Puma biotech and Specialised Therapeutics signs agreement to commercialize NERLYNX®

Puma Biotechnology and Specialised Therapeutics Asia Enter into Exclusive Licensing Agreement to Commercialize NERLYNX&r...

November 24, 2017 | Friday | News
Step Pharma completes €14.5 million Series A financing

France based Step Pharma has announced the closing of a Series A financing totalling €14.5 million. Pontifax will ...

November 23, 2017 | Thursday | News
FDA approves RxSight's light adjustable lens

Singapore – RxSight (a US based medical devices company) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA...

November 23, 2017 | Thursday | News
PeptiDream announces collaboration with Bayer

Japan based biopharma company PeptiDream Inc. has announced that it has entered into a multi-target discovery collaborat...

November 21, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Ionis Pharmaceuticals licenses second antisense GI Drug to Janssen

U.S. based Pharma Company Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that it has licensed a second orally delivered Gener...

November 17, 2017 | Friday | News
Cue Biopharma announces research collaboration with Merck

US based pharma company Cue Biopharma™, Inc. has announced a strategic strategic research collaboration and licens...

November 17, 2017 | Friday | News
Generic Acticlate tablets launched by Lupin in USA

Pharma Major Lupin announced the launch of its Doxycycline Hyclate Tablets USP, 75 mg and 150 mg after an approval from ...

November 6, 2017 | Monday | News
Lupin net profit falls 31% in Q2 to Rs 455

Pharma company Lupin reported its financial performance for the second quarter ending September 30th, 2017. The company...

October 31, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Lupin receives FDA approval for generic Axiron topical solution

Pharma Major Lupin has received final approval for its Testosterone Topical Solution, 30 mg per actuation from the Unite...

October 27, 2017 | Friday | News
Lupin receives FDA approval for generic Lodosyn tablets and Kapvay Extended-Release tablets

Pharma Major Lupin has announced that it has received final approval for its Carbidopa Tablets, 25 mg and Clonidine Hydr...

October 27, 2017 | Friday | News
US FDA approves Bydureon BCise by AstraZeneca for type-2 diabetes

Biopharma company AstraZeneca has announced its US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bydureon BCise&...

October 23, 2017 | Monday | News
NCD: A major public health challenge for Asia-Pacific

Incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is on the rise, globally as well as in Asia Pacific region. Implications a...

October 11, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Lupin receives FDA approval for generic Corgard Tablets

Pharma Major Lupin has announced that it has received final approval for its Nadolol Tablets USP, 20 mg, 40 mg, and 80 m...

October 10, 2017 | Tuesday | News
"Biomarkers can play a key role in improving diagnosis and disease management of heart failure. "

Singapore - Southeast Asia is home to 9 million heart failure patients. In Singapore alone, it accounts for around 6,000...

October 10, 2017 | Tuesday | Opinion
Arthritis: Act before it gets Late

Started in 1996, October 12 is recognised as the World Arthritis Day (WAD). Established by Arthritis and Rheumatism Inte...

September 13, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Michigan third most preferred destination in Midwest for life science investment

Michigan ranked third among 11 Midwest regions for the value of equity investments made in life sciences companies durin...

September 11, 2017 | Monday | News
Eli Lilly to invest more in new medicines and drive growth

Eli Lilly and Company has decided to streamline operations to more efficiently focus resources on developing new medicin...

September 8, 2017 | Friday | News
Lupin launches generic Benicar tablets in the US

Pharma company Lupin Limited has announced the launch of its Olmesartan Medoxomil tablets, 5 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg having ...

September 4, 2017 | Monday | News
U.S. FDA approves chemo group's benznidazole to treat children with Chagas disease

Singapore – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Chemo Research's New Drug Application (NDA) for b...

September 1, 2017 | Friday | News
Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA): New pain management process for the military

Singapore -  With the pressing need for more efficient and agile pain management practices for military service per...

August 27, 2017 | Sunday | News
Victoza indicated to reduce the risk of three major adverse cardiovascular events

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for Victoza (liraglutide) to reduce the r...

August 26, 2017 | Saturday | News
Generic Seroquel XR tablets launched by Lupin in USA

Lupin Limited has announced the launch of its Quetiapine Fumarate Extended-Release Tablets, 50 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, 300 m...

