Novo Nordisk obtains worldwide licence to potential NASH candidate

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Nov, 2019

Novo Nordisk A/S and Japanese chemical company UBE Industries Ltd. recently announced that Novo Nordisk has obtained an exclusive worldwide licence to UBE’s preclinical asset UD-014, ...Read more

Takeda, Anderson Cancer Center accelerate cell therapy

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2019

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda Pharmaceutical has announc...Read more

Kayentis opens Japanese subsidiary

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Nov, 2019

Kayentis, a global provider of eCOA (electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment) solutions for clinical trials, has announced the opening of a subsidiary in Japan, the world’s third large...Read more

Fujitsu improves efficiency in Cancer Genomic Medicine in joint AI research

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Nov, 2019

Fujitsu, on 7 Nov 2019, announced the results of a joint research project it has been conducting with the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo since April 2018. As part o...Read more

Takeda’s Dengue vaccine candidate reveals protection in children

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Nov, 2019

Japan based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced that results from the primary endpoint analysis of the ongoing pivotal Phase 3 Tetravalent Immunization against Den...Read more

Hitachi collaborates with CLB to fight cancer using AI

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Nov, 2019

Tokyo headquartered Hitachi, Ltd. and Centre Leon Berard (CLB), a leading French Comprehensive Cancer Center in Lyon-France, have announced that they have entered into an agreement to joint...Read more

Olympus unveils corporate strategy

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Nov, 2019

Olympus Corporation has announced its Corporate Strategy in central Tokyo. The announcement follows the company's earlier announcement in January this year, when significant changes in...Read more

Takeda divests select products to STADA for $660M

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Nov, 2019

Japan based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced that it has entered into an agreement to divest a portfolio of select products to STADA Arzneimittel AG, an international pha...Read more

Fujifilm’s rapid TB diagnostic kit receives recognition

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Nov, 2019

FUJIFILM Corporation is pleased to announce that its “Rapid Tuberculosis Diagnostic Kit” has won the Good Design Grand Award in the Good Design Award 2019*, organized by the Jap...Read more

Synthetic compound provides fast screening for potential drugs

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Nov, 2019

A simple assay may benefit drug discovery for treating diabetes, Parkinson's, and Alzheimers disease, as well as studies of functional food and endocrine disruptor report researchers at Oka...Read more

Promethera Biosciences spreads business activity to Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Nov, 2019

Promethera Biosciences SA (Group), a global innovator in cell-based medicines and liver diseases, had announced the foundation of a new branch office in Tokyo, Promethera Biosciences Japan ...Read more

EMA and FDA accept marketing applications for Chugai's Satralizumab

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Oct, 2019

Chugai Pharmaceutical has announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the Marketing Authorization Application for satralizumab, an anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor hum...Read more

Pandion, Astellas collaborate for pancreas targeted immunomodulators

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Oct, 2019

US headquartered Pandion Therapeutics, Inc., and Japan based Astellas Pharma Inc. have announced the signing of a License and Collaboration Agreement directed toward the research, developme...Read more

Lobsor Pharma receives Japanese patent for APD solution

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Nov, 2019

Lobsor Pharmaceuticals AB, a privately held Swedish company based in Uppsala, has announced the Japanese Patent Office has issued a Decision to Grant a patent covering Lecigon® a new th...Read more

Hitachi takes advanced Proton Therapy to the US

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Oct, 2019

Japan headquartered Hitachi, Ltd., has announced that it has provided its advanced proton therapy system to Sibley Memorial Hospital (Washington DC, US), a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine ...Read more

Biogen plans regulatory filing for Aducanumab for Alzheimer's

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Oct, 2019

Biogen and Eisai, Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has announced that, after consulting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Biogen plans to pursue regulatory approval for aducanumab, ...Read more

MIMS and Ashfield Communications combine operations in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Oct, 2019

MIMS Group, Asia's largest multi-channel provider of drug information, medical communications, events management and marketing services, and Ashfield Healthcare Communications KK, on 23&nbs...Read more

Rentschler Biopharma to expand Japanese operation base

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Oct, 2019

Germany based Rentschler Biopharma SE, a world-class contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biopharmaceuticals, hasreported that it will further enhance and develop ...Read more