Japan's Asahi Kasei establishes life science unit to drive bioprocess businesses forward

To meet growing demand from the pharmaceutical industry, Japan-based Asahi Kasei has established Asahi Kasei Life Scienc...

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
AGC Biologics taps Thermo Scientific for 5,000 L DynaDrive SUBs at Yokohama site in Japan

AGC Biologics has announced a strategic decision about the large-scale single-use technology it will use at it...

April 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Marubeni buys Sumitomo's Asia pharma biz for ¥45 B

Japan-based Marubeni Corporation has concluded a Share Purchase Agreement with Sumitomo Pharma Co. to acquire shares in ...

April 7, 2025 | Monday | News
Astellas pushes translational and clinical oncology research in Japan

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelera...

April 4, 2025 | Friday | News
Mitsubishi builds new, rental-lab-type R&D facility in Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster in Japan

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Mitsubishi Corporation Urban Development (MCUD), and iPark Institute Co. (iPi) have announc...

April 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Shin-Etsu Chemical to invest ¥10 B in pharma cellulose biz in Japan and Europe

Shin-Etsu Chemical will make investments at two of its bases, the subsidiary SE Tylose GmbH & Co. KG (Wiesbaden...

April 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
Shionogi inks commercial deal for Cefiderocol in Australia and New Zealand

Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co. has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Link Medical P...

April 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
NUS expands startup hub in Tokyo to propel deep tech innovation

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), is expanding its presence in Japa...

April 1, 2025 | Tuesday | News
SNBL and Tasso establish Joint Venture in Japan to distribute on-demand blood collection device

Japan's Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (SNBL) and Tasso, Inc., the Seattle-based leading provider of patient-centri...

March 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Alumis and Kaken Pharma announce collaboration worth $140 M for dermatology treatment in Japan

Alumis Inc., a US-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and Japan's Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. have entered into ...

March 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
US-based Alamar Biosciences expands commercial support in Asia Pacific region

Alamar Biosciences, a US-based company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, has an...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's Taiho Pharma buys ADC firm Araris Biotech for $740 M

Japan-based Taiho Pharmaceutical and Araris Biotech AG, a Swiss biotechnology company developing next-generation antibod...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's GHIT invests $11.4 M for treatment of neglected tropical diseases

Japan's Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 1.7 b...

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
ABL Diagnostics partners with Riken Genesis to expand microbiology genotyping in Japan

ABL Diagnostics, a Euronext-listed leader in molecular diagnostics, has announced an exclusive distribution agreement wi...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Murata announces production of world's first metal cell fractionation filter

Japan-based Murata Manufacturing Co. has successfully commercialised and mass produced "CELLNETTA," the world’s fi...

March 17, 2025 | Monday | News
CII partners with SMRJ to host business meetings for medtech companies in India and Japan

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is partnering with Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regio...

March 14, 2025 | Friday | News
ENCell signs MoU with Cell Resources Corp to pave way for market entry in Japan

ENCell Co., Ltd., a South Korean biotech company specialising in advanced biopharmaceutical contract development and man...

March 14, 2025 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo and Nosis Biosciences partner to advance RNA medicines

US-based Nosis Biosciences, an AI-driven biotechnology company specialising in RNA therapeutics for challenging cell typ...

March 13, 2025 | Thursday | News