Kyowa Kirin to build new biopharma API building

Japanese firm Kyowa Kirin has decided to build a new active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing building (HB7 ...

May 20, 2022 | Friday | News
Limaca Medical and HekaBio announce partnership

Limaca Medical and HekaBio K.K. have inked a strategic partnership agreement, whereby HekaBio is to distribute Lima...

May 17, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japanese life science research market secures Protein Footprinting Products

GenNext Technologies, Inc. (GenNext), in partnership with Kiko Tech Co., Ltd., will provide Flash Oxidation (Fox&tr...

May 17, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japanese firms initiate joint research on next-gen IT drug discovery technology

Japan-based Fujitsu and RIKEN have launched a joint research project on next-generation IT drug discovery technology uti...

May 17, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Novo Holdings, Shionogi offer treatment for invasive fungal infections in Europe and Asia

Novo Holdings has announced that its portfolio company F2G has entered into a strategic collaboration with Japan-based S...

May 16, 2022 | Monday | News
Crown Bioscience to provide preclinical and translational services in Japan

US-based Crown Bioscience and Medical & Biological Laboratories (MBL), JSR Life Sciences companies, have announced t...

May 12, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan-based Hitachi advances molecular diagnostics and precision medicine

Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, has entered into a strategic partnership with In...

May 10, 2022 | Tuesday | News
ExoCoBio receives Japanese patent for alleviating dermatitis with exosome-based medicines

ExoCoBio Inc. has received from Japanese Patent Office the patent which claims that stem cell-derived exosome is proved ...

May 9, 2022 | Monday | News
CureApp receives world-first approval of digital therapeutic app for hypertension

Japan's CureApp has received the medical device regulatory approval of an digital therapeutic (DTx) app for hypertension...

May 6, 2022 | Friday | News
Aurion Biotech raises $120 million

Aurion Biotech, whose mission is to restore vision to millions of patients with its life-changing regenerative therapies...

May 5, 2022 | Thursday | News
Jazz Pharma and Sumitomo Pharma to develop therapies for sleep disorders

Ireland-based Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Sumitomo Pharma Co. in Japan, have entered into an exclusive licensing agree...

May 5, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japanese population projected to live longer without dementia: Study

A new detailed microsimulation, using a database of 40 million people, has examined the future of Japan’s aging po...

May 4, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Incyte and Maruho lay focus on inflammatory dermatologic diseases in Japan

Incyte and Maruho Co., Ltd. have announced that the companies have entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement for the d...

May 3, 2022 | Tuesday | News
ViGeneron, Daiichi Sankyo to develop novel gene therapy for prevalent eye diseases

ViGeneron GmbH, a next-generation gene therapy company, has announced a follow-on collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Comp...

April 29, 2022 | Friday | News
Healion Bio, FUJIFILM Toyama co-explore promising COVID-19 oral antiviral drug

Healion Bio, a closely held biotechnology company, has announced a collaborative agreement to research a combination ant...

April 29, 2022 | Friday | News
Japan deploys AI technology for detecting pancreatic cancer

Fujitsu and the Southern Tohoku General Hospital have announced the launch of a joint research project with Fujitsu Japa...

April 29, 2022 | Friday | News
Shionogi's COVID-19 antiviral drug shows rapid virus clearance

Japan-based Shionogi & Co., Ltd. announced new results from two late-breaking presentations of S-217622 at the 32nd ...

April 28, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan's Sumitomo Pharma takes license to CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio from ERS Genomics

ERS Genomics Limited has confirmed the finalization of a license agreement with Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. ("Sumitomo Pha...

April 28, 2022 | Thursday | News
Softbank invests in Japanese startup AI Medical Service Inc

Japan-based startup AI Medical Service Inc. (AIM) has announced 8 billion JPY (US$70 million) of financing led by SoftBa...

April 27, 2022 | Wednesday | News
University of Tokyo, Astellas further advance development of innovative medicines

The University of Tokyo and Astellas Pharma Inc., in Japan, have entered the second phase of their collaboration for co-...

April 27, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Ubie, Japanese HealthTech Startup, launches AI-powered symptom checker in the US

Ubie, Inc., a healthcare AI startup with the mission "To develop a healthcare guide for everyone," has launched in the U...

April 26, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Asahi Kasei Medical to acquire US-based CDMO Bionova Scientific

Japan-based Asahi Kasei Medical has concluded an agreement through a US subsidiary to wholly acquire Bionova S...

April 25, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan offers early detection of dementia using AI vocal biomarkers

US-based Canary Speech has announced a collaboration with SMK and Japan's National Cerebral and Cardiovascular...

April 21, 2022 | Thursday | News
Pangaea Data joins AstraZeneca Japan's Healthcare Innovation Network

Pangaea Data, headquartered in London with offices in San Francisco and Hong Kong, is now a member of Innovati...

April 20, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine for primary and booster immunisation

Takeda Pharma has received manufacturing and marketing approval from the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (M...

April 19, 2022 | Tuesday | News