Will Japan be able to reduce its generic drug prices?

Generics |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2013

The Japanese pharmaceutical market is the second largest pharma market in the world following on the close heels of the US. Although it records annual sales of approximately $64.5 billion (...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo to commercialize AstraZeneca's nasal influenza vaccine in Japan

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Sep, 2015

The global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, MedImmune LLC, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd. to develop and commercializ...Read more

Mylan signs a settlement agreement with OSI Pharma

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2013

Singapore: US generics major Mylan has entered into a settlement agreement with OSI Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Japan's Astellas, Pfizer and Roche subsidiary Genentech that will resolv...Read more

India bans pain killer 36 years after the US did so

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Jun, 2013

New Delhi: The Indian health ministry has banned the sale of three medicines after learning about the health risks associated with them. Manufacture and sale of three drugs, painkiller Ana...Read more

Beximco Pharma enters EU market

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Beximco Pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredients in Bangaldesh, has commenced export of its products to Europe. I...Read more

Glenmark's new generic gets FDA nod

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Aug, 2015

Singapore: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(Glenmark) has been granted final approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration (US FDA) for Drospirenone and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets USP...Read more

Amneal pharma to acquire Actavis Australia's generic business

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Apr, 2015

Singapore: US-based Amneal pharmaceuticals announced the acquisition of Actavis pharmaceuticals' generic business in Australia. The company has inked a binding letter of intent to acquire t...Read more

ANI pharma, IDT Australia to commercialize US generic drugs

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Aug, 2015

Singapore: ANI Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty pharmaceutical company recently announced collaboration with IDT Australia a global generic manufacturer, to commercialize up to 18 previo...Read more

Brickell Biotech-Kaken Pharma to co-develop dermatology drug

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Apr, 2015

Brickell Biotech Inc., a US-based clinical-stage pharmaceutical company has signed an exclusive license and development agreement for BBI-4000 with Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., a top-tier...Read more

Lupin scouts for acquisitions across the world

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Indian drug major Lupin Pharmaceuticals is set to expand its global footprint by scouting for acquisitions across the world. The company is looking at US, Japan, China and even t...Read more

US rheumatoid arthritis market to reach $9.3 bn by 2020'

Generics |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Apr, 2015

Singapore: US treatment market for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is set to increase in value from $6.4 billion in 2013 to $9.3 billion by 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...Read more

BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Generics |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Jan, 2014

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase in the number of acquisitions and mergers (M&A), it also led to a ...Read more

Teva proposes to buy Mylan for $40.1 billion

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Apr, 2015

Singapore: Israeli generic drug giant Teva pharmaceuticals made an unsolicited offer to buy US-based Mylan NV for about $40.1 billion, in the drug industry's largest takeover attempt this y...Read more

Teva's Potential $40 bn Mylan acquisition could transform generics space'

Generics |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Apr, 2015

Singapore: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' recent $40.1 billion offer to purchase Netherlands-based Mylan, which is crucially contingent on Mylan not consummating its offer to acquire Irish...Read more

TB claims 74000 children each year: WHO

Generics |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Oct, 2013

Singapore: World Health Organization has launched "Roadmap for childhood TB: towards zero deaths", in an effort to prevent deaths of children from tuberculosis (TB) that claims nearly 74000...Read more

Boehringer, Lilly diabetes drug shows +ve results

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2013

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company have presented their results from two randomized phase III clinical trials evaluating the 'efficacy and safety of linagliptin in As...Read more

Indian drugmakers shifting R&D to South East Asia

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Many leading Indian drug makers, that comprise a core part of the country's $1,000 bn worth pharmaceutical industry, are soon shifting their research and development operations a...Read more

Unlike FDA, Indian regulators finds no violations at Ranbaxy

Generics |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Sep, 2013

Singapore: India's Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has said that under the country's Drugs and Cosmetics Act, it has found 'no major violations' at Ranbaxy's Mohali plant that has ...Read more