L Catterton announces JPY 20 B investment in healthcare firm PHC Holdings
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 14 Apr, 2021
L Catterton, US based consumer-focused private equity firm, has announced an investment of JPY 20 billion into PHC ...Read more
Remiges Ventures launches new life science incubator
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 09 Apr, 2021
Remiges Ventures, a US-based cross-border venture capital firm with offices in Seattle, WA and Tokyo, Jap...Read more
Hitachi uses digital technology for creation of next-generation biopharmaceuticals
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 07 Apr, 2021
Hitachi, Ltd. and Axcelead, Inc. have announced that they have agreed on a comprehensive collaborative partnership to de...Read more
Daiichi Sankyo starts Ph 1 Trial for Nafamostat Inhalation Formulation to treat COVID-19
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 05 Apr, 2021
Daiichi Sankyo, based in Japan, has announced that it has initiated in Japan a first-in-human phase 1 trial for nafamost...Read more
Japanese medical VR company Jolly Good to develop digital therapeutics
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 05 Apr, 2021
Leading Japanese medical VR company Jolly Good Inc. has recently established a specialized DTx Division to develop digit...Read more
Fujifilm launches mutation detection kits for SARS-CoV-2
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 02 Apr, 2021
Japan based firm FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation has announced the launch of the “N501Y mutation detection...Read more
Daiichi Sankyo incurs 15 B yen loss after terminating vaccine biz with Sanofi
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 01 Apr, 2021
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. has announced that it will terminate its marketing alliance agreement for the Squarekids&re...Read more
Japan holds AI-based nursing record support system demo
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 01 Apr, 2021
Social Welfare Organization Saiseikai Branch Tochigi Prefecture Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital in Utsunom...Read more
KYORIN, Eisai to develop & market drug for overactive bladder treatment in 4 ASEAN countries
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 31 Mar, 2021
Japanese firms KYORIN Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of KYORIN Holdings, Inc., and Eisai Co., Ltd. have entered into a lic...Read more
Toyoda Gosei invests in medical device development startup
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 30 Mar, 2021
Toyoda Gosei, a Japanese manufacturer of rubber and plastic automotive components and LEDs, has invested in Genial ...Read more
Eisai's Anti Cancer agent Lenvatinib-Pembrolizumab combo receives EMA in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 30 Mar, 2021
Eisai Co., Ltd. announced on March 30, 2021 that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has confirmed it has acce...Read more
Japan studies Parkinson's disease with face-recognition software
Japan | News | 1 Comment | 29 Mar, 2021
Researchers at Okayama University in Japan report that artificial-intelligence technology can detect facial charact...Read more
Hitachi enters collaboration for data driven precision medicine
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Mar, 2021
Japanese firm Hitachi and American Swiss biotech company Sophia Genetics have announced that they have entere...Read more
Bright Peak Therapeutics and Ajinomoto to create novel immunocytokines
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Mar, 2021
Bright Peak Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing next-generation immunotherapies for cancer and autoimm...Read more
Japan enables access to electronic medical records via mobile phones
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 25 Mar, 2021
Japan Hospital Cooperative, Inc., Japan Hospital Cooperative, Inc. Ward, Representative Director Tsuneo Sakai,...Read more
Novel DNA sensor can rapidly detect antibiotic-resistant pathogens
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 23 Mar, 2021
The persistent overuse of antibiotics has led to the evolution of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, or “superbugs,&r...Read more
CPhI Japan opens two-month long virtual event
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 24 Mar, 2021
The Japanese pharmaceutical market is preparing for renewed international growth and partnering. In response, CPhI Japan...Read more
Daiichi Sankyo starts Ph 1/2 trial for mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 23 Mar, 2021
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced that it has started the first vaccinations in a phase 1/2 clinical trial i...Read more