Japan's JCR Pharma licenses gene therapy platform to AstraZeneca Rare Disease unit for $825 M

Japan's JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. has entered into a license agreement with Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, for JCR&rsq...

July 10, 2025 | Thursday | News
Chugai and Gero ink $250 M deal to develop new therapies for age-related diseases

Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical and Gero, a Singapore-based biotechnology company, have entered into a joint research...

July 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Verified Clinical Trials launches operations in Japan

Verified Clinical Trials (VCT), the global leader in clinical trial subject registry solutions, has officially laun...

July 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Shimadzu receives US FDA's premarketing notification for Positive PET system

Japan's Shimadzu Corporation has obtained premarketing notification from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for i...

July 7, 2025 | Monday | News
BioVersys inks deal worth CHF 479 M with Japan's Shionogi to treat infectious diseases

BioVersys AG, a multi-asset, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in Switzerland, focusing on research an...

July 4, 2025 | Friday | News
AN Venture Partners announces one of the largest Japan focused biotech funds to date

AN Venture Partners (ANV), a global biotech venture capital firm, has announced the final close of its first fund, AN Ve...

July 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
PHC announces exclusive distribution of MaxCyte ExPERT platform in Japan

The Biomedical Division of Japan-based PHC Corporation (PHCbi), a subsidiary of PHC Holdings Corporation (PHCHD), has si...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News
“The burden on medical and long-term care systems due to ageing is expected to intensify in Japan”

What major initiatives are lined up for Asahi's healthcare business in 2025 and beyond? Are you planning any major inves...

July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | Opinion
Japan’s strategic medtech alignment with India

Japan has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, with over 28 per cent of its population being 65 years or o...

July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | Analysis
AvenCell Japan wins $40 M AMED grant to advance allogeneic CAR-T programme

AvenCell Japan, a wholly owned subsidiary of AvenCell Therapeutics, a private, clinical-stage biotechnology company deve...

July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | News
AGC Biologics expands cell therapy development operations to Asia

AGC Biologics will commence cell therapy process development and clinical manufacturing services on July 1, 2025, at AGC...

June 26, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's Fujirebio acquires Plasma Services Group to provide biological raw materials to IVD industries

H.U. Group Holdings Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Fujirebio Holdings, Inc. has announced that Fujirebio Diagnos...

June 24, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Ono Pharma and Vertex to commercialise Povetacicept in Japan and South Korea for nephropathy treatment

Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical Co., and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, in the US, have announced an exclusive coll...

June 24, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Harbour BioMed & Otsuka Pharma ink $670 M agreement for treatment of autoimmune diseases

Harbour BioMed, a China-based biopharmaceutical company, has announced a global strategic collaboration with Japan-headq...

June 23, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan gives nod to Israeli startup MedHub-AI's coronary physiology diagnostic software

Israel-based startup MedHub-AI, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cardiovascular diagnostics,...

June 20, 2025 | Friday | News
NEC and Chugai Pharmaceutical use AI to potentially enhance cancer treatment in Japan

Japan-based NEC Corporation, in collaboration with Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., has conducted an experiment usin...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
Avata Biosciences partners with Oceanus Bio for developing oral cannabidiol therapies to address Epilepsy and Schizophrenia

UK-based Avata Biosciences Holdings has signed a co-development and licensing agreement with Oceanus Bio, Inc. for the e...

June 18, 2025 | Wednesday | News
HekaBio teams up with Alfresa Holdings Corp accelerating access to innovative therapies in Japan

HekaBio K.K. has announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Alfresa Holdings Corporation, a leading...

June 17, 2025 | Tuesday | News
SDP Japan raises $31 M to rollout advanced surgical care models

Healthcare startup SDP Japan, Inc. has raised approximately JPY 4.5 billion (equivalent to $31 million) t...

June 16, 2025 | Monday | News
Mitsubishi Research Institute and Astellas collaborate to support pharma startups in Japan

Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.  and Astellas Pharma Inc. have agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to...

