Kaneka completes construction of medical device plant in Hokkaido, Japan

Kaneka Corporation has opened its Tomatoh Manufacturing Site in the Tomakomai Tobu Area of Hokkaido, Japan for the purpo...

August 30, 2024 | Friday | News
Hitachi and Gencurix enter into partnership to expand cancer molecular diagnostics biz in Japan

Japanese firm Hitachi High-Tech Corporation and Korea-based Gencurix, Inc. have entered a strategic partnership in the f...

August 29, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japanese medtech firm Olympus extends advanced bipolar surgical energy portfolio

Japan-based Olympus Corporation, a global medical technology company, has announced the launch of two new jaw designs in...

August 27, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hitachi High-Tech launches new tabletop microscopes with enhanced usability

Japan-based Hitachi High-Tech Corporation has announced the global launch of TM4000PlusIII and TM4000III Tabletop Micros...

August 24, 2024 | Saturday | News
MEDICAL JAPAN 2024 TOKYO Expands Horizons with New Trade Fairs and Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage

Like in the previous edition, MEDICAL JAPAN TOKYO features six sub shows. First off is the HOSPITAL EXPO, which i...

August 14, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Aevice Health secures $7M Seed Plus funding to expand remote monitoring for chronic respiratory disease

Aevice Health, a leading provider of remote monitoring solutions for chronic respiratory disease management, has raised ...

August 12, 2024 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo and Merck ink $170 M deal to commercialise cancer drug

Japan-based pharma firm Daiichi Sankyo and global life sciences company Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States...

August 8, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japanese medtech firm Terumo establishes corporate venture capital to support innovation

Japan-based Terumo Corporation has established Terumo Ventures, a Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) organisation responsib...

August 6, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Otsuka Pharma acquires American biotech startup Jnana Therapeutics for $1.1 B

Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Jnana Therapeutics Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement ...

August 5, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's pharma firm Kyowa Kirin announces sustainable biz strategy for APAC region

Kyowa Kirin Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Kyowa Kirin Co., has announced plans to transform its...

August 2, 2024 | Friday | News
Biogen, Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio to develop new tests for tau pathology in Alzheimer’s

Biogen Inc., Beckman Coulter, Inc. (both based in the US) and Japan-based Fujirebio have announced a collaboration to po...

July 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca partners with Japanese startup United Immunity for drug delivery tech research

AstraZeneca K.K. and United Immunity have signed an agreement for joint research on next-generation lipid nanoparticles ...

July 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Merck inks MoU with Japanese biotech startup Gene Therapy Research Institution

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gene Th...

July 26, 2024 | Friday | News
Eisai and EcoNaviSta to build dementia ecosystem in Japan

Japanese firms Eisai Co. and EcoNaviSta Inc. have entered into a business alliance agreement and commenced collaboration...

July 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japan-based Fujifilm expands health screening service business in Mongolia

Japan-headquartered Fujifilm Corporation has announced the opening of a new NURA health screening centre focusing on...

July 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Eisai partners with Sato Pharma to commercialise anti-fungal agent fosravuconazole in Asia, Oceania

Japan-headquartered pharma firm Eisai Co. has entered into a license agreement regarding the development and commerciali...

July 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Astellas and Osaka University to develop pluripotent stem cell-derived cartilage organoid cell therapy in Japan

Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma Inc. and Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University ha...

July 22, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's Nipro Corp invests $398 M into new medical device manufacturing facility in US

Nipro Medical Corporation, a subsidiary of Japan headquartered Nipro Corporation, has announced its significant expansio...

July 18, 2024 | Thursday | News