Japan's Kaken Pharma enters into license agreement for STAT6 inhibitor with Johnson & Johnson for $1.2 B

Japan-based Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. has entered into a license agreement with Johnson & Johnson for the globa...

January 7, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japanese firms JCR Pharmaceuticals and Modalis Therapeutics move forward with development of novel gene therapy

JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. and Modalis Therapeutics Corporation have validated the initial proof of concept ...

January 6, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan approves first and only facilitated subcutaneous immunoglobulin for Agammaglobulinemia and Hypogammaglobulinemia

Takeda has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved the use of HYQVIA [Immun...

January 5, 2025 | Sunday | News
Japan's Fujirebio and Eisai to establish diagnostic technologies for various neurodegenerative diseases

Fujirebio Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of H.U. Group Holdings, Inc., and Eisai Co., in Japan, have entered into a...

December 24, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Sumitomo to establish regenerative medicine and cell therapy joint venture

Japan's Sumitomo Chemical Co. and Sumitomo Pharma have studied restructuring measures to accelerate the development of r...

December 20, 2024 | Friday | News
Takeda, Tohoku University form alliance to strengthen drug discovery capabilities in Japan

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and the Tohoku University Drug Discovery Strategy Promotion Organization have entered into...

December 18, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Shimadzu develops platform to support gene therapy manufacturing

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has signed an investment contract with U-Medico Inc, a contract research organisation (...

December 17, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Eisai Subsidiary inks €117 M deal for schizophrenia treatment in Japan and other Asian territories

Newron Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for patients with dise...

December 16, 2024 | Monday | News
TMC Japan BioBridge to provide Japanese healthcare innovators path to enter US market

Texas Medical Center (TMC), in the US, in partnership with Japan-based organisations Mitsui Fudosan Co. and&nb...

December 10, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Israel's Teva Pharma to divest business venture in Japan

Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has entered into an agreement with JKI, established by the fund managed and ...

December 6, 2024 | Friday | News
SOHM, Inc. secures key patent in Japan for revolutionary gene editing technology

SOHM, Inc., a globally recognised pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and distributing Generic, ...

November 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Eisai and Biogen Japan collaborate to lead dementia genomics R&D with NCNP in Japan

Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Japan Ltd. have announced that Eisai has entered into a research collaboration agreement with...

November 26, 2024 | Tuesday | News
IIT Roorkee and Kyoto University open joint-research lab in Japan with focus on healthy ageing

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and Kyoto University have announce the inauguration of a joint research...

November 25, 2024 | Monday | News
Kura Oncology & Kyowa Kirin ink billion dollar deal to develop and commercialise Ziftomenib for acute leukemia treatment

US-based Kura Oncology, Inc. and Japanese pharmaceutical firm Kyowa Kirin have entered into a global strategic collabora...

November 23, 2024 | Saturday | News
Singleron Joins Forces with TOMY Digital Biology to Transform Single Cell Analysis in Japan

Singleron Biotechnologies, a leader in single cell analysis solutions, has announced a new distributor partnership with ...

November 20, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Kaken Pharmaceutical and Numab Therapeutics collaborate on inflammatory bowel disease treatment

Numab Therapeutics AG, a clinical stage biotechnology company advancing a proprietary pipeline of multi-specific antibod...

November 15, 2024 | Friday | News
Meiji Seika Pharma invests in ARCALIS to boost production of mRNA vaccines in Japan

Japan-based Meiji Seika Pharma Co. has announced its investment in ARCALIS, Inc. which is a joint venture between Axcele...

November 18, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan’s GHIT Fund invests $4 M to advance diagnostics and treatments for NTDs and malaria

Japan-based Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 578 mi...

November 8, 2024 | Friday | News
Inocras and Summit Pharma International Corp collaborate to transform clinical genomics in Japan

US-based Inocras Inc. and Summit Pharmaceuticals International Corporation have signed a Memorandum of understanding (Mo...

November 6, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development picks Eisai's venture capital to strengthen program for pharma startup ecosystem

Eisai Co. and Eisai’s corporate venture capital subsidiary, Eisai Innovation, Inc. have announced that Eisai Innov...

