NCRM gets Japanese patent for nanotechnology-based corneal stem cell transplant

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 01 Feb, 2016

Tokyo: Corneal endothelial precursor cell transplantation methodology, employing a Nanocomposite gel sheet has been awarded a Japanese patent to Chennai-based Nichi-in Centre for Regenerati...Read more

Allergan's Botox Vista receives marketing authorization in Japan

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 25 May, 2016

Dublin-headquartered Allergan plc has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved an additional use for Botox Vista (Allergan's botulinum toxin type A pr...Read more

Microfluidics expert becomes Japan S&T agency licensee

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2012

Singapore: Microfluidics expert Dolomite is now a licensee of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) under JST's microdroplet generation technology. Dolomite is authorized to grant sub-...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo to reorganize supply chain business

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 02 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Japan's Daiichi Sankyo has decided to reorganize three of its Japanese supply chain subsidiaries, Daiichi Sankyo Propharma (DSPP), Daiichi Sankyo Chemical Pharma (DSCP) and Daiic...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo announces closure of its Hiratsuka Plant

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Apr, 2016

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter Daiichi Sankyo) has announced its decision to close the Hiratsuka plant owned by its subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Chemical Pharma Co., Lt...Read more

BIOTEC launches microbe management course

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 22 Jan, 2013

Singapore: Thailand's flagship biotechnology organization, BIOTEC, NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC) of Japan and World Data Center for Microorganisms (WDCM), have launched a training...Read more

Ajinomoto acquires US firm Althea

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 07 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Japan-headquartered Ajinomoto has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Althea Technologies, a US-based provider of biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing servi...Read more

Biobanking has attractive prospects in Asia

Japan |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2012

Asia is becoming increasingly important as a market for upcoming biobanks. Within Asia, India, China and Japan have attractive prospects. Many countries in Asia have launched or are about t...Read more

Multiple sclerosis market to peak at $18.3 bn in 2018

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 20 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Leading independent healthcare analyst, Datamonitor Healthcare, has revealed in their latest research that the multiple sclerosis market is expected to peak at $18.3 billion in 2...Read more

Astellas EMEA appoints Eugene Van Rensburg as CFO

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2015

Tokyo: Astellas Pharma EMEA, the regional headquarters of Japan's Astellas Pharma Inc. for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has appointed Eugene Van Rensburg to the position of Chief Fi...Read more

TNAU, Japanese professors unravel key genetic features of barley

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2015

Singapore: India's Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) professor Natesan Senthil and a Japanese professor have together identified the genes responsible for barley's domestication tha...Read more

Eisai, Sysmex partner to develop diagnostic for dementia

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Feb, 2016

Singapore: Eisai and Sysmex Corporation jointly announced that the two companies have entered into a comprehensive non-exclusive collaboration agreement aimed at the creation of new diagnos...Read more

Orient, NanoCarrier sign deal for Nanoplatin trial

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Taiwan company Orient Europharma and Japan-based pharmaceutical company NanoCarrier have signed a new agreement for conducting registration trials of Nanoplatin in Taiwan, Singap...Read more

ALK's Japanese partner reports positive results for hay fever drug

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 10 Aug, 2015

Copenhagen-based ALK has announced that its partner in Japan, Torii Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, has reported positive results from its phase II/III trial into a sublingual allergy immunotherapy ...Read more

Breast cancer market will rise to $3.4 billion by 2021'

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Feb, 2016

Singapore: The Asia-Pacific (APAC) breast cancer market is set to experience considerable expansion from $1.9 billion in 2014 to $3.4 billion by 2021, at a robust Compound Annual Growth Rat...Read more

Infraredx to launch TVC Imaging System in Japan

Japan |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 28 Jun, 2012

Singapore: Infraredx, a medical device company committed to advancing the diagnosis and management of coronary artery and other vascular diseases, has signed an exclusive five-year agreemen...Read more

Mantra of Interphex Japan & in-Pharma Japan: Lets innovate and focus on emerging markets

Japan |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2013

The 7th in-Pharma Japan and 26th Interphex Japan, both of which were held concurrently at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, from July 10-12, 2013, concluded with much success and grandeur. The event ...Read more

Mitsubishi Tanabe to manufacture diabetes drug Tenelia

Japan |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 02 Jul, 2012

Singapore: Japanese company Mitsubishi Tanabe has received approval to manufacture and market the selective DPP-4 inhibitor Tenelia 20mg tablets (Teneligliptin hydrobromide hydrate) in Japa...Read more