Terumo and Glooko collaborate on new solution for diabetes data sharing

Japan's Terumo Corporation and US-based Glooko have announced a technology integration to deliver new diabetes...

March 31, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan grants marketing authorisation to Sanofi's rare disease drug

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has granted marketing authorisation for Xenpozyme (olipu...

March 30, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves Tarlige tablets for treatment of patients with neuropathic pain

Daiichi Sankyo Company has obtained approval in Japan to change the indication of the analgesic 'Tarlige Tablets' (mirog...

March 29, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Takeda’s TAKHZYRO (lanadelumab) approved in Japan

Takeda has received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for TAKHZYRO (lanadelumab) subc...

March 29, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan's Health2Sync partners with Novo Nordisk Pharma

Health2Sync and Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd. are partnering in Japan to support digital diabetes management and facilitate c...

March 28, 2022 | Monday | News
Hyperflex balloon catheter by Endovastec receives marketing approval in Japan

Shanghai MicroPort Endovascular MedTech has received registration approval from Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device...

March 28, 2022 | Monday | News
TANAKA develops gold shell nanoparticles using high dispersion stability

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo KK which operates the TANAKA precious metals manufacturing business announced that TANAKA has dev...

March 26, 2022 | Saturday | News
Japan verifies use of AI for retrosynthetic analysis in pharma applications

Japan-based Elix, Inc., an AI drug discovery company, has commenced joint research on the retrosynthetic analysis module...

March 25, 2022 | Friday | News
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