Japan studies Parkinson's disease with face-recognition software

Researchers at Okayama University in Japan report that artificial-intelligence technology can detect facial charact...

March 29, 2021 | Monday | News
Hitachi enters collaboration for data driven precision medicine

Japanese firm Hitachi and American Swiss biotech company Sophia Genetics have  announced that they have entere...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Bright Peak Therapeutics and Ajinomoto to create novel immunocytokines

Bright Peak Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing next-generation immunotherapies for cancer and autoimm...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan enables access to electronic medical records via mobile phones

Japan Hospital Cooperative, Inc., Japan Hospital Cooperative, Inc. Ward, Representative Director Tsuneo Sakai,...

March 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Novel DNA sensor can rapidly detect antibiotic-resistant pathogens

The persistent overuse of antibiotics has led to the evolution of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, or “superbugs,&r...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
CPhI Japan opens two-month long virtual event

The Japanese pharmaceutical market is preparing for renewed international growth and partnering. In response, CPhI Japan...

March 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo starts Ph 1/2 trial for mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced that it has started the first vaccinations in a phase 1/2 clinical trial i...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Eisai Medicine Innovation Technology Solutions to launch in Japan

Japanese firm Eisai Co., Ltd. as part of its strategic investment to realize its medium-term management plan, EWAY ...

March 22, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan designs less-invasive atomic force microscopy to visualize biomolecular systems

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Review of Scientific Instruments a newly developed atomic force microscopy ...

March 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Immune receptor protein could hold key to treatment of autoimmune diseases

Autoimmune diseases are typically caused when the immune system, whose purpose is to deal with foreign threats to the bo...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Epredia to distribute Paige Digital Pathology Software globally

Epredia, a global leader in precision cancer diagnostics, and Paige, a global leader in AI-based diagnostic software in ...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Fujitsu, NCC to create new services for clinical trials, drug development in Japan

Fujitsu has announced it has concluded a comprehensive collaborative research agreement with National Cancer Center Japa...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Daiichi Sankyo begins manufacture of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd announced on March 12, 2021, that it has started manufacturing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vacc...

March 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Eisai aims for novel drug discovery for neurodegenerative disorders

German firm Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and Japan based Eisai have announced that b...

March 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Takeda, IDT support manufacturing of J&J's COVID-19 vaccine

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced a reciprocal agreement with IDT Biologika GmbH (“IDT&rdqu...

March 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujitsu, Kyoto University build AI system to detect genetic disorders

Fujitsu Limited and Kyoto University research group led by Professor Yasushi Okuno of the Kyoto University Graduate Scho...

March 15, 2021 | Monday | News
Takeda to acquire Maverick Therapeutics for $525 M

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced the exercise of its option to acquire Maverick Therape...

March 12, 2021 | Friday | News
Setsuro Tech gets access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio for Japan

ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-...

March 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News