June 13, 2025 | Friday | News
Olympus announces full market release of AI-powered emphysema screening programme

Japan headquartered medtech firm Olympus Corp. has announced the full market release of its artificial intelligence (AI)...

June 12, 2025 | Thursday | News
Cardio Diagnostics secures Japanese patent for AI-driven cardiovascular disease detection technology

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc., a US-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered precision cardiovascular medicine comp...

June 10, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Samsung Bioepis enters into strategic partnership with Nipro for commercialisation of multiple biosimilars in Japan

South Korea-based Samsung Bioepis Co. has entered into a license, development and commercialisation agreement with Nipro...

June 9, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan transforms engineered heart tissues for precise drug testing

A research team led by Associate Professor Yoshinori Yoshida and Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Yuya ...

June 7, 2025 | Saturday | News
Telix Pharma establishes new operations in Japan

Australia-headquartered Telix Pharmaceuticals has established Telix Manufacturing Solutions (TMS) in Yokohama, Japan. Te...

June 5, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japanese startup ThinkCyte unveils cloud-based platform for AI-driven cell morphology data analysis

ThinkCyte, a Japan-based life science company pioneering advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cell analysis and...

June 4, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Fujifilm rebrands Life Sciences companies to represent board spectrum portfolio

Japan-headquartered Fujifilm Corporation's Life Sciences Group companies, a portfolio of businesses offering products, s...

June 3, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Eisai launches Pariet® S, first proton pump inhibitor RX-to-OTC in Japan

Eisai Co. has announced the launch of Pariet® S”(pharmaceutical requiring guidance), which is highly effective...

June 2, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan establishes first next-gen commercial production site for CAR-T cell therapies

Cellares, a pioneer in automated cell therapy manufacturing, in collaboration with Mitsui Fudosan, has announced the est...

May 30, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's Olympus announces US FDA clearance of its most advanced imaging endoscopes

Olympus, a Japan-headquartered medical technology company, has announced the US FDA 510(k) clearance of its EZ1500 serie...

May 28, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Fujitsu, THERS utilise AI to accelerate clinical research and tackle 'drug loss' in Japan

Fujitsu Limited and Tokai National Higher Education and Research System (THERS) have announced the successful completion...

May 26, 2025 | Monday | News
Alloy Therapeutics enters Japanese market by establishing operations at Shonan Health Innovation Park

Alloy Therapeutics Inc., a US-based biotechnology ecosystem company, has recently opened its first location in Japa...

May 23, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's Ubitus collaborates with MacKay Memorial Hospital in Taiwan for AI-powered multi-modal medical robots

Japan-based Ubitus, a global leader in cloud streaming and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, has announced its col...

May 22, 2025 | Thursday | News
Biocon Biologics and Yoshindo expand access to Ustekinumab Biosimilar in Japan

Biocon Biologics Ltd (BBL), a fully integrated global biosimilars company and subsidiary of Biocon Ltd, has announced th...

May 21, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japanese startup RevolKa secures $1.4 M funding to advance therapeutic programmes

RevolKa Ltd., a venture-backed biotech company providing a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI)-driven protein engi...

May 20, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Collaboration to accelerate genomics innovation in Japan

US-based Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, and the Okinawa Institute of Science ...

May 16, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan approves Sarepta's gene therapy to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

US-based Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) has a...

May 14, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Shionogi inks new partnership agreement to support antimicrobial stewardship in Kenya

Japan headquartered Shionogi & Co. has entered into a comprehensive partnership agreement with Nagasaki University, ...

May 9, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's Shionogi announces further agreement with Apnimed for sleep disorder treatments

Japan-based Shionogi & Co. has entered into an agreement with US-based Apnimed, Inc. for the introduction of sulthia...

May 5, 2025 | Monday | News
Ken Shinomiya becomes leader of Japan-based Asahi Kasei’s healthcare sector

Asahi Kasei has appointed Ken Shinomiya, President of Asahi Kasei Life Science, as the Leader of its Healthcare Sector s...