August 24, 2017 | Thursday | News
US FDA grants Lion TCR two orphan drug designations of T cell therapy against Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Singapore – US FDA has granted two orphan drug designations (ODD) for T cell therapy products to Singapore-ba...

August 21, 2017 | Monday | News
FDA provides new tools for tests to detect Zika virus infection

Singapore- As an additional measure in the fight against Zika virus, today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announc...

August 18, 2017 | Friday | News
Bruker announces US FDA clearance of expanded 3rd claim for MALDI Biotyper

Singapore – Bruker, a US based manufacturing company of scientific instruments announced that it has received US F...

August 1, 2017 | Tuesday | News
LEO Pharma gets EC nod for its first and only biologic Kyntheum that targets the IL-17 receptor

LEO Pharma announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Kyntheum (brodalumab), a new b...

July 26, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Merck wins tentative U.S. FDA approval for Lusduna

Merck announced in a press release that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted tentative appr...

July 26, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Study suggests positive airway pressure therapy could reduce COPD patient hospitalizations 

Singapore - COPD hospitalizations are at an all-time high. The 30-day readmission rate for patients ranges from 20-39 pe...

July 11, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Japanese regulators grant additional approval for the sale of Ipsen's rare cancer drug in Japan

Bringing in much needed relief for millions of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine cancer patients, the Japanese regul...

July 4, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan Pharma Association opens new office in Malaysia

Singpaore: In a bid to strengthen trade between two countries, the Taiwan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Associatio...

June 9, 2017 | Friday | News
Astellas prostrate cancer drug gets EU nod

Singapore: The European Commission has approved Xtandi (enzalutamide) capsules for the treatment of men with metastatic ...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sanofi, Carlyle to buy Elder Pharma for $450 mn

Singapore: Sanofi's India unit and Carlyle group are in talks to buy the domestic drug formulation business of Indian dr...

July 25, 2013 | Thursday | News
Gilead's cancer drug under FDA scrutiny

Singapore: US Food and Drug Administration has raised alarm for Gilead Science's cancer medicine Zydelig (idelalisib) du...

March 15, 2016 | Tuesday | Regulatory
US FDA seeks inputs on its generic drug amendments

Singapore: On July 9, 2012, the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012 (GDUFA) was enacted by the US. The Food and Dru...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Lupin gets FDA nod for generic Ortho Tri-cyclen Lo Tablets

Mumbai: Mumbai-based pharma major Lupin's subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, has received approval for its Norgestimate ...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
FDA approves Sun Pharma's generic Prandin

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its finally approval to India's Sun Pharmaceutical Indust...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Cipla, Alembic contest Indian drug pricing in court

Singapore: Miffed at Indian government's move to slash prices of essential medicines through the new drug pricing policy...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Indian drug dealers worried about $1.69 bn old stocks

New Delhi: Ahead of the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) to revise drug prices that came into effect on July 29, medicine...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
First generic versions of Cymbalta receive FDA nod

Singapore: US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic versions of Cymbalta (duloxetine delayed-relea...

December 13, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Takeda close to releasing Norovirus vaccine

Singapore: Japan's drug major Takeda Pharmaceutical has said that they are set to finish the early stage human studies o...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo's subsidiary launches four new generic drugs

Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited has announced that on Friday, June 19, its generics subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Espha, wil...

June 18, 2015 | Thursday | News
US FDA extends timeline for generic drug approval

Singapore: In a recent move, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to extend the timeline for granting t...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
FDA approves generic versions of Plavix

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration has approved generic versions of the blood thinning drug Plavix (clopidog...

May 18, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
FDA finds hair from human arm in Ranbaxy drugs

Singapore: The US FDA released a set of further current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) violations that have been no...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | News
TWi Pharma launches generic version of appetite loss drug

Singapore: Taiwan based TWi Pharmaceuticals, has launched generic version of Par Pharmaceutical's Megace ES (megestrol a...

July 29, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Trans-Pacific trade talks reach stalemate over IP rights

Singapore: What started as an effort to lower trade barriers across 12 Pacific Rim nations, from the US and Canada to Vi...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Activists challenge Gilead to give up Hep C drug patent

Singapore: Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), a team of lawyers and scientists campaigning for gl...

May 21, 2015 | Thursday | News
Teva, Sun to pay $2.15 bn to Pfizer, Takeda to settle patent suit

Singapore: Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries, Israel, and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, India, are going to pay a combine...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
Daiichi Sankyo collaborates with Maruishi Pharmaceutical

Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Company and Maruishi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd have signed an agreement to collaborate on the commer...

