Japan develops way to rapidly measure eye lens opacity

Japan's Kyushu University international team of researchers has developed a new system through which objective...

December 9, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Olympus expands respiratory portfolio by acquiring Veran Medical Technologies

Japan's Olympus Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Veran Medical Technologies, I...

December 8, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Japanese firm adopts blockchain to enhance clinical trials efficiencies

Japanese firm SUSMED, Inc. has announced that it has received a response from both the Ministers of Health, Labor, ...

December 7, 2020 | Monday | News
Sosei Heptares, Biohaven ink $380M deal for treating CGRP-mediated disorders

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

December 3, 2020 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca's Forxiga approved in Japan for chronic heart failure

AstraZeneca’s Forxiga (dapagliflozin) has been approved in Japan for the treatment of patients with chro...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Takeda completes sale of select products to Celltrion for $278M

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced the completion of its previously-announced sale of a p...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Eisai and Wren Therapeutics collaborate for potential treatment of synucleinopathies

Japanese firm Eisai Co., Ltd. and US based Wren Therapeutics Ltd. have announced that the companies have entered into an...

December 1, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Balancing digitalized healthcare services and data security

COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way healthcare, pharma and clinical industry operate and has propelled the pace of dig...

January 20, 2021 | Wednesday | Opinion
Takeda makes Nihon Pharma wholly owned subsidiary

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced a share exchange where Takeda will be the wholly-owning pare...

November 26, 2020 | Thursday | News
Japan's Fujitsu drives digital transformation in hospitals and clinics

Fujitsu on 25 Nov 2020 announced the commercial debut of its "FUJITSU Healthcare Solution Online Healthcare Solution" in...

November 25, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Omron leads $65M investment round for AliveCor

Omron Healthcare Co, Ltd announced additional investment into AliveCor by its Japanese parent company, Om...

November 25, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Japan detects repetitive DNA sequence that causes health risks

A new synthetic probe offers a safe and straightforward approach for visualizing chromosome tips in living cells. The pr...

November 24, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Sai Life Sciences opens representative office in Japan

Sai Life Sciences, one of India's fastest growing Contract Research, Development & Manufacturing Organizat...

November 20, 2020 | Friday | News
Hitachi launches "treatment support for cancer drug therapy" using AI interviews & tablet robots

The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Ariake Hospital and Hitachi, Ltd. are using tablet robots. From the end of N...

November 20, 2020 | Friday | News
Gilead, Eisai launch rheumatoid arthritis drug in Japan

Gilead Sciences K.K. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Luc Hermans) and Eisai Co.,...

November 19, 2020 | Thursday | News
Takara Belmont develops new hair care system

Takara Belmont Corporation (Takara Belmont), based out in Japan, has recently developed a new technology for analyzing h...

November 18, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Sumitomo Chemical accelerates next-gen biz utilizing synthetic biology

Japanese firm Sumitomo Chemical has decided to establish a new organisation, SynBio Hub, within the Biorational Research...

November 17, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo creates new biz unit for oncology

Japanese firm Daiichi Sankyo Company has announced that it will create a new Oncology Business Unit, effective April 1, ...

November 13, 2020 | Friday | News