Pfizer, BioNTech to help vaccinate athletes at 2020 Tokyo Games

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Oly...

May 7, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan-based NEC to develop biosensor for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in open spaces

Japan's NEC Corporation and NEC Solution Innovators announced the successful development of artificial DNA aptamers that...

May 6, 2021 | Thursday | News
Tiziana seeks partner in Asia to enhance hepatocellular carcinoma treatment

Tiziana Life Sciences plc, a UK based biotechnology company focused on innovative therapeutics for oncology, inflammatio...

May 5, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan lays focus on improving brain health

Saitama Resona Bank, Limited, a corporation of the Resona Group, and Eisai Co., Ltd., both based in Japan, have announce...

May 3, 2021 | Monday | News
Elusive protein complex can be the key to treat chromosomal disorders

The cells in our body are constantly fighting off the threat of cancer by repairing damaged DNA. In a new study, scienti...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
CPhI Japan highlights cell & gene therapies, digital innovation

CPhI Japan, the first large pharma event to trade in 2021, played host to 7214 attendees at the exhibition and a further...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan offers support to new specialty pharmaceutical manufacturers

Japan's Bushu Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has entered into a business alliance agreement with Suzuken Co., Ltd. to offer a se...

April 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo to market hypercholesterolemia treatment in Asia

Japanese firm Daiichi Sankyo Company has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with US based Esperion Therapeuti...

April 27, 2021 | Tuesday | News
UK's Ergomed expands pharmacovigilance business operations in Japan

Ergomed plc, a company focused on providing specialised services to the pharmaceutical industry, announces that its Prim...

April 26, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan provides thermography camera in Kenya to prevent COVID-19 spread

Japan based NEC Corporation announced a collaboration between NEC XON, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (U...

April 23, 2021 | Friday | News
International collaboration to develop iPSMA SPECT imaging for prostate cancer

The Oncidium Foundation, a non-profit organization created to promote and support the development of radiopharmaceutical...

April 23, 2021 | Friday | News
Fujifilm initiates new Ph III trial of Avigan for COVID-19 treatment in Japan

FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical has announced the initiation of a new phase III clinical trial in Japan concerning its anti-inf...

April 21, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Terumo boosts global plasma collection and delivery platform with CSL

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies and CSL Plasma announced a collaboration to deliver a new plasma collection platform ...

April 20, 2021 | Tuesday | News
ITOCHU to launch biomass power generation business in Japan

ITOCHU Corporation announced on April 15, 2021, that it has made a decision to establish Hyuga Biomass Power G...

April 19, 2021 | Monday | News
Japanese–European research team discovers novel genetic mitochondrial disorder

Japanese-European team of scientists, including researchers from Fujita Health University, describe mutations in the&n...

April 19, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan boosts native life science biz via virtual access for global audience

Japan's pioneering life science organizations seeking to navigate Japanese market entry gained a new pathway. Shonan Hea...

April 16, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan invents novel cell therapy for type I diabetes mellitus

Researchers from The University of Tokyo have developed a novel device for the safe and effective long-term transplant...

April 16, 2021 | Friday | News
Japanese NHI price listing triggers $15 M milestone payment to BioCryst

US based BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that the Japanese National Health Insurance System (NHI) has appro...

April 15, 2021 | Thursday | News
Thermo Fisher Amplitude Solution receives EUA from FDA

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced on April 12, 2021 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has grant...

April 15, 2021 | Thursday | News
L Catterton announces JPY 20 B investment in healthcare firm PHC Holdings

L Catterton, US based consumer-focused private equity firm, has announced an investment of JPY 20 billion into PHC ...

April 14, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Remiges Ventures launches new life science incubator

Remiges Ventures, a US-based cross-border venture capital firm with offices in Seattle, WA and Tokyo, Jap...

April 9, 2021 | Friday | News
Hitachi uses digital technology for creation of next-generation biopharmaceuticals

Hitachi, Ltd. and Axcelead, Inc. have announced that they have agreed on a comprehensive collaborative partnership to de...

April 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo starts Ph 1 Trial for Nafamostat Inhalation Formulation to treat COVID-19

Daiichi Sankyo, based in Japan, has announced that it has initiated in Japan a first-in-human phase 1 trial for nafamost...

April 5, 2021 | Monday | News
Japanese medical VR company Jolly Good to develop digital therapeutics

Leading Japanese medical VR company Jolly Good Inc. has recently established a specialized DTx Division to develop digit...