November 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Shimadzu Corp partners with US-based Sepragen marking entry into biopharma market

Japan-headquartered Shimadzu Corporation has announced its investment in US-based Sepragen Corporation, a leading compan...

November 4, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's I Peace announces new iPSC lines to reduce immune rejection risk for US population

Japan-based GMP cell CDMO I Peace, Inc., specialising in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and iPSC-derived cell th...

November 1, 2024 | Friday | News
Breakthroughs and Global Innovation as MEDICAL JAPAN TOKYO 2024 Achieves Resounding Success

Unmatched Industry Participation and Engagement The event featured six concurrent shows—Hospital Expo, Clinics Ex...

October 30, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Shimadzu releases CellTune software for supporting optimisation of cell culture conditions

Japan's Shimadzu Corporation has released CellTune software for supporting optimisation of cell culture conditions that ...

October 29, 2024 | Tuesday | News
First-of-its-kind research collaboration for Takeda and Boston Medical Center to decarbonise the healthcare value chain

Japan-based pharmaceutical firm Takeda and Boston Medical Center (BMC) in the US have announced a new collaboration focu...

October 24, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japanese med tech leader Terumo announces strategic outsourcing partnership with Namsa

Namsa, a US-based medical device contract research organisation (CRO) providing comprehensive market access services, an...

October 16, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Honkuwa Pharma opens up new chapter in innovative pharmaceutical R&D technologies

Honkuwa Pharmaceutical Co. has reached a strategic alliance agreement with Professor Yoshiki Sawa, a member of the Japan...

October 15, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Ono Pharma inks $700 M ADC deal with Korean firm LigaChem Biosciences

Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical Co. has entered into a license agreement with LigaChem Biosciences, Inc., in South Korea,...

October 14, 2024 | Monday | News
Japanese startup Alpha Fusion accelerates astatine-based drug discovery with Series B funding

Alpha Fusion, Inc., working on research outcomes from Osaka University and the Japan Science and Technolo...

October 13, 2024 | Sunday | News
Japan's Astellas and UK-based AviadoBio ink billion dollar deal for gene therapy targeting frontotemporal dementia

UK-based AviadoBio and Japan's Astellas Pharma Inc. have announced an exclusive option and license agreement for AVB-101...

October 10, 2024 | Thursday | News
Lifebit and Flatiron Health advances cancer care in Japan through real-world data

Flatiron Health and Lifebit Biotech are expanding their collaboration into Japan to transform cancer care, facilitating ...

October 9, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Japanese startup Rege Nephro raises ¥ 22.5 B to accelerate kidney disease therapy trials

Japan-based startup Rege Nephro Co. has successfully developed a funding plan of total 25 billion yen (¥) in new Ser...

October 8, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Curium inks strategic partnership with PeptiDream for prostate cancer theranostics in Japan

Paris-based Curium, a world leader in nuclear medicine, has entered into a strategic partnership with PDRadiopharma Inc,...

October 3, 2024 | Thursday | News
Terumo Asia Holdings unveils Terumo Asia Skill Lab with the expansion of Singapore office

Japan's TERUMO Asia Holdings has launched its “Terumo Asia Skill Lab” at its Asia-Pa...

October 2, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Japanese medtech firm Olympus introduces new imaging platform VISERA S

Olympus Corporation, a global medtech company headquartered in Japan, has announced the launch of VISERA S, the all-in-o...

October 1, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves Boston Scientific's FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System

US-based Boston Scientific Corporation has received Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency (PMDA) approval in&nb...

September 29, 2024 | Sunday | News
Nxera Pharma receives approval of insomnia drug in Japan

Nxera Pharma, formerly known as Sosei Group or Sosei Heptares, has received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour...

September 24, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan’s Takeda Pharma provides over $32 M for five new global CSR partnerships

Japanese pharma firm Takeda has awarded JPY 4.6 billion (approximately $32 million) to five new partners in the field of...

September 20, 2024 | Friday | News
Japan-based analytical instrument firm Shimadzu begins operations in Mexico

Japan's Shimadzu Corporation has established a subsidiary in Mexico and has begun its activities. To date, in Mexico, an...

