's novel recombinant fusion protein linking coagulation factor IX with recombinant albumin (rIX-FP...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
John Vernachio is Arthritis Foundation research VP

Singapore: Arthritis Foundation appointed Dr John Vernachio as vice president of research, effective April 15. In his ne...

April 16, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers