Deprecated Yen attracts renewed international interest in Japanese pharma

CPHI Japan 2023 opens in April (19-21) as the country undergoes a huge resurgence in international trade, with West...

March 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japanese firm Mitsui & Co. invests in American health tech company Koios Medical

Japanese firm Mitsui & Co. has participated as a lead investor in a Series B round financing of Koios Medical, a US-...

February 28, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Japan bags new opportunity to improve healthcare system

Omi Medical Center, a part of the Seikoukai Social Medical Corporation and one of Japan's leading institu...

February 27, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan's Olympus buys Korean gastrointestinal stent firm Taewoong Medical for $370 M

Olympus Corporation, a global medtech company headquartered in Japan, has agreed to acquire Taewoong Medical Co.,&n...

February 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Taiwan approves Ono Pharma's non-small cell lung cancer drug with chemotherapy

Japanese firm Ono Pharmaceutical has received the approval of Opdivo (nivolumab) Intravenous Infusion, a human anti-hu...

February 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Japanese firms Teijin and Axcelead establish joint venture for drug discovery research

Japan-based pharmaceutical companies Teijin Limited and Axcelead, Inc. have jointly announced their basic agreemen...

February 23, 2023 | Thursday | News
Japanese pharma firm Eisai dissolves joint venture with Italy's Bracco Imaging

Bracco Imaging S.p.A. (Headquartered in Milan, Italy) and Japan based pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co. have announced that ...

February 21, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Capricor Therapeutics inks $100 M deal with Nippon Shinyaku for DMD treatment in Japan

US-based biotech firm Capricor Therapeutics has entered into a partnership with Nippon Shinyaku Co., a Japanese pharmace...

February 20, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan develops method to design new peptide therapeutics for combating antibiotic resistance

Applications of new molecules as drugs are expected to be effective in treating diseases that are difficult to cure with...

February 13, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan develops world's first optical computing AI algorithm inspired by human brain

NTT Corporation and the University of Tokyo in Japan have devised a new learning algorithm inspired by the informat...

February 9, 2023 | Thursday | News
Astellas Pharma announces change of President and CEO

Astellas Pharma Inc. has approved changes to its Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) an...

February 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japan & Kenya develop biometric-based vaccination management system for newborns

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), NEC Corporation (NEC) and Nagasaki University, Japan, have developed a digital...

February 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japanese firm Mitsubishi Tanabe stops commercialisation of COVID-19 vaccine

Japan-based Mitsubishi Chemical Group has decided to cease all of its operations at Medicago Inc., a Canadian subs...

February 6, 2023 | Monday | News
Invivoscribe appoints Masato Sasaki as General Manager of LabPMM, GK (Japan)

US-based firm Invivoscribe has announced the appointment of Masato Sasaki as General Manager of LabPMM GK, its refe...

February 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
Japanese pharma firm Shionogi launches anti-bacterial drug in Denmark

Japan headquartered pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co. and its European subsidiary, Shionogi B.V. have announced ...

February 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo announces new President and COO

Daiichi Sankyo Company has announced the appointment of a new President & Chief Operating Officer (COO) effect...

February 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Ono Pharma acquires multiple oncology programmes from US-based KSQ Therapeutics

Japan-headquartered Ono Pharmaceutical has entered an agreement with US-based KSQ Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech...

January 30, 2023 | Monday | News
Shimadzu opens door to biomolecular imaging with new compact MALDI-TOF solution

Japan-headquartered Shimadzu Corporation has announced the release of the world’s smallest MALDI-TOF imaging solut...

January 26, 2023 | Thursday | News