Sanyo Chemical receives certification for innovative surgical sealant

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Sep, 2019

DEKRA, a European vehicle inspection , has  CE certificate to Japan headquartered Sanyo Chemical Industries for their innovative surgical sealant. Sanyo Chemical is a mission-orie...Read more

Eisai to develop cognitive function test with Cogstate

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Sep, 2019

Tokyo headquartered Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that it has entered into a business alliance agreement for exclusive development and commercialization of a cognitive function test - Cogst...Read more

Japan looks out for rapidly growing ASEAN ageing population

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Sep, 2019

ASEAN is facing rapid population ageing. It is estimated that all ASEAN countries will become ageing society (more than 7% of the population is 65 years old or older) in 20 years. Singapore...Read more

Kyowa Kirin gets FDA nod for Parkinson’s drug

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Sep, 2019

Japan headquartered Kyowa Kirin has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for NOURIANZTM (istradefylline) for use as adjunctive treatment to levodo...Read more

Invicro Appoints Hidenori Seshimo as Vice President of Biomarker Services, Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Aug, 2019

Invicro , a member of the Konica Minolta Group and a leading provider of biomarkers for imaging, core lab services and software for research and development of drugs, announced today the ap...Read more

Eisai teams up with Merck to tackle NTDs in Kenya

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Aug, 2019

Japan based pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that it provides tanks to supply clean water for the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) measures to the endemic regions in Kenya in...Read more

Japan's BioWa extends partnership with Cantargia

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2019

Cantargia AB and BioWa Inc. have signed an extension of the license agreement around the BioWa proprietary POTELLIGENTTechnology for production of Cantargia’s antibody drug candidate ...Read more

Atonarp Inc. completes $33M series C funding round

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Aug, 2019

Atonarp, a Japan headquartered hi-tech molecular diagnostics company, has announced that it has raised $33 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round. This financing rou...Read more

Luye Pharma's anti-depression drug to start clinical trials in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Aug, 2019

Luye Pharma Group has announced its submission of the clinical trials application for a new chemical drug, Ansofaxine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets (LY03005) for the treatment of d...Read more

GSK submits first regulatory application for daprodustat in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Aug, 2019

GSK has announced the submission of a Japanese New Drug Application (JNDA) to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare seeking marketing approval for daprodustat, an oral hypoxia-inducibl...Read more

Takeda files NDA for subcutaneous formulation of Vedolizumab

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Aug, 2019

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan for a subcutaneous (SC) formulation of vedolizumab, a...Read more

Japanese scientists develop 3D printed prosthetic hand

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2019

The Biological Systems Engineering Lab at Hiroshima University, Japan has developed a new 3D printed prosthetic hand combined with a computer interface, which is their cheapest, lightest mo...Read more

Shimadzu receives FDA clearance for FLUOROspeed X1

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2019

Shimadzu Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation Japan, is proud to announce that they have received FDA 510(k) clearance for the FLUOROspeed X1, patient side conventiona...Read more

OssDsign AB files regulatory approval for OssDsign Cranial in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Aug, 2019

OssDsign AB (publ), the Swedish designer and manufacturer of innovative implants for bone regeneration, has filed for a Japanese regulatory approval of OssDsign Cranial. Subsequent to the f...Read more

Eisai refreshes medical skin care product Sahne

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Aug, 2019

Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that it refresh its SAHNE® CREAM (quasi-drug) which has been widely used as medical skin care, for the first time in 20 years, and launch at pharmacie...Read more

Astellas Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trials for Fezolinetant

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2019

Japan based Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced dosing of the first patient in the SKYLIGHT 1™ Phase 3 pivotal trial for fezolinetant, an investigational oral, non-hormonal compound be...Read more

Pola Orbis to create unique value in dermatology

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Aug, 2019

POLA Chemical Industries, Inc. Frontier Research Center (FRC) of POLA ORBIS Holdings Inc. and one of the world's top research institutes, Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRI...Read more

FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo's TURALIO

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2019

Daiichi Sankyo Company has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved TURALIO™(pexidartinib) as the first and only treatment for adult patients with symptomat...Read more