April 5, 2021 | Monday | News
Fujifilm launches mutation detection kits for SARS-CoV-2

Japan based firm FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation has announced the launch of the “N501Y mutation detection...

April 2, 2021 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo incurs 15 B yen loss after terminating vaccine biz with Sanofi

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. has announced that it will terminate its marketing alliance agreement for the Squarekids&re...

April 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan holds AI-based nursing record support system demo

Social  Welfare Organization Saiseikai Branch Tochigi Prefecture Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital in Utsunom...

April 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
KYORIN, Eisai to develop & market drug for overactive bladder treatment in 4 ASEAN countries

Japanese firms KYORIN Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of KYORIN Holdings, Inc., and Eisai Co., Ltd. have entered into a lic...

March 31, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Toyoda Gosei invests in medical device development startup

Toyoda Gosei, a Japanese manufacturer of rubber and plastic automotive components and LEDs, has invested in Genial ...

March 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Eisai's Anti Cancer agent Lenvatinib-Pembrolizumab combo receives EMA in Japan

Eisai Co., Ltd. announced on March 30, 2021 that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has confirmed it has acce...

March 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan studies Parkinson's disease with face-recognition software

Researchers at Okayama University in Japan report that artificial-intelligence technology can detect facial charact...

March 29, 2021 | Monday | News
Hitachi enters collaboration for data driven precision medicine

Japanese firm Hitachi and American Swiss biotech company Sophia Genetics have  announced that they have entere...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Bright Peak Therapeutics and Ajinomoto to create novel immunocytokines

Bright Peak Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing next-generation immunotherapies for cancer and autoimm...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan enables access to electronic medical records via mobile phones

Japan Hospital Cooperative, Inc., Japan Hospital Cooperative, Inc. Ward, Representative Director Tsuneo Sakai,...

March 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Novel DNA sensor can rapidly detect antibiotic-resistant pathogens

The persistent overuse of antibiotics has led to the evolution of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, or “superbugs,&r...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
CPhI Japan opens two-month long virtual event

The Japanese pharmaceutical market is preparing for renewed international growth and partnering. In response, CPhI Japan...

March 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo starts Ph 1/2 trial for mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced that it has started the first vaccinations in a phase 1/2 clinical trial i...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Eisai Medicine Innovation Technology Solutions to launch in Japan

Japanese firm Eisai Co., Ltd. as part of its strategic investment to realize its medium-term management plan, EWAY ...

March 22, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan designs less-invasive atomic force microscopy to visualize biomolecular systems

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Review of Scientific Instruments a newly developed atomic force microscopy ...

March 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Immune receptor protein could hold key to treatment of autoimmune diseases

Autoimmune diseases are typically caused when the immune system, whose purpose is to deal with foreign threats to the bo...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Epredia to distribute Paige Digital Pathology Software globally

Epredia, a global leader in precision cancer diagnostics, and Paige, a global leader in AI-based diagnostic software in ...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Fujitsu, NCC to create new services for clinical trials, drug development in Japan

Fujitsu has announced it has concluded a comprehensive collaborative research agreement with National Cancer Center Japa...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Daiichi Sankyo begins manufacture of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd announced on March 12, 2021, that it has started manufacturing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vacc...

March 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Eisai aims for novel drug discovery for neurodegenerative disorders

German firm Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and Japan based Eisai have announced that b...

March 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Takeda, IDT support manufacturing of J&J's COVID-19 vaccine

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced a reciprocal agreement with IDT Biologika GmbH (“IDT&rdqu...

March 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujitsu, Kyoto University build AI system to detect genetic disorders

Fujitsu Limited and Kyoto University research group led by Professor Yasushi Okuno of the Kyoto University Graduate Scho...

March 15, 2021 | Monday | News
Takeda to acquire Maverick Therapeutics for $525 M

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced the exercise of its option to acquire Maverick Therape...

March 12, 2021 | Friday | News
Setsuro Tech gets access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio for Japan

ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-...

March 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Regenerative therapy to treat knee joint damages gets boost in Japan

Regenerative therapy to treat knee joint damages gets a boost with a breakthrough technology of growing ideal type of ca...

March 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
AbbVie pips Gilead to dominate Japan’s hepatitis C virus digital marketing space

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapeutics market in Japan is highly competitive with stiff competition between Gilead and...

