Japan News
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Takeda appoints new chief medical and scientific officer
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 23 Dec, 2014
Singapore: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical has appointed Dr Andrew Plump as corporate officer and chief medical and scient...Read more
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Tobacco prevalence in Asia raising death toll
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 Jun, 2014
Singapore: According to a study in PLOS Medicine, by Prof Wei Zheng, professor of Medicine and director of the Vanderbil...Read more
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Daiichi forms new firm to treat muscular dystrophy
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo is going to establish a new company named Orphan Disease Treatment Institute, along with Innov...Read more
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Aussie man contracts dengue in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 15 Sep, 2014
Singapore: As per a recent news report, an Australian traveler to Japan has been diagnosed with dengue fever. As per the...Read more
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Rosetta Genomics receives first patent allowance in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Feb, 2015
Singapore: Rosetta Genomics, a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, announced that t...Read more
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Japan uses Dolly sheep's method to clone mouse
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 11 Mar, 2013
Singapore: Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, have used the same technique that...Read more
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Plea seeks approval to treat H. pylori gastritis with triple therapy
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 03 Sep, 2012
Singapore: Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Astellas Pharma have submitted a joint application to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor...Read more
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Cancer detection in less than an hour?
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Feb, 2015
Singapore: Japan-based Hitachi and Kyushu University recently announced plans to develop a new device that can detect ca...Read more
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Otsuka, Pioneer form alliance to develop endoscope
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 07 Nov, 2012
Singapore: Otsuka Medical Devices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Otsuka, and Pioneer have reached an agreement to form a ...Read more
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Novel Solutions for Emerging Diseases: Molcure
Japan | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Aug, 2014
With increased life expectancy, an ageing society, and evolving infections, there is a growing demand for novel treatm...Read more
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Point-of-care diagnostics is revolutionary
Japan | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 Dec, 2012
In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation rolled out a new grant of $31 million to fund innovation in point-of-ca...Read more
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Roche, Astellas pharma ink pact to develop tissue diagnostic solutions
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2015
Singapore: Swiss giant Roche recently announced that its member company, Ventana Medical Systems has inked a pact with J...Read more
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Takeda boosts business presence in Turkey
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 25 Feb, 2015
Singapore: Japanese major Takeda Pharmaceutical and NEUTEC İLAÇ SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş (Neutec) announce...Read more
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Japan | Analysis | By Rahul Koul Koul | 0 Comment | 18 Feb, 2013
The last five years have witnessed many collaborative deals between bioscience organizations in India and Japan. The ado...Read more
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FDA to review Takeda's depression drug
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 11 Aug, 2015
Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical and H Lundbeck have recieved US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acceptance for a sup...Read more
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FDA not in favour of Otsuka's kidney drug Tolvaptan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2013
Singapore: The US FDA Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee has disapproved Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutic...Read more
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Pfizer, Japanese firm to jointly asses mAB for tumor
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 30 Sep, 2014
Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, and Japanese firm, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, are jointly assessing the therap...Read more
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GVK BIO strengthens tie-up with CTC Life Science Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 09 Dec, 2014
Singapore: The drug repurposing platform called GRIP (GVK Bio Repurposing Integrated Platform) is a combination of sever...Read more