September 18, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves iRhythm Technologies' AI-based ECG monitoring system

US-based iRhythm Technologies, Inc., a leading digital healthcare company focused on creating trusted solutions that det...

September 17, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for protection against JN.1 strain

Global biotechnology leader CSL and self amplifying-mRNA pioneer Arcturus Therapeutics have announced that Japan's Minis...

September 13, 2024 | Friday | News
French firm Osivax grants rights to KM Biologics to develop and market influenza vaccine in Japan

Osivax, a FRance-based biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines to provide broad-spectrum protection against highly...

September 10, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Antibody Engineering & Therapeutics Asia 2024: A Premier Gathering for Cutting-Edge Antibody Research and Innovation

Antibody Engineering & Therapeutics Asia: Date: October 21 – 23, 2024Location: The Westin Miyako Kyoto Antib...

September 1, 2024 | Sunday | News
Japan-based Takara Bio launches large-scale qPCR system to advance broad surveillance of antimicrobial resistance

Takara Bio USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Takara Bio Inc., has announced the launch of the SmartChi...

September 6, 2024 | Friday | News
US-based Rigel inks $162.5 M oncology deal with Kissei for Japan, Korea and Taiwan markets

US-based Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial stage biotechnology company focused on hematologic disorders and canc...

September 5, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japan's Rigaku Corp develops solution to accelerate biopharmaceutical R&D

Rigaku Corporation, a Rigaku Holdings Group company and global partner for X-ray analysis from Lab to Fab in Japan, has ...

September 4, 2024 | Wednesday | News
PHC in Japan introduces new prototype cell expansion system to support cell and gene therapy manufacturing

The Biomedical Division of PHC Corporation, based in Japan, will present a prototype of its new cell expansion syst...

September 2, 2024 | Monday | News
Strategies for Success in Japan’s Biotech Ecosystem

Japan’s biotech sector is a landscape rife with opportunity, yet also a complex market that requires a deep unders...

September 1, 2024 | Sunday | Opinion
Advancing Japan’s Biotech Ecosystem: Current Initiatives and Future Outlook

Japan has a robust drug discovery capability, having developed an interleukin-6 inhibitor, a programmed cell death prote...

September 1, 2024 | Sunday | Opinion
Boosting Japan’s Biotech Ecosystem

Japan's biotech ecosystem is at a pivotal moment, characterised by both challenges and opportunities. Despite a rich his...

September 1, 2024 | Sunday | Opinion
Rebooting Japan's biotech growth engine

On July 30 2024, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled a roadmap to establish Japan as a ‘drug discovery ...

September 1, 2024 | Sunday | Analysis
Kaneka completes construction of medical device plant in Hokkaido, Japan

Kaneka Corporation has opened its Tomatoh Manufacturing Site in the Tomakomai Tobu Area of Hokkaido, Japan for the purpo...

August 30, 2024 | Friday | News
Hitachi and Gencurix enter into partnership to expand cancer molecular diagnostics biz in Japan

Japanese firm Hitachi High-Tech Corporation and Korea-based Gencurix, Inc. have entered a strategic partnership in the f...

August 29, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japanese medtech firm Olympus extends advanced bipolar surgical energy portfolio

Japan-based Olympus Corporation, a global medical technology company, has announced the launch of two new jaw designs in...

August 27, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hitachi High-Tech launches new tabletop microscopes with enhanced usability

Japan-based Hitachi High-Tech Corporation has announced the global launch of TM4000PlusIII and TM4000III Tabletop Micros...

August 24, 2024 | Saturday | News
MEDICAL JAPAN 2024 TOKYO Expands Horizons with New Trade Fairs and Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage

Like in the previous edition, MEDICAL JAPAN TOKYO features six sub shows. First off is the HOSPITAL EXPO, which i...

August 14, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Aevice Health secures $7M Seed Plus funding to expand remote monitoring for chronic respiratory disease

Aevice Health, a leading provider of remote monitoring solutions for chronic respiratory disease management, has raised ...

August 12, 2024 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo and Merck ink $170 M deal to commercialise cancer drug

Japan-based pharma firm Daiichi Sankyo and global life sciences company Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States...