May 2, 2025 | Friday | News
Olympus appoints Bob White as new CEO

Japan-based medtech company Olympus Corporation has announced the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) aimed a...

April 28, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan's GHIT announces investment of $4.5 M to develop diagnostics for TB

Japan-based Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced an investment of approximately JPY 679 mi...

April 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Ono collaborates with Jorna Therapeutics to generate novel RNA editing therapeutics

Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical has entered into a research collaboration agreement with US-based startup Jorna The...

April 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Wayfinder Biosciences and Daiichi Sankyo to develop novel RNA-targeting therapies for neurodegenerative diseases

US-based Wayfinder Biosciences has entered into a collaboration with Japanese pharma firm Daiichi Sankyo to develop RNA-...

April 18, 2025 | Friday | News
Hapatune expands global presence with new life science marketing subsidiary in Tokyo

Hapatune LLC, a leading global marketing boutique for bioprocess and life science tools and service providers, has annou...

April 17, 2025 | Thursday | News
Nikon CeLL Innovation partners with RoosterBio for manufacturing human stem cells and extracellular vesicle in Japan

Nikon CeLL innovation (NCLi), a subsidiary of Japan-based Nikon Corporation has entered into a strategic licensing agree...

April 16, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Saisei Ventures launches executive fellows programme for Japan’s biotech leadership pipeline

Saisei Ventures, a leading venture investment firm focused on advancing Japanese biotechnology and therapeutic innovatio...

April 15, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's PRISM BioLab and Elix join forces to accelerate AI-driven drug discovery

Japan-based PRISM BioLab, a leading discovery and development biotechnology company designing small molecule inhibitors ...

April 14, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan's Asahi Kasei establishes life science unit to drive bioprocess businesses forward

To meet growing demand from the pharmaceutical industry, Japan-based Asahi Kasei has established Asahi Kasei Life Scienc...

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
AGC Biologics taps Thermo Scientific for 5,000 L DynaDrive SUBs at Yokohama site in Japan

AGC Biologics has announced a strategic decision about the large-scale single-use technology it will use at it...

April 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Marubeni buys Sumitomo's Asia pharma biz for ¥45 B

Japan-based Marubeni Corporation has concluded a Share Purchase Agreement with Sumitomo Pharma Co. to acquire shares in ...

April 7, 2025 | Monday | News
Astellas pushes translational and clinical oncology research in Japan

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelera...

April 4, 2025 | Friday | News
Mitsubishi builds new, rental-lab-type R&D facility in Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster in Japan

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Mitsubishi Corporation Urban Development (MCUD), and iPark Institute Co. (iPi) have announc...

April 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Shin-Etsu Chemical to invest ¥10 B in pharma cellulose biz in Japan and Europe

Shin-Etsu Chemical will make investments at two of its bases, the subsidiary SE Tylose GmbH & Co. KG (Wiesbaden...

April 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
Shionogi inks commercial deal for Cefiderocol in Australia and New Zealand

Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co. has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Link Medical P...

April 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
NUS expands startup hub in Tokyo to propel deep tech innovation

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), is expanding its presence in Japa...

April 1, 2025 | Tuesday | News
SNBL and Tasso establish Joint Venture in Japan to distribute on-demand blood collection device

Japan's Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (SNBL) and Tasso, Inc., the Seattle-based leading provider of patient-centri...

March 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Alumis and Kaken Pharma announce collaboration worth $140 M for dermatology treatment in Japan

Alumis Inc., a US-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and Japan's Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. have entered into ...

March 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
US-based Alamar Biosciences expands commercial support in Asia Pacific region

Alamar Biosciences, a US-based company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, has an...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's Taiho Pharma buys ADC firm Araris Biotech for $740 M

Japan-based Taiho Pharmaceutical and Araris Biotech AG, a Swiss biotechnology company developing next-generation antibod...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's GHIT invests $11.4 M for treatment of neglected tropical diseases

Japan's Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 1.7 b...