March 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Takeda to import & distribute Moderna’s vaccine in Japan

Moderna, Inc has announced that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd submitted a new drug application to the Government of Japa...

March 8, 2021 | Monday | News
ERS Genomics inks licensing deal with Otsuka for CRISPR/Cas9 technology

ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property, has an...

March 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Eisai's anti-Insomnia drug Dayvigo (Lemborexant) approved in Hong Kong

Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that its Hong Kong subsidiary Eisai (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. has obtained approval for the in-hou...

March 1, 2021 | Monday | News
Takeda transfers assets of select diabetes products to Teijin Pharma

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced that it has entered into an agreement to transfer the ...

February 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Harvard University, Kyowa Kirin collaborate for translational biomedical science

Harvard University and Kyowa Kirin Co, Ltd have announced that they have entered into a strategic research all...

March 1, 2021 | Monday | News
Olympus buys Israel's Medi-Tate to drive global urology business growth

Japan based Olympus Corporation has exercised its call option in respect of the remainder of the shares in Medi-Tate Ltd...

March 2, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Polyplastics Group expands POM material portfolio for varied medical applications

Japan's Polyplastics Group is expanding its DURACON (R) polyoxymethylene (POM) PM series portfolio with the develop...

February 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Fujitsu unveils AI-powered physical rehabilitation solution

Fujitsu has announced the launch of a new AI-powered physical rehabilitation solution in Japan, the "FUJITSU Healthcare ...

February 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Terumo acquires all assets of Health Outcomes Sciences

Japan based Terumo Corporation, a global leader in medical technology, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all ...

February 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Innophys releases wearable work-assisting robotic suit "MUSCLE SUIT Every" in China

Innophys Co., Ltd. released its wearable work-assisting robotic suit "MUSCLE SUIT Every" in China on Febr...

February 22, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan develops methods for viruses and disease protein markers diagnosis

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis enables high-resolution separation of proteins extracted from biological samples, but...

February 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Yokogawa, Hirotsu Bio Science to widen use of N-NOSE cancer screening test

Japan based Yokogawa Electric Corporation and HIROTSU BIO SCIENCE INC. have announced that they have signed an investmen...

February 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan discovers potential therapeutic stem cells to cure neurodegenerative disease

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease resulting in the gradual loss of motor nerve cells (n...

February 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Philippine partners JHPIA to support Covid-critical PPE and medical supplies

The Philippine government in partnership with the Japan Hygiene Products Industry Association (JHPIA) organized an ...

February 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Mitsubishi's air purification technology potentially inactivates SARS-CoV-2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems Ltd. (MHI Thermal Systems), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI...

February 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Olympus supports dissemination of endoscopic procedures for Colorectal Cancer in Russia

Olympus Corporation announced on Feb 4, 2021 that it has been selected by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare...

February 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan to offer Actemra for treating COVID-19 patients

Chugai Pharmaceutical has announced results from Phase III J-COVACTA clinical study in Japan for the humanized anti-huma...

February 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan invests in development program for skin microbiome

MyBiotics Pharma, a microbiome therapeutics company based in Israel, announced that it has received an investment from&n...

February 8, 2021 | Monday | News
HORIBA acquires MedTest Holdings to expand laboratory chemistry offerings

Japan based HORIBA has announced that it has acquired MedTest Holdings, Inc. The acquisition will combine the compliment...

February 4, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan's TMDU, Fujitsu to develop management system for viral infections

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Fujitsu Limited are developing a system that reduces the burden on t...

February 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Olympus launches comprehensive educational platform for HCPs

Japanese firm Olympus Corporation has announced the launch of a new comprehensive educational platform designed to provi...

February 1, 2021 | Monday | News
Olympus bolsters surgical endoscopy capabilities with new acquisition

Olympus Corporation, based in Japan, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Quest Photonic Devic...

January 29, 2021 | Friday | News
Casio's Dermocamera, a multifunctional device captures dermatological images

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. announced on January 27, 2021 about the upcoming release of the DZ-D100 DERMOCAMERA that a...

January 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan supports precision prediction model for COVID-19 outcomes

BC Platforms, a global leader in clinical and genomic data management, analytics and access, has announced that it has j...

January 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan's Nippon Express partners with China's Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Logistics

Nippon Express (China) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, signed a memorandum of underst...

January 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Japanese firm unveils advanced cold field emission cryo-electron microscope

JEOL announces the release of a new cold field emission cryo-electron microscope (cryo-EM), the CRYO ARM™ 300 II (...

