Rebooting Japan's biotech growth engine
Japan | Analysis | By Ayesha Siddiqui | 0 Comment | 01 Sep, 2024
On July 30 2024, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled a roadmap to establish Japan as a ‘drug discovery ...Read more
Kaneka completes construction of medical device plant in Hokkaido, Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 30 Aug, 2024
Kaneka Corporation has opened its Tomatoh Manufacturing Site in the Tomakomai Tobu Area of Hokkaido, Japan for the purpo...Read more
Hitachi and Gencurix enter into partnership to expand cancer molecular diagnostics biz in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 29 Aug, 2024
Japanese firm Hitachi High-Tech Corporation and Korea-based Gencurix, Inc. have entered a strategic partnership in the f...Read more
Japanese medtech firm Olympus extends advanced bipolar surgical energy portfolio
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2024
Japan-based Olympus Corporation, a global medical technology company, has announced the launch of two new jaw designs in...Read more
Hitachi High-Tech launches new tabletop microscopes with enhanced usability
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 24 Aug, 2024
Japan-based Hitachi High-Tech Corporation has announced the global launch of TM4000PlusIII and TM4000III Tabletop Micros...Read more
MEDICAL JAPAN 2024 TOKYO Expands Horizons with New Trade Fairs and Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2024
Like in the previous edition, MEDICAL JAPAN TOKYO features six sub shows. First off is the HOSPITAL EXPO, which i...Read more
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 12 Aug, 2024
Aevice Health, a leading provider of remote monitoring solutions for chronic respiratory disease management, has raised ...Read more
Daiichi Sankyo and Merck ink $170 M deal to commercialise cancer drug
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2024
Japan-based pharma firm Daiichi Sankyo and global life sciences company Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States...Read more
Japanese medtech firm Terumo establishes corporate venture capital to support innovation
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2024
Japan-based Terumo Corporation has established Terumo Ventures, a Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) organisation responsib...Read more
Japan's Otsuka Pharma acquires American biotech startup Jnana Therapeutics for $1.1 B
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2024
Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Jnana Therapeutics Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement ...Read more
Japan's pharma firm Kyowa Kirin announces sustainable biz strategy for APAC region
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2024
Kyowa Kirin Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Kyowa Kirin Co., has announced plans to transform its...Read more
Biogen, Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio to develop new tests for tau pathology in Alzheimer’s
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2024
Biogen Inc., Beckman Coulter, Inc. (both based in the US) and Japan-based Fujirebio have announced a collaboration to po...Read more
AstraZeneca partners with Japanese startup United Immunity for drug delivery tech research
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2024
AstraZeneca K.K. and United Immunity have signed an agreement for joint research on next-generation lipid nanoparticles ...Read more
Merck inks MoU with Japanese biotech startup Gene Therapy Research Institution
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Jul, 2024
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gene Th...Read more
Eisai and EcoNaviSta to build dementia ecosystem in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2024
Japanese firms Eisai Co. and EcoNaviSta Inc. have entered into a business alliance agreement and commenced collaboration...Read more
Japan-based Fujifilm expands health screening service business in Mongolia
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2024
Japan-headquartered Fujifilm Corporation has announced the opening of a new NURA health screening centre focusing on...Read more
Eisai partners with Sato Pharma to commercialise anti-fungal agent fosravuconazole in Asia, Oceania
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 23 Jul, 2024
Japan-headquartered pharma firm Eisai Co. has entered into a license agreement regarding the development and commerciali...Read more
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 22 Jul, 2024
Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma Inc. and Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University ha...Read more