Japan approves first and only antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) to treat Urothelial Cancer

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Seagen Inc. announced that Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved P...

September 27, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan approves first orally administered therapy for rare autoimmune renal disease

Swiss firm Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) has announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health and La...

September 27, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan's Takeda Pharma picks new partners to help strengthen health systems in LMICs

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical has announced the addition of four partnerships to its Global Corporate So...

September 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan sets eyes on rare pediatric liver diseases

US-based Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical have entered into an exclusive licensing ag...

September 22, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Olympus unveils advanced bipolar surgical energy products

Olympus Corporation has announced the launch of the first devices in the new POWERSEAL™ family of advanced bipolar...

September 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Innovative home dialysis therapies to support Japan’s growing needs

German firm Fresenius Medical Care has announced a strategic distribution partnership with JMS Co. Ltd, a provider of me...

September 17, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan finds molecular code that powers up cancer-fighting immune cells

A synthetic molecular code shows promise towards improving the response of some cancer patients to immunotherapy treatme...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Kyowa Kirin addresses sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in Japanese population

The Netherlands based AM-Pharma B.V. and Japanese firm Kyowa Kirin have entered into an exclusive license agre...

September 14, 2021 | Tuesday | News
French firm Poxel launches type 2 diabetes drug in Japan

French firm POXEL SA along with its partner, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma,  is launching TWYMEEG (Imeglimin hydro...

September 10, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan's TANAKA holdings encourage overseas medical startups by investment opportunities

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. which is a subsidiary of TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. and operates the TANAKA Precious Metals m...

September 9, 2021 | Thursday | News
US-based CLRO firm Advanced Clinical continues APAC expansion

Advanced Clinical, a global clinical research services organization (CLRO), has announced that the company’s globa...

September 9, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan to benefit from personalized stem cell banking service expansion by I Peace

I Peace, Inc., a Palo Alto-based biotech startup focusing on Nobel Prize-winning technology of induced pluripo...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan buys 150 M doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Takeda Pharmaceutical has announced that the Government of Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MH...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan lays focus on early detection of heart diseases

Japanese firms Astellas Pharma Inc., Nitto Denko Corporation, and M. Heart Co., have announced that the three companies ...

September 6, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan's Fujifilm sells radiopharma biz to PeptiDream for 30.5 billion yen

Japan-based Fujifilm Corporation has announced the transfer of the radiopharmaceutical business of Fujifilm Toyama Chemi...

September 3, 2021 | Friday | News
Rapid acceleration of medical education in Japan using virtual reality

At many Japanese institutions offering medical education, students are unable to attend clinical practice due to the spr...

September 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan's REPROCELL to boost its GMP iPSC - Master Cell Bank (MCB) manufacturing service

REPROCELL has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with TEXCELL JAPAN, a TEXCELL Group Company, for GMP iPSC ...

September 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Eli Lilly Japan, Daiichi Sankyo ink pact to commercialise migraine drug

Eli Lilly Japan and Daiichi Sankyo Company have concluded an agreement on commercialisation collaboration in Japan for t...

September 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News