August 8, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japanese medtech firm Terumo establishes corporate venture capital to support innovation

Japan-based Terumo Corporation has established Terumo Ventures, a Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) organisation responsib...

August 6, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Otsuka Pharma acquires American biotech startup Jnana Therapeutics for $1.1 B

Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Jnana Therapeutics Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement ...

August 5, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's pharma firm Kyowa Kirin announces sustainable biz strategy for APAC region

Kyowa Kirin Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Kyowa Kirin Co., has announced plans to transform its...

August 2, 2024 | Friday | News
Biogen, Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio to develop new tests for tau pathology in Alzheimer’s

Biogen Inc., Beckman Coulter, Inc. (both based in the US) and Japan-based Fujirebio have announced a collaboration to po...

July 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca partners with Japanese startup United Immunity for drug delivery tech research

AstraZeneca K.K. and United Immunity have signed an agreement for joint research on next-generation lipid nanoparticles ...

July 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Merck inks MoU with Japanese biotech startup Gene Therapy Research Institution

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gene Th...

July 26, 2024 | Friday | News
Eisai and EcoNaviSta to build dementia ecosystem in Japan

Japanese firms Eisai Co. and EcoNaviSta Inc. have entered into a business alliance agreement and commenced collaboration...

July 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japan-based Fujifilm expands health screening service business in Mongolia

Japan-headquartered Fujifilm Corporation has announced the opening of a new NURA health screening centre focusing on...

July 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Eisai partners with Sato Pharma to commercialise anti-fungal agent fosravuconazole in Asia, Oceania

Japan-headquartered pharma firm Eisai Co. has entered into a license agreement regarding the development and commerciali...

July 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Astellas and Osaka University to develop pluripotent stem cell-derived cartilage organoid cell therapy in Japan

Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma Inc. and Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University ha...

July 22, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's Nipro Corp invests $398 M into new medical device manufacturing facility in US

Nipro Medical Corporation, a subsidiary of Japan headquartered Nipro Corporation, has announced its significant expansio...

July 18, 2024 | Thursday | News
Researchers from Japan discover new enzyme with promising antibacterial activity

Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is a medical condition that occurs when donor immune cells attack the recipient'...

July 15, 2024 | Monday | News
Shimadzu partners with Tescan Group to launch Scanning Electron Microscopes in Japan

Shimadzu Corporation has concluded a business partnership agreement with Tescan Group, a leading manufacturer of scannin...

July 12, 2024 | Friday | News
Mitsubishi to promote Moderna's mRNA respiratory vaccine portfolio in Japan

Moderna, Inc. and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation  have entered into a joint agreement regarding the co-promot...

July 10, 2024 | Wednesday | News
TMS partners with Hokkaido University in Japan to develop treatment for spinal cord injury

TMS Co. has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Hokkaido University concerning a therapeuti...

July 9, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu, Shionogi unveil international wastewater-based epidemiology lab at University of Tokyo, Japan

The School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Shimadzu Corporation and Shionogi & Co. have established the Lab...

July 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Japan's Eisai terminates ADC manufacturing pact with BMS

Japan-based pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co. has agreed to end its global strategic collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb...

July 3, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Japan's SoftBank Group establishes JV with Tempus for AI-based healthcare advancements

SoftBank Group Corp. has announced the establishment of a joint venture (JV) SB TEMPUS Corp. with Tempus AI, Inc., a l...

July 2, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Israel's Medasense partners with Nihon Kohden for distribution of pain monitoring device in Japan

Israel-based firm Medasense, a global leader in pain monitoring solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Ni...

June 27, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japan's NX Group partners with Iceland-based Controlant for real-time monitoring of pharma supplies

Japan headquartered Nippon Express Holdings has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Iceland-based Control...

June 25, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves first post-transplant anti- cytomegalovirus infection treatment

Takeda Pharma has announced that LIVTENCITY (maribavir) has been approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, ...

June 24, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's Healios inks stem cells production deal with Astellas Pharma for $8 M

Japan-based Healios K.K. has entered into a license agreement with Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine (A...