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
ABL Diagnostics partners with Riken Genesis to expand microbiology genotyping in Japan

ABL Diagnostics, a Euronext-listed leader in molecular diagnostics, has announced an exclusive distribution agreement wi...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Murata announces production of world's first metal cell fractionation filter

Japan-based Murata Manufacturing Co. has successfully commercialised and mass produced "CELLNETTA," the world’s fi...

March 17, 2025 | Monday | News
CII partners with SMRJ to host business meetings for medtech companies in India and Japan

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is partnering with Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regio...

March 14, 2025 | Friday | News
ENCell signs MoU with Cell Resources Corp to pave way for market entry in Japan

ENCell Co., Ltd., a South Korean biotech company specialising in advanced biopharmaceutical contract development and man...

March 14, 2025 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo and Nosis Biosciences partner to advance RNA medicines

US-based Nosis Biosciences, an AI-driven biotechnology company specialising in RNA therapeutics for challenging cell typ...

March 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
Taiwan's Amaran Biotech signs MoU with Nippon to expand CDMO business

Amaran Biotechnology Inc., a subsidiary of OBI Pharma specialising in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizatio...

March 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan grants Orphan Drug Designation to Lundbeck's potential treatment for Multiple System Atrophy

The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to Lundb...

March 11, 2025 | Tuesday | News
CEPI funds Nagasaki University’s ‘Nanoball’ technology to help defeat Disease X

A new ‘nanoball’ vaccine platform developed by experts in Japan will be tested as part of new research, supp...

March 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Shimadzu announces launch of two models of Scanning Electron Microscope SUPERSCAN SS-4000

Shimadzu Corporation has launched two models of the scanning electron microscope “SUPERSCAN SS-4000” within ...

March 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Indaptus Therapeutics extends patent portfolio in China, Japan, and Israel

US-based biotech firm Indaptus Therapeutics, Inc. has secured new patent approvals in China, Japan and Israel for its De...

March 7, 2025 | Friday | News
Astellas and Yaskawa to establish joint venture in Japan focused on cell therapy manufacturing

Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma Inc. and Yaskawa Electric Corporation have signed a definitive agreement t...

March 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Olympus to launch single-use hemostasis clip in US, with plans for global expansion

Japan-headquartered Olympus, a global medical technology company committed to making people's lives healthier, safer and...

March 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Shionogi inks agreement with Osaka Metropolitan University to establish model for city resilient to infectious diseases

Japan-based Shionogi & Co. has announced the conclusion of a comprehensive collaboration agreement with Osaka Metrop...

March 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
“Personalised medicine is now a reality, not just an aspiration”

Can you share how the company’s focus has evolved since its founding, and what areas are central to Terumo's curre...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
WuXi Biologics Successfully Passes Japan PMDA GMP Inspection Again

WuXi Biologics, a leading global contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO...

February 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Eisai grants exclusive development and distribution rights for Tasurgratinib in Greater China to SciClone Pharma

Japan-headquartered pharmaceutical firm Eisai has entered into an exclusive license agreement with a subsidiary of SciCl...

February 28, 2025 | Friday | News
CSL receives approval for ANDEMBRY in Japan to prevent hereditary angioedema

CSL Behring K.K. has received manufacturing and marketing approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labou...

February 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's NEC invests in Aetion, US-based provider of healthcare analytics platforms

NEC Orchestrating Future Fund, an ecosystem-based corporate venture capital (CVC) fund, has invested in Aetion, Inc., a ...

February 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan builds machine learning model to predict amyloid beta accumulation in brain

Oita University and Eisai Co., in Japan, have announced the development of a machine learning model to predict amyloid b...

February 17, 2025 | Monday | News
Takeda Reports Strong Q4 2024 Performance with 9.8% Revenue Growth, Driven by Oncology and Plasma-Derived Therapies

Takeda Pharmaceuticals has released its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2024, showcasing strong financial per...

