Shimadzu releases GCMS-TQ RX Series Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has announced the release of the GCMS-TQ8040 RX and GCMS-TQ8050 RX gas chromatogra...

July 27, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's GHIT Fund injects approx. JPY 140 M in portable rapid diagnostic system for Ebola Disease

Japan's Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced an investment of JPY 140 million (approximately $8...

July 24, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Kyoto University partners with BostonGene to advance biomarker discovery for combination immunotherapy

US-based BostonGene, the developer of the leading AI model for tumour and immune biology, has announced a strategic...

July 23, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's JCR Pharma receives marketing authorisation in UAE for IZCARGO to treat Hunter Syndrome

JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., a global specialty biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing therapies for rare and gen...

July 22, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japanese startup Rege Nephro secures $10.6 M to expand kidney disease pipeline

Rege Nephro, a clinical-stage biotechnology startup focused on induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-based kidney regenera...

July 21, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Galderma launches Alastin® in Japan and key markets across Asia Pacific

Galderma has announced the launch of Alastin – its premium regenerative skincare brand – across the JPAC reg...

July 20, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's DNP to acquire Kyowa Pharma Chemical in CDMO expansion

Japan-based Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Kyowa Pharma Chemical, an act...

July 17, 2026 | Friday | Company results
Japan's GHIT injects $18 M in Malaria, Tuberculosis and NTD R&D projects

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 2.86 billion (...

July 16, 2026 | Thursday | News
Boostimmune secures Japanese patent for sequence-independent TCTP antibody technology

South Korea-based startup Boostimmune has secured a Japanese patent covering technology that uses antibodies to inhibit ...

July 14, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Shimadzu buys Tescan as wholly owned subsidiary for $711 M

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has completed the acquisition of all shares of Glass HoldCo s.r.o., which indirectly ho...

July 13, 2026 | Monday | News
Godavari Biorefineries secures Japanese patent for advanced stem-cell targeted anti-cancer molecule

India's Godavari Biorefineries has been granted a patent by the Japan Patent Office for its breakthrough invention, "5-H...

July 9, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's Tanabe sells Pharma Factory to Towa Pharmaceutical

Japan-based Tanabe Pharma has decided to transfer the domestic manufacturing and marketing approvals, manufacturing and ...

July 8, 2026 | Wednesday | News
REPROCELL seeks Japan approval for stem cell therapy in spinocerebellar ataxia

REPROCELL has submitted an application for manufacturing and marketing approval in Japan for Stemchymal, a regenerative ...

July 6, 2026 | Monday | News
UCL and Eisai renew partnership to accelerate treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

University College London (UCL) and Japanese pharma firm Eisai have signed a new agreement to extend their long-standing...

July 6, 2026 | Monday | News
Insilico Medicine inks deal worth $600 M with Takeda to advance strategic AI drug discovery

Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine, a leader in clinical-stage generative AI for drug discovery, has announced a strategi...

July 3, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Nippon Shinyaku partners with Elixirgen to develop drug for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy treatment

Japan-based Nippon Shinyaku has entered into an option agreement with US-based Elixirgen Therapeutics, Inc. under which ...

June 29, 2026 | Monday | News
First PMDA-approved molecular residual disease (MRD) test enters Japan

US-based Natera, Inc., a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, has announced that Signatera has re...

June 24, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Shimadzu Corporation releases PPSQ-51A/53A SPD-40 model protein sequencers

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has released the PPSQ-51A/53A SPD-40 model protein sequencers. These instruments c...

June 22, 2026 | Monday | News
AITRICS signs MoU with Yokohama City University for joint research on Medical AI

AITRICS, a South Korea-based medical artificial intelligence (AI) company, has announced that its Japan subsidiary has s...

June 19, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Axcelead DDP joins Eli Lilly TuneLab to advance AI drug discovery

Japan-based startup Axcelead Drug Discovery Partners (DDP), Inc. has entered a collaboration with Lilly TuneLab, a colla...

June 18, 2026 | Thursday | News
Sonire Secures $13M NEDO Funding for HIFU Pancreatic Cancer Platform

Sonire Therapeutics has received approximately $13 million in non-dilutive funding through Japan’s NEDO Deep-Tech ...

June 18, 2026 | Thursday | News
Fujifilm and Horiba co-develop high-sensitivity inline Raman measurement system

Japan-based Fujifilm Corporation and Horiba have announced the co-development of a high-sensitivity inline Raman measure...

June 17, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Eisai invests £48 M to build cold-chain capability in UK

Japanese pharma firm Eisai Co. has announced a strategic investment supported by the UK Government under the Life Scienc...

June 17, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Nirrin Technologies and S.T. Japan announce exclusive distribution partnership for TALOS™

Nirrin Technologies, a developer of analytical tools designed to transform bioprocessing workflows, has announced the ap...

June 15, 2026 | Monday | News
Rznomics Reports Interim Data for RNA Gene Therapy in Recurrent Glioblastoma

Rznomics has presented interim Phase 1/2a clinical data for RZ-001, its RNA editing-based anticancer gene therapy for re...

June 15, 2026 | Monday | News