Japan News
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Japanese healthcare startup Ubie raises $45 M in series C round
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2022
Ubie, Inc., a Tokyo-based healthcare startup, has closed its Series C round at $45 million by raising $19 million i...Read more
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Takeda inks deal worth $6 B with US-based Nimbus Therapeutics
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 14 Dec, 2022
US-based Nimbus Therapeutics, LLC has signed a definitive agreement under which Japanese pharmaceutical firm Takeda...Read more
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Japanese government buys additional quantity of COVID-19 drug Xocova from Shionogi
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2022
Shionogi & Co. has entered into an additional purchasing contract of Xocova (Generic name: ensitrelvir fuma...Read more
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Chugai and Towa launch edirol tablet for osteoporosis treatment in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 12 Dec, 2022
Japanese firms Chugai Pharmaceutical and Towa Pharmaceutical have announced that Towa launched Edirol Tablets ...Read more
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Olympus backs Japan govt's project for dissemination of endoscopic AI diagnosis in Vietnam
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2022
Olympus Corporation has announced their part in a project in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Commu...Read more
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Japan's Global Health Innovative Technology Fund secures $20 M pledge from Wellcome
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2022
The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has secured a pledge from global charitable foundation Wellcome...Read more
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Olympus Asia Pacific Innovation Programme to identify medtech innovators
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 05 Dec, 2022
Japan-based Olympus Corporation has partnered with MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific, the industry's largest healthcare acc...Read more
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Japanese pharma firm Kyowa Kirin announces joint venture with Germany's Grünenthal
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2022
Kyowa Kirin, a Japan-based global specialty pharmaceutical company, and Germany's Grünenthal GmbH have signed a Joi...Read more
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GARDP and Sumitomo Pharma announce partnership in search for new antibiotics
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 24 Nov, 2022
The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and Japanese firm Sumitomo Pharma Co. have signed an ...Read more
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Japan to develop first blood biomarker-based diagnostic workflow for dementia
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 22 Nov, 2022
Shimadzu Corporation, Eisai Co., Oita University, and Usuki City Medical Association have announced the commencement of ...Read more
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Japan starts joint trials for millimeter-wave sensor to detect falls of elderly patients
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2022
Fujitsu and Wakayama Medical University in Japan have announced the start of joint trials of a technology to support nur...Read more
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Japan commercialises world's first test for early-stage pancreatic cancer
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 17 Nov, 2022
Hirotsu Bio Science Inc. has announced the commercialisation of "N-NOSE plus Pancreas," the first next-generation "cance...Read more
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Chugai extends R&D collaboration in Singapore earmarking S$282M over next 5 years
Japan | Company results | By Hithaishi C Bhaksar | 9 Comment | 16 Nov, 2022
The Japanese company Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which owns and operates a fully-owned research center "Chugai Phar...Read more
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Ono Pharma inks neuro drug discovery collaboration with Captor Therapeutics
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 15 Nov, 2022
Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical has entered a worldwide drug discovery collaboration agreement with Poland's Captor The...Read more
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Otsuka ends gene therapy collaboraton with Takara Bio
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2022
Japanese firm Otsuka Pharmaceutical has decided jointly with Takara Bio Inc, to terminate agreements on co-development a...Read more
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GHIT Fund in Japan invests ¥ 790 M for product development of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2022
The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund in Japan has announced a total of approximately 790 million yen...Read more
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Japan explores use of robotic technology to help people with disabilities
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 10 Nov, 2022
The Global Innovation Challenge (GIC) Executive Committee, based in Tokyo, has announced that the "Global Inno...Read more
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Japan-based Shionogi invests ¥100 M in stroke recovery technology
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 09 Nov, 2022
Japan-based Shionogi & Co. has concluded a capital alliance with Lifescapes Inc., a startup arising from Keio U...Read more