February 17, 2025 | Monday | Company results
TriNetX and Fujitsu launch JV to increase Japanese patients' access to life-changing medicines

TriNetX, a global leader in real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) solutions, has partnered with Fujitsu, a...

February 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
Yokogawa Launches OpreX™ Quality Management System to Enhance Quality Assurance

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the launch of the OpreX™ Quality Management System, a cutting-edge, cloud-...

February 11, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's PHC partners with CCRM in Canada to develop primary T-cell expansion culture processes

Japan-based PHC Corporation has signed a Master Collaboration Agreement with CCRM (based in Canada) to work together on ...

February 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Bain Capital to acquire Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation for $3.3 B

Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mitsubishi Tanabe P...

February 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
ValGenesis and Hitachi join forces to digitally transform Japan’s life sciences sector

US-based ValGenesis Inc., the global leader in enterprise validation lifecycle management systems (VLMS), and Hitachi In...

February 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
MediBuddy partners with Japan's Elecom to launch smart health devices in India

MediBuddy, India's largest digital healthcare company, has announced a strategic partnership with ELECOM, a leading Japa...

February 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Chugai and GSK sign collaboration agreement for anti-dengue virus antibody AID351

Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. has signed a collaboration agreement with GSK's Global Health Unit (GSK GH) for&n...

January 31, 2025 | Friday | News
“Demand for skilled medtech professionals in the Asia Pacific region is growing rapidly”

Could you please share some details of the company's investment plans, and new product development in the coming years?&...

February 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
GHIT announces $12.7 M worth investment for developing diagnostics and drugs for malaria, NTDs

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund, headquartered in Japan, has announced a total investment of approxi...

January 31, 2025 | Friday | News
Julie Kim to succeed Christophe Weber as CEO of Takeda in June 2026

Japan headquartered pharmaceutical firm Takeda has announced that its Board of Directors have made the decision una...

January 30, 2025 | Thursday | News
Daiichi Sankyo appoints Hiroyuki Okuzawa as Chief Executive Officer

Daiichi Sankyo Company has appointed Hiroyuki Okuzawa, 62, to succeed Sunao Manabe, DVM, PhD as Chief Executive Officer ...

January 31, 2025 | Friday | News
JETRO collaborates with Mayo Clinic to support Japanese digital health startups

Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic Platform (operated by the world-renowne...

January 31, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's ThinkCyte expands product portfolio to drive innovation in drug discovery and disease research

Japan-based startup ThinkCyte, a biotechnology company pioneering novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based cell analysis...

January 29, 2025 | Wednesday | News
AB2 Bio signs licensing agreement worth $500 M with Nippon Shinyaku for ultra-rare autoimmune disease treatment

AB2 Bio, a biotechnology company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of severe systemic hyperinflammatory ...

January 28, 2025 | Tuesday | News
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's Datroway Approved in US, Cuts Cancer Progression Risk by 37%

First approval in the US for AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Datroway based on TROPION-Breast01 results showi...

January 27, 2025 | Monday | News
Renascience to open branch lab of Northwestern University Longevity Institute in Japan

Japanese firm Renascience has concluded a joint research agreement on ageing with Prof. Douglas E. Vaughan, Direct...

January 24, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's Daiichi Sankyo establishes Smart research lab in US to expedite drug discovery

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo has established a state-of-the-art research laboratory in San Diego, Ca...

January 23, 2025 | Thursday | News
Sumitomo to market Johnson & Johnson's schizophrenia drug in Japan

Sumitomo Pharma has concluded a co-promotion collaboration partner agreement with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in Jap...

January 21, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu releases world's first gas chromatograph systems with CO2 reduction visualisation function

Japan headquartered Shimadzu Corporation has released seven new Brevis GC-2050 Systems for the Green Transform...

January 20, 2025 | Monday | News

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