June 23, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Teva to uphold Copaxone patent until May 2015

Singapore: Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals has recieved favourable response in England and Wales regarding the validit...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Pricing revision to cost Indian pharma $160 mn

Mumbai: The pharmaceutical industry will be widely impacted after India's National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPP...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
US antidepressant market slides down by 4%: report

Singapore: Antidepressant market in US, that peaked at USD12 billion in 2008, has lost USD2.6 billion due to expired pat...

October 14, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Australia's Starpharma develops Zika-proof condoms for athletes ahead of Rio Olympics

Australia's Starpharma Holdings Ltd and Ansell Limited have announced that the Australian Olympic team will be provided ...

May 17, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Celgene settles litigation with India's Natco

Singapore: US based Celgene has settled the litigation with India's Natco Pharma, Natco's US partner, Arrow Internationa...

December 28, 2015 | Monday | News
Self monitoring diabetes market to reach $358 mn

Singapore: Three quarters of the population of China and India are diabetic. This translates to a patient pool of nearly...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Do India's bad quality drugs end up in Africa?

Singapore: According to a research conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, some generic drugs sent from I...

September 18, 2014 | Thursday | News
Will Japan be able to reduce its generic drug prices?

The Japanese pharmaceutical market is the second largest pharma market in the world following on the close heels of the ...

May 21, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Daiichi Sankyo to commercialize AstraZeneca's nasal influenza vaccine in Japan

The global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, MedImmune LLC, has entered into an exclusive license a...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Mylan signs a settlement agreement with OSI Pharma

Singapore: US generics major Mylan has entered into a settlement agreement with OSI Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Jap...

July 25, 2013 | Thursday | News
India bans pain killer 36 years after the US did so

New Delhi: The Indian health ministry has banned the sale of three medicines after learning about the health risks assoc...

June 28, 2013 | Friday | News
Beximco Pharma enters EU market

Singapore: Beximco Pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredie...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Glenmark's new generic gets FDA nod

Singapore: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(Glenmark) has been granted final approval by the United States Food & Drug Admin...

August 21, 2015 | Friday | News
Amneal pharma to acquire Actavis Australia's generic business

Singapore: US-based Amneal pharmaceuticals announced the acquisition of Actavis pharmaceuticals' generic business in Aus...

April 2, 2015 | Thursday | News
ANI pharma, IDT Australia to commercialize US generic drugs

Singapore: ANI Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty pharmaceutical company recently announced collaboration with IDT Aust...

August 18, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Brickell Biotech-Kaken Pharma to co-develop dermatology drug

Brickell Biotech Inc., a US-based clinical-stage pharmaceutical company has signed an exclusive license and development ...

April 5, 2015 | Sunday | News
Lupin scouts for acquisitions across the world

Singapore: Indian drug major Lupin Pharmaceuticals is set to expand its global footprint by scouting for acquisitions ac...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
US rheumatoid arthritis market to reach $9.3 bn by 2020'

Singapore: US treatment market for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is set to increase in value from $6.4 billion in 2013 to $9...

April 2, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase i...

January 2, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Teva proposes to buy Mylan for $40.1 billion

Singapore: Israeli generic drug giant Teva pharmaceuticals made an unsolicited offer to buy US-based Mylan NV for about ...

April 22, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Teva's Potential $40 bn Mylan acquisition could transform generics space'

Singapore: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' recent $40.1 billion offer to purchase Netherlands-based Mylan, which is cruc...

April 27, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
TB claims 74000 children each year: WHO

Singapore: World Health Organization has launched "Roadmap for childhood TB: towards zero deaths", in an effort to preve...

October 2, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Boehringer, Lilly diabetes drug shows +ve results

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company have presented their results from two randomized phase III cli...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Indian drugmakers shifting R&D to South East Asia

Singapore: Many leading Indian drug makers, that comprise a core part of the country's $1,000 bn worth pharmaceutical in...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Unlike FDA, Indian regulators finds no violations at Ranbaxy

Singapore: India's Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has said that under the country's Drugs and Cosmetics Act, i...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
Pfizer, Hisun launch generics joint venture in China

Singapore: Pfizer and China's Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals, a leading Chinese pharmaceutical company, announced the la...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Teva launches generic of Abilify, antipsychotic drug

Singapore: Teva Pharmaceutical has launched the generic equivalent to Abilify, aripiprazole tablets, an atypical antipsy...

