Category: Asia

October 5, 2015 Off

2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners

By Dino Mustafić

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.

September 30, 2015 Off

FDA approves Meiji’s QIDP and Fast Track Designation to ME1100

By Dino Mustafić

Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated the Company’s lead antibiotic product, ME1100 (arbekacin inhalation solution), as a Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) for the adjunctive treatment of mechanically ventilated patients with bacterial pneumonia.