Japan News
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Terumo secures exclusive global rights to Orchestra BioMed's SEB
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2019
Japan headquartered Terumo Corporation, a leading global medical device manufacturer has announced that it has secured exclusive global development and commercialization rights to Virtue&re...Read more
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BiomX licenses novel targets for phage therapy program
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2019
BiomX Ltd., a microbiome company developing both natural and engineered phage therapies has announced it has licensed a new set of bacterial targets from JSR Corporation, Japan for the deve...Read more
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Acucela gets EMA approval for Emixustat to treat Stargardt disease
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 11 Jun, 2019
Acucela Inc. (“Acucela”), a clinical-stage ophthalmology company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Tokyo 4596), recently announced that th...Read more
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Sosei Heptares to receive new $3 million milestone payment from Pfizer
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 10 Jun, 2019
Sosei Group Corporation and its strategic alliance partner Pfizer announce that a new clinical candidate from their multi-target drug discovery collaboration was nominated to advance into c...Read more
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Hamamatsu Photonics develops novel 3D fluorescence scanner
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 11 Jun, 2019
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. has developed a novel 3D fluorescence scanning method called “Zyncscan™” that performs x-z plane scans using a light-sheet for cell-based fluoresc...Read more
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Parexel appoints Dr Makoto Sugita to lead its Japan organization
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 07 Jun, 2019
Parexel, a leading provider of Clinical, Consulting and Commercial solutions to accelerate the development of innovative new therapies to improve the world’s health, on 3 June 2019, a...Read more
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FujiFilm Corp introduces novel, fully integrated continuous production system
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 07 Jun, 2019
Japan headquartered FUJIFILM Corporation has announced an initial $10M USD investment to establish a full scale, fully integrated continuous processing facility for non-...Read more
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Takeda to discontinue trial in AL Amyloidosis
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 06 Jun, 2019
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced that the Phase 3 TOURMALINE-AL1 clinical trial in patients with relapsed or refractory systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis did not...Read more
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A unique solution to boost immunization in developing countries
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 10 Jun, 2019
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, NEC Corporation, and Simprints Technology Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding on the use of biometrics to improve immunization coverage in developing ...Read more
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Otsuka Chemical acquires Cefixime business of Astellas Pharma
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 10 Jun, 2019
Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd has announced its acquisition on cefixime business from Astellas Pharma, Inc. on 5 June 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. Through this agreement, Otsuka Chemical acquir...Read more
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PeptiDream announces strategic partnership with drug-delivery expert PharmaIN
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 06 Jun, 2019
PeptiDream Inc., a public Kanagawa-based biopharmaceutical company, on 5 June 2019, announced a strategic partnership with Seattle-based PharmaIN Corporation for the purpose of investi...Read more
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LPIXEL announces initiation of AI System development for cell evaluation with Astellas Pharma
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 05 Jun, 2019
LPIXEL Inc., a leader in image analysis and processing technology in life science and medical research has announced the initiation of the artificial intelligence (AI) system development fo...Read more
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Takeda Makes First Private Sector Pledge for Global Fund Replenishment
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 04 Jun, 2019
Takeda Pharmaceutical have became the first private sector company to announce a financial commitment to the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment. The new pledge, consisting of JP ¥ ...Read more
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Parexel appoints Dr. Makoto Sugita to lead its Japan Organization
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 04 Jun, 2019
Parexel, a leading provider of Clinical, Consulting and Commercial solutions to accelerate the development of innovative new therapies to improve the world’s health, has recently anno...Read more
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Thermo Fisher receives reimbursement coverage for Oncomine test
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 04 Jun, 2019
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that its Oncomine Dx Target Test CDx System has received reimbursement coverage from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and is n...Read more
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Japan | News | 0 Comment | 03 Jun, 2019
The CureApp nicotine-dependent treatment app is clinically proved as a higher rate of sustained smoking cessation (CAR) at multicentre, randomized clinical trial comparative study. This wor...Read more
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Scientists bioengineer human liver disease in the lab
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 31 May, 2019
Scientists successfully bioengineered human liver organoids that faithfully mimic key features of fatal liver disease in the laboratory. This allowed them to uncover underlying disease biol...Read more
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Beam Therapeutics, Bio Palette to develop microbiome-related therapeutics in Asia
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 03 Jun, 2019
Beam Therapeutics and Bio Palette have announced an exclusive cross-license agreement around each companies’ base editing intellectual property. Bio Palette, a Japanese biotechnology...Read more