January 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Mitsubishi Tanabe & Takeda to accelerate data-driven drug discovery

Japanese firm Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) has announced that MTPC and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company...

January 19, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan looking for comprehensive COVID-19 vaccination

Japan is aggressively making efforts to vaccinate its population for COVID-19 with a strong focus on signing pre-orders....

January 15, 2021 | Friday | Analysis
Fujifilm injects $76M into manufacturing and innovation centre

Japanese firm FUJIFILM Corporation and the Center for Advanced Biological Innovation and Manufacturing (CABIM), have ann...

January 18, 2021 | Monday | News
Chugai Pharma conducts digital transformation for manufacturing function

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. on Jan 12, 2021, announced its digital transformation (DX) for manufacturing functi...

January 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
KSQ Therapeutics and Takeda to develop and market novel Immuno-Oncology therapies

KSQ Therapeutics, a biotechnology company using its proprietary CRISPRomics® discovery platform to systematically sc...

January 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
NEC introduces WISE VISION Endoscopy in Europe and Japan

NEC Corporation, a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company, has announced the develop...

January 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Sosei and PharmEnable enter technology collaboration for AI-driven drug discovery

Sosei Group Corporation (Sosei Heptares) in Japan and PharmEnable, a UK drug discovery company, have announced...

January 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Avantor launches Japanese e-commerce website for life sciences industry

Avantor, Inc., a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences and...

January 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujifilm injects $2B into large-scale cell culture manufacturing site in US

FUJIFILM Corporation is making an investment of more than 200 Billion yen ($2 Billion) to establish a new...

January 8, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan launches medical computer software for medical institutions and insurance pharmacies

Japan's PHC Corporation on Jan 7, 2021 announced the release of software for medical computers for medica...

January 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Olympus, Hitachi enter long-term collaboration for ultrasonic endoscopy system

Olympus Corporation and Hitachi have agreed to a five-year contract for joint development of the endoscopic ultrasound (...

January 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Fujifilm to invest $40M in innovative viral vector and advanced therapy facility

Japan's FUJIFILM Corporation is making a major capital investment of approximately 4 billion yen ($40 mil...

January 5, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujifilm applies for manufacturing and marketing approval for a SARS-CoV-2antigen test kit

Fujifilm Corporation on 17 Dec 2020 announced that it has filed an application with the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devi...

January 4, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan responds to new coronavirus variant

The Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, recently held the 50th meeting of the Novel Coronavirus Response Headq...

January 1, 2021 | Friday | News
Urban China to have highest cases of NSCLC over next decade, predicts GlobalData

Urban China is expected to have the highest number of diagnosed incident cases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) amo...

December 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Japan uses infrared radiation for detecting dental caries

Researchers at Okayama University in Japan report in Scientific Reports that optical coherence tomography, an ...

December 31, 2020 | Thursday | News
Lynparza receives three new approvals for cancer treatment in Japan

AstraZeneca and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, have announced that LYNPARZA has been approved...

December 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Eisai strengthens in-house production function for anti-cancer drugs

Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that it has completed construction of the 5th manufacturing building at the Kawashima Indu...

December 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
NovoNordisk’s Rybelsus could be a game-changer in Type 2 Diabetes

NovoNordisk’s decision to investigate its recently launched Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) drug Rybelsus (semaglutide) in a...

December 23, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Agilent receives approval for GenetiSure Dx Postnatal Assay in Japan

Agilent Technologies has obtained clearance from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan for the Gene...

December 23, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Sosei Heptares and GSK target immune disorders of digestive system

Japanese firm Sosei Group Corporation has announced that it has entered into a global collaboration and license agr...

December 21, 2020 | Monday | News
Fujitsu analyzes relationship b/w data in healthcare and allied sectors

Japan based Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. has successfully developed a technology that uses AI to discover the characterist...

December 17, 2020 | Thursday | News
Alvotech and Fuji Pharma extend biosimilar partnership in Japan

Alvotech and Japanese pharmaceutical company Fuji Pharma have announced that they have agreed on an extension on their e...

December 16, 2020 | Wednesday | News
GlobalData reveals role of Japan’s immunology market in branded digital marketing space

The Japanese immunology market is highly competitive with many innovator products available for rheumatoid arthritis (RA...

December 15, 2020 | Tuesday | Analysis

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