Shimadzu unveils near-infrared light imaging system to enhance drug discovery research

Japan-based Shimadzu has announced the release of the LuminousQuester NI near-infrared imaging system. This system consi...

August 29, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan gives nod to breast cancer drug by AstraZeneca and Merck

AstraZeneca and Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, have announced that LYNPARZA has been appro...

August 26, 2022 | Friday | News
Lupin and I'rom partner to make denosumab biosimilar available in Japan

Indian firm Lupin has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with I’rom Group, a leading pharmaceutica...

August 25, 2022 | Thursday | News
Eisai builds real-world evidence for blood-based assays for cognitive impairment

Japanese firm Eisai has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with US-based C2N Diagnostics that will seek to build...

August 24, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Ubie secures $26.2 M to fuel business growth in Japan & US

Japan-based startup Ubie, Inc. has raised $26.2 million in the 1st round of Series C funding. New investors in...

August 22, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan's CureApp, Sawai Group partner for DTx solution in NASH field

Japanese startup CureApp has entered into a license agreement with Sawai Group Holdings for the development and marketin...

August 19, 2022 | Friday | News
Carlyle acquires significant minority stake in Japanese startup CureApp

Global investment firm Carlyle has announced a strategic partnership with CureApp, Inc., a leading Japanese medical tech...

August 18, 2022 | Thursday | News
Vuzix tests smart glasses for emergency medical care in Japan

US-based Vuzix, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, ahas nnounced th...

August 17, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves Chugai Pharma's osteoporosis drug

Japanese firms Chugai Pharmaceutical and Towa Pharmaceutical have announced that Chugai has obtained regulatory approval...

August 16, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Verizon Business to transform Astellas Pharma's global network infra

Verizon Business has been selected to manage Astellas Pharma's (Astellas) global network infrastructure. The network tra...

August 10, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Eisai, LIFENET to build ecosystem for reducing medical care burden in Japan

Eisai and LIFENET Insurance company have entered into a capital and business alliance agreement to collaborate in dement...

August 9, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Astellas Pharma puts forth new management structure

Astellas Pharma has announced the appintment of a new Chief Medical Officer (CMO)- Dr Tadaaki Taniguchi, as of...

August 8, 2022 | Monday | News
Grünenthal licenses-out osteoarthritis pain treatment to Shionogi in Japan

German firm Grünenthal and Japan-based Shionogi have entered into a licensing agreement for Grünenthal's inves...

August 4, 2022 | Thursday | News
Sosei Heptares and AbbVie enter new multi-target collaboration worth $1.2 B

Japanese firm Sosei Group Corporation and US-based AbbVie, a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, have enter...

August 3, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents

US-based Novavax has announced that Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine received expanded manufacturing and marketi...

July 28, 2022 | Thursday | News
Shimadzu lays focus on diagnostic aid technology for depression using blood tests

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation is participating in the project “Creating a System for Maintaining the Mental Hea...

July 26, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu releases high-performance LCMS-2050

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has announced the release of the LCMS-2050 high-performance liquid chromatograph mass s...

June 11, 2022 | Saturday | News
Japan-based Astellas Pharma to open new biotech campus in US

Japan headquartered Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced plans to create an integrated biotechnology campus in S...

July 22, 2022 | Friday | News
Japanese startup Elix introduces 'all-in-one' platform for AI drug discovery

Japan-based startup Elix, Inc., an artificial intelligenet (AI) drug discovery company with the mission of “Rethin...

July 15, 2022 | Friday | News
Heidelberg Pharma inks deal worth € 105 M with Japan's Chiome Bioscience

Heidelberg Pharma AG and Japan-based Chiome Bioscience have announced the signing of an exclusive, target-specific resea...

July 18, 2022 | Monday | News
Aculys Pharma, SUSMED to conduct world's first clinical trial using blockchain

Japan-based Aculys Pharma has entered into a contract with SUSMED, Inc., a company that promotes digital medicine, to co...

July 13, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan-based 3D-printed prosthetic legs maker Instalimb raises ¥ 445 M

Japan-based world’s first 3D-printed prosthetic legs maker Instalimb raised 445 million yen (Rs 26 crore) in Serie...

July 13, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Fujitsu develops new technology for accurately estimating postures of human body

Japan-based Fujitsu has successfully developed a new technology to accurately estimate postures of the human body from c...

July 11, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan's Shionogi seeks China approval for COVID-19 treatment

Shionogi & Co., has announced that a joint venture between Shionogi and Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, , P...

July 8, 2022 | Friday | News
Eli Lilly Japan inks deal with Mitsubishi Tanabe for diabetes treatment

Eli Lilly Japan K.K. and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) have signed a sales collaboration agreement in Japa...

July 7, 2022 | Thursday | News