BiomX in-licenses novel bacterial targets for IBD treatment
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 31 Jan, 2018
BiomX Ltd., a microbiome company, announced that it has exclusively sub-licensed a set of bacterial targets from JSR Cor...Read more
Experts in Tokyo design a novel flourescent probe
Japan | News | 2 Comment | 25 Jan, 2018
A team of experts at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) has developed a new probe that coul...Read more
HITACHI secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for its system
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 25 Jan, 2018
Hitachi, Ltd. and Hokkaido University announced that it has obtained U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) cl...Read more
Astellas completes acquisition of Mitobridge
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 24 Jan, 2018
Tokyo based Astellas Pharma Inc. recently announced the acquisition of Mitobridge, Inc. Astellas paid $225 million to ac...Read more
Japan approves use of Nailin capsules to treat onychomycosis
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 22 Jan, 2018
Sato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has obtained marketing and manufacturing approval for the oral antifungal agent, Nailin ca...Read more
Telix Pharmaceuticals establishes Japanese Subsidiary, Appoints Key Executives
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 15 Jan, 2018
Telix Pharmaceuticals , an Australian biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of diagnostic and therapeutic...Read more
Japanese investors back a Cambridge Life Sciences firm, Storm Therapeutics
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 12 Jan, 2018
Storm Therapeutics, a Cambridge Life Sciences firm has attracted an additional £4m cash injection to its £12...Read more
Takeda to buy TiGenix for $626 M
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 07 Jan, 2018
Takeda Pharmaceutical is planning to acquire Belgian biopharmaceutical venture TiGenix with an aim of strengthening...Read more
Alexion bags Japanese approval for Soliris
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 03 Jan, 2018
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, recently bagged approval for its key candidate Soliris (eculizumab) fromthe Ministry of Health,...Read more
Researchers in Japan develop new strategy for 3D printing of tissues
Japan | News | 2 Comment | 28 Dec, 2017
A group of researchers at Osaka University, Japan have refined the method of making bio-ink droplets stick to each other...Read more
Otsuka collaborates with X-Chem for new drug compounds
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Dec, 2017
US based X-Chem, Inc. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. headquartered in To...Read more
Japanese scientists create a database of human plasma compounds
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Dec, 2017
Scientists at Tohoku University in Japan have created a database of metabolites from blood samples collected from over 5...Read more
Israeli firm to invest in Japanese startups
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 14 Dec, 2017
Israel based Yozma Group is planning to invest in Japanese startups in the coming year, targeting companies in medicine,...Read more
Kenya partners with Japan to promote healthcare
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 04 Dec, 2017
The Kenyan government has collaborated with the government of Japan and launched a health development program that seeks...Read more
Takeda appoints Fujimoto as Health Innovation Park GM
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 01 Dec, 2017
Toshio Fujimoto, MD, MBA has been appointed General Manager of the Health Innovation Park in Shonan, by Takeda Pharmaceu...Read more
Toshiba introduces advanced imaging technology
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2017
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation has launched its new computed tomography (CT) system, Aquilion Prime SP, to provide ...Read more
Researchers in Japan develop a color device for the heart
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2017
A group of researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (iCeMS), in collabor...Read more
Mitsubhishi Tanabe Pharma's ALS drug treats more than 1000 people in three months
Japan | News | 2 Comment | 17 Nov, 2017
Japan’s Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. today announced that more than 1,000 people with amyotrophic latera...Read more