April 30, 2015 | Thursday | News
Sun's generic of Takeda ulcer drug gets FDA nod

Singapore: Indian pharmaceutical major, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries announced that the generic version of Prevacid by ...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Teva to pay $718 mn to apex tax body in Israel

Singapore: Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical is going to pay $718 million to Israel Tax Authority to pay for the release ...

November 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Sandoz gets FDA nod for MS generic drug

Singapore: Sandoz, a Novartis company, has recieved USFDA approval of Glatopa, a first generic version of Teva's Copaxon...

April 17, 2015 | Friday | News
Drug shortage forces FDA to approve cancer generic

Singapore: The US FDA has provided its approval for a generic version of cancer drug Doxil that has been facing shortage...

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong to host international TCM exhibition, conference

Singapore: Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Modernized Chinese Medicine International Association (MCMIA ...

August 12, 2013 | Monday | News
Britain's MHRA recalls 16 Wockhardt medicines

Singapore: UK's drug regulatory body, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has recalled 16 drugs m...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Chinese planning agency to probe pharma prices

Singapore: China's primary economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is in the pro...

July 5, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Aurobindo recalls epilepsy drug lot in US

Singapore: India-based Aurobindo Pharma in the US is recalling Gabapentin capsules, USP 300 mg 100-count bottles, at con...

November 25, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Wockhardt restructures quality control team

Singapore: After being rapped by the US FDA and Indian drug regulator for lapses in good manufacturing practices (GMP), ...

September 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
GSK officials under criminal investigation in China

Singapore: The Chinese police who have been investigating allegations of bribery against senior executives working at UK...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
Pneumonia kills a 5-year-old child every 30 secs: UN

Singapore: Pneumonia remains the single biggest killer of children under the age of five globally, claiming the lives of...

November 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Sanofi files first-of-a-kind suit against FDA

Singapore: Sanofi has filed a lawsuit against the US FDA in hopes of preventing the regulatory agency from releasing pac...

November 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
“Chinese generics market has no strategy for international players”

Singapore: In the last one year, Actavis has been aggressive in expanding its presence in Asia and the company was on an...

November 17, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
US FDA imposes import alert on Ranbaxy drugs

Singapore: The US FDA has issued an alert on import of Ranbaxy Laboratories drug products that are manufactured at its ...

September 17, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Apollo Pharmacy cautions against Ranbaxy drugs' use

New Delhi: Spelling further problems for India's pharma giant Ranbaxy and its Japanese owners Daiichi Sankyo, Apollo Pha...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Asian generic companies focus more on market expansion

Singapore: A Frost & Sullivan (F&S) analysis finds that the Asian generic market is expected to grow at a compou...

April 25, 2015 | Saturday | News
Taiwan's TWi to independently hit the US market

Singapore: Taiwan-based TWi Pharmaceuticals has decided to sell its products in the US market through its own US subsidi...

February 26, 2015 | Thursday | News
Comply or face action: US FDA tells Indian drugmakers

Singapore: With increasing number of non-compliance issues being logged against Indian drugmakers by the US FDA, this ti...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | News
Dr. Reddy's launches generic Finasteride

Hyderabad: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has launched Finasteride tablets (1 mg), a bioequivalent generic version of Propeci...

January 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Suzhou Amerigen launches Mecobalamin in China

Singapore: US-based Amerigen Pharmaceuticals' Chinese subsidiary, Suzhou Amerigen Pharmaceuticals has received Chinese F...

August 21, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
ANI pharma acquires 22 generic drug from Teva

Singapore: US based ANI Pharmaceuticals has acquired 22 previously marketed generic drug products from Teva Pharmaceutic...

July 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
Patents rights in India unreasonably denied: US Pharma

Singapore: Expressing grave concern over the deteriorating intellectual property environment in India, the Pharmaceutica...

July 3, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Sun Pharma cancer drug to address shortage

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic version of the cancer drug Doxil (doxorubi...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Prasco Lab to market generics version of Colcrys in US

Singapore: US generics firm, Prasco Laboratories, has entered into alliance with US subisdiary of Japanese pharmaceutica...

January 13, 2015 | Tuesday | News

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