June 21, 2024 | Friday | News
Mirxes secures grant of S$172k to develop novel cancer screening test in Japan

Singapore-based startup Mirxes has announce that its fully-owned subsidiary, Mirxes Japan, has secured a grant of up to ...

June 18, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Shionogi inks €400 M deal with French firm Cilcare to address hearing loss

Japan-based Shionogi & Co. has entered into an option agreement with French firm Cilcare DEV SAS to acquire the...

June 10, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan-based Shimadzu acquires all shares of Zef Scientific Inc.

Japan-headquartered firm Shimadzu has acquired all shares of Zef Scientific Inc., through its US subsidiary Shimadzu Sci...

June 7, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore-Japan team finds common virus that triggers growth of nasopharyngeal cancer

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Chiba University in Japan have shown how...

June 6, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japan's Asahi Kasei to establish facility in US and launch plasmid DNA business

Asahi Kasei Medical's US subsidiary Bionova Scientific, a full-service biologics CDMO, has decided to launch a new busin...

June 4, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Fujitsu Japan and Juntendo University launch Medical Digital Resilience Research Course

Fujitsu Japan and Juntendo University have announced the launch of a “Medical Digital Resilience Research Course,&...

June 3, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's Shimadzu announces release of LCMS-TQ RX Series High-Performance LCMS

Japan-headquartered Shimadzu Corporation has released the LCMS-8060RX, LCMS-8050RX, and LCMS-8045RX triple quadrupole hi...

May 31, 2024 | Friday | News
Teijin announces launch of novel cardiovascular surgical patch in Japan

The consortium of Teijin Limited, Fukui Tateami Co., Ltd., and Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University has ann...

May 30, 2024 | Thursday | News
Astatine to emerge as Japan-originated therapy for prostate cancer patients

A research team at Osaka University, Japan will start an investigator-initiated clinical trial for refractory prostate c...

May 28, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Asahi Kasei completes construction of third assembly plant for Planova virus removal filters in Japan

Asahi Kasei Medical has completed the construction of its third assembly plant for Planova virus removal filters in Nobe...

May 27, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's Hitachi High-Tech extends partnership with Roche for diagnostic testing

Japan's Hitachi High-Tech and Swiss firm Roche have extended their partnership, committing to at least 10 years of addit...

May 27, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's Shimadzu announces release of new liquid chromatograph software

Shimadzu Corporation has announced the release of Peakintelligence for LC, software incorporating a proprietary for...

May 24, 2024 | Friday | News
Japanese pharma firm Daiichi Sankyo sets up new research sites in US, Germany

Japan-headquartered Daiichi Sankyo has established two research institutes- DS Research Institute Boston and DS Re...

May 23, 2024 | Thursday | News
Metoject subcutaneous injection pen launches in Japan for rheumatic arthritis treatment

Eisai Co. and nippon medac Co., a subsidiary of medac group, have launched the anti-rheumatic agent 'Metoject Subcutaneo...

May 22, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Astellas partners with Yaskawa to create innovative cell therapy ecosystem in Japan

Astellas Pharma Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yaskawa Electric Corporation to begin discussio...

May 21, 2024 | Tuesday | News
"Japan's success in digital health is attributed to the collaborative efforts between the government, private sector, and academic institutions"

Could you elaborate on some of the most prominent trends shaping the landscape of clinical trials in the Asia-Pacific re...

May 20, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's HOYA Group to distribute AI-assisted lesion detection device in US

HOYA Group Company, PENTAX of America, Inc. (PENTAX Medical,  a division of HOYA Group) and MAGENTIQ-EYE , an artif...

May 18, 2024 | Saturday | News
AC Immune and Takeda Pharma ink $2.1 B deal for immunotherapy to delay Alzheimer's progression

Japan-headquartered pharmaceutical firm Takeda and Swiss firm AC Immune SA have announced an exclusive, worldwide o...

May 15, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Shionogi announces $150 M deal to develop first oral therapy for Pompe Disease

Japan-based Shionogi & Co. and Maze Therapeutics, Inc., in the US, have completed an exclusive worldwide license agr...

May 13, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's GHIT invests $10.8 M to develop new drugs for malaria & NTDs

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 1.64 bill...

May 9, 2024 | Thursday | News

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