Fujifilm injects $2B into large-scale cell culture manufacturing site in US

FUJIFILM Corporation is making an investment of more than 200 Billion yen ($2 Billion) to establish a new...

January 8, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan launches medical computer software for medical institutions and insurance pharmacies

Japan's PHC Corporation on Jan 7, 2021 announced the release of software for medical computers for medica...

January 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Olympus, Hitachi enter long-term collaboration for ultrasonic endoscopy system

Olympus Corporation and Hitachi have agreed to a five-year contract for joint development of the endoscopic ultrasound (...

January 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Fujifilm to invest $40M in innovative viral vector and advanced therapy facility

Japan's FUJIFILM Corporation is making a major capital investment of approximately 4 billion yen ($40 mil...

January 5, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujifilm applies for manufacturing and marketing approval for a SARS-CoV-2antigen test kit

Fujifilm Corporation on 17 Dec 2020 announced that it has filed an application with the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devi...

January 4, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan responds to new coronavirus variant

The Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, recently held the 50th meeting of the Novel Coronavirus Response Headq...

January 1, 2021 | Friday | News
Urban China to have highest cases of NSCLC over next decade, predicts GlobalData

Urban China is expected to have the highest number of diagnosed incident cases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) amo...

December 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Japan uses infrared radiation for detecting dental caries

Researchers at Okayama University in Japan report in Scientific Reports that optical coherence tomography, an ...

December 31, 2020 | Thursday | News
Lynparza receives three new approvals for cancer treatment in Japan

AstraZeneca and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, have announced that LYNPARZA has been approved...

December 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Eisai strengthens in-house production function for anti-cancer drugs

Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that it has completed construction of the 5th manufacturing building at the Kawashima Indu...

December 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
NovoNordisk’s Rybelsus could be a game-changer in Type 2 Diabetes

NovoNordisk’s decision to investigate its recently launched Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) drug Rybelsus (semaglutide) in a...

December 23, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Agilent receives approval for GenetiSure Dx Postnatal Assay in Japan

Agilent Technologies has obtained clearance from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan for the Gene...

December 23, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Sosei Heptares and GSK target immune disorders of digestive system

Japanese firm Sosei Group Corporation has announced that it has entered into a global collaboration and license agr...

December 21, 2020 | Monday | News
Fujitsu analyzes relationship b/w data in healthcare and allied sectors

Japan based Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. has successfully developed a technology that uses AI to discover the characterist...

December 17, 2020 | Thursday | News
Alvotech and Fuji Pharma extend biosimilar partnership in Japan

Alvotech and Japanese pharmaceutical company Fuji Pharma have announced that they have agreed on an extension on their e...

December 16, 2020 | Wednesday | News
GlobalData reveals role of Japan’s immunology market in branded digital marketing space

The Japanese immunology market is highly competitive with many innovator products available for rheumatoid arthritis (RA...

December 15, 2020 | Tuesday | Analysis
Whole-genome sequence data can now be transmitted in real-time by Quantum cryptography

Tohoku University and Toshiba Corporation have achieved a world first, transmitting the whole genome sequence data of ...

December 14, 2020 | Monday | News
GHIT invests 230 M Yen for developing malaria and chagas disease drugs

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund in Japan has announced a total of approximately 230 million yen ($2....

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News