Japanese scientists develop 3D printed prosthetic hand

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2019

The Biological Systems Engineering Lab at Hiroshima University, Japan has developed a new 3D printed prosthetic hand combined with a computer interface, which is their cheapest, lightest mo...Read more

Shimadzu receives FDA clearance for FLUOROspeed X1

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2019

Shimadzu Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation Japan, is proud to announce that they have received FDA 510(k) clearance for the FLUOROspeed X1, patient side conventiona...Read more

OssDsign AB files regulatory approval for OssDsign Cranial in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Aug, 2019

OssDsign AB (publ), the Swedish designer and manufacturer of innovative implants for bone regeneration, has filed for a Japanese regulatory approval of OssDsign Cranial. Subsequent to the f...Read more

Eisai refreshes medical skin care product Sahne

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Aug, 2019

Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that it refresh its SAHNE® CREAM (quasi-drug) which has been widely used as medical skin care, for the first time in 20 years, and launch at pharmacie...Read more

Astellas Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trials for Fezolinetant

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2019

Japan based Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced dosing of the first patient in the SKYLIGHT 1™ Phase 3 pivotal trial for fezolinetant, an investigational oral, non-hormonal compound be...Read more

Pola Orbis to create unique value in dermatology

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Aug, 2019

POLA Chemical Industries, Inc. Frontier Research Center (FRC) of POLA ORBIS Holdings Inc. and one of the world's top research institutes, Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRI...Read more

FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo's TURALIO

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2019

Daiichi Sankyo Company has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved TURALIO™(pexidartinib) as the first and only treatment for adult patients with symptomat...Read more

Sosei Heptares, Takeda enter into multi-target partnership

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2019

Sosei Group Corporation has announced that it has entered into a strategic multi-target partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, to discover, develop and commercialize novel ...Read more

Rakuten Medical to further develop its photo-immunotherapy

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2019

Rakuten Medical, Inc., a clinical-stage, global biotechnology company developing precision-targeted cancer therapies based on its proprietary Photoimmunotherapy (PIT) platform, has raised a...Read more

Sysmex gets Japanese manufacturing and marketing approval

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2019

Sysmex Corporation has obtained Japanese manufacturing and marketing approval for the OncoBEAM™ RAS CRC Kit, used for blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) molecular testing ...Read more

Morimoto Pharma unveils new Exposure Prevention Prefilled Syringe Kits

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2019

Japanese firm Morimoto Pharma has revealed their new prefilled syringe product, the Morimoto S.A.F.E. Syringe Kit ™ (Smart Accident prevention, Fast & Eas...Read more

Fujifilm completes acquisition of Biogen's Manufacturing Site in Denmark

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2019

FUJIFILM Corporation has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Biogen (Denmark) Manufacturing ApS, a large-scale biologics manufacturing site located in Hillerød near&nb...Read more

Marken acquires PCX International to strengthen supply chain footprint

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2019

Marken, a US headquartered patient-centric supply chain organization, has announced  the acquisition of PCX International Co. Ltd based in Japan.  PCX operates from their Tok...Read more

Kyowa Kirin buys back Tivozanib rights from AVEO oncology

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2019

Japan based pharma company Kyowa Kirin Co. and US headquartered AVEO Oncology announce that they have amended their license agreement to allow Kyowa Kirin to buy back the non-oncology right...Read more

Sun Pharma announces regulatory filing of Tildrakizumab in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Aug, 2019

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has filed an application for Manufacturing and Marketing Authorization of Tildrakizumab for modera...Read more

Takeda, Pfizer terminate co-promotion of RA Drug Enbrel

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2019

Pfizer Japan Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited have announced the termination of co-promotion for the rheumatoid arthritis/juvenile idiopathic arthritis treatment "Enbrel®"...Read more

NEC acquires OncoImmunity AS to empower personalized cancer immunotherapy

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2019

OncoImmunity AS has announced that it has been acquired by NEC Corporation, the renowned Japanese IT and network company, that recently launched its Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven...Read more

Scientists in Japan develop prosthetics for retinal stimulation

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Jul, 2019

In a study recently published in Advanced Biomedical Engineering, researchers at Okayama University in Japan report a thin photoelectric film which can stimulate degenerated retinal ti...Read more