Fujifilm buys Shenandoah Biotechnology to strengthen life sciences biz

Japan-based FUJIFILM Corporation has announced that FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., a world leader in the development ...

March 23, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan identifies tissue-specific exosome marker candidates from blood

The National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN), based in Japan, has successfully&...

March 22, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Biogen and Eisai amend collaboration agreements on Alzheimer's disease treatments

Biogen Inc. and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that the companies have amended their existing collaboration agreement on aduc...

March 21, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore-based NDR Medical expands APAC presence

Singapore's NDR Medical (NDR), the leading interventional robotics company, extended its Asia-Pacific presence with the ...

March 17, 2022 | Thursday | News
Astellas' menopause drug fails in Asia trial

Japan-based Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced topline results from the ongoing Phase 3 MOONLIGHT 1 clinical trial inves...

March 16, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Fujifilm terminates ph III enrolment for Avigan drug trial in Japan due to omicron variant

Fujifilm Toyama Chemical Co. has announced a pause in enrollment, as of the end of March, in the currently ongoing phase...

March 15, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Innovations in APAC have become cornerstone of future development of IVD

PerkinElmer has made a number of acquisitions in life sciences and diagnostics as well as R&D investments with accel...

March 15, 2022 | Tuesday | Opinion
Japan approves Guardant Health's liquid biopsy test for tumour mutation profiling

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan has granted regulatory approval of Guardant360 CDx, a liquid ...

March 14, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan develops artificial retinal device that mimics human optical illusions

A team at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) in Japan has developed the first-ever art...

March 11, 2022 | Friday | News
Japanese startup launches english version of hands-on medical VR

Japan-based startup Jolly Good Inc., known for developing and providing medical VR solutions and digital therapeutics VR...

March 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan unveils Well-BeingX to shape future of wellness

Scrum Studio Inc. has announced the launch of Well-BeingX, a new open innovation programme dedicated to helpin...

March 9, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Shionogi files for approval of COVID-19 drug in Japan

Japanese firm Shionogi has completed the analysis of primary endpoints in the Phase 2b part of a Phase 2/3 clinical...

March 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japan uses supercomputer and AI to shed light on drug resistance in cancer treatment

Japan-based Fujitsu and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have announced a new technology that uses artific...

March 7, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan pledges $300 M to CEPI's pandemic preparedness plan

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), based in Norway, has announced that the Government of Japan ...

February 28, 2022 | Monday | News
Alvotech, Fuji Pharma expand partnership for additional biosimilar candidate in Japan

Alvotech Holdings S.A., a global biopharmaceutical company focused solely on the development and manufacture of biosimil...

February 24, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan proposes framework for conducting ethical research on brain organoids

Researchers from Kobe University and Kyoto University’s Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASH...

February 23, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan uses network models to help understand spread of new COVID-19 variants

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan have performed numerical simulations based on network theory whi...

February 22, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japan fabricates polymer-DNA gel that could be used in tissue regeneration and robotics

Scientists at Hokkaido University in Japan have made a tuneable, elastic and temperature-sensitive g...

February 17, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan discovers host immune-dependent novel anti-coronavirus antibody

The National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN), in partnership with Shionogi & Co....

February 16, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan-based Fujifilm introduces life sciences strategic investment fund

FUJIFILM Corporation has announced the launch of its life sciences strategic investment fund managed by the Life Science...

February 14, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan's Sharp Naturizer sanitizer solution proves effectiveness against COVID-19

SHARP Business Systems (India), a wholly owned Indian subsidiary of SHARP Corporation Japan, has announced a significant...

February 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japanese firms ink new business partnership worth ¥5 B for mental healthcare

With the aim of building a regional cooperative mental health platform, Jolly Good Inc. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical h...

February 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan grants patent to Anixa Biosciences for ovarian cancer vaccine

US-based Anixa Biosciences, Inc. has announced that the Japanese Patent Office has issued a Decision to Grant ...

February 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo starts trial for mRNA vaccine as booster dose in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo has initiated a trial in Japan to investigate a booster dose of DS-5670, an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19...

January 31, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan's Fujifilm buys Atara's T-cell manufacturing facility for $100 M

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. has entered into a long term strategic agreement with FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies...

January 27, 2022 | Thursday | News