Fujifilm initiates new Ph III trial of Avigan for COVID-19 treatment in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Apr, 2021

FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical has announced the initiation of a new phase III clinical trial in Japan concerning its anti-inf...Read more

Japan's Terumo boosts global plasma collection and delivery platform with CSL

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Apr, 2021

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies and CSL Plasma announced a collaboration to deliver a new plasma collection platform ...Read more

ITOCHU to launch biomass power generation business in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Apr, 2021

ITOCHU Corporation announced on April 15, 2021, that it has made a decision to establish Hyuga Biomass Power G...Read more

Japanese–European research team discovers novel genetic mitochondrial disorder

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Apr, 2021

Japanese-European team of scientists, including researchers from Fujita Health University, describe mutations in the&n...Read more

Japan boosts native life science biz via virtual access for global audience

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2021

Japan's pioneering life science organizations seeking to navigate Japanese market entry gained a new pathway. Shonan Hea...Read more

Japan invents novel cell therapy for type I diabetes mellitus

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2021

Researchers from The University of Tokyo have developed a novel device for the safe and effective long-term transplant...Read more

Japanese NHI price listing triggers $15 M milestone payment to BioCryst

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Apr, 2021

US based BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that the Japanese National Health Insurance System (NHI) has appro...Read more

Thermo Fisher Amplitude Solution receives EUA from FDA

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Apr, 2021

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced on April 12, 2021 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has grant...Read more

L Catterton announces JPY 20 B investment in healthcare firm PHC Holdings

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Apr, 2021

L Catterton, US based consumer-focused private equity firm, has announced an investment of JPY 20 billion into PHC ...Read more

Remiges Ventures launches new life science incubator

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Apr, 2021

Remiges Ventures, a US-based cross-border venture capital firm with offices in Seattle, WA and Tokyo, Jap...Read more

Hitachi uses digital technology for creation of next-generation biopharmaceuticals

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Apr, 2021

Hitachi, Ltd. and Axcelead, Inc. have announced that they have agreed on a comprehensive collaborative partnership to de...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo starts Ph 1 Trial for Nafamostat Inhalation Formulation to treat COVID-19

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Apr, 2021

Daiichi Sankyo, based in Japan, has announced that it has initiated in Japan a first-in-human phase 1 trial for nafamost...Read more

Japanese medical VR company Jolly Good to develop digital therapeutics

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Apr, 2021

Leading Japanese medical VR company Jolly Good Inc. has recently established a specialized DTx Division to develop digit...Read more

Fujifilm launches mutation detection kits for SARS-CoV-2

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Apr, 2021

Japan based firm FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation has announced the launch of the “N501Y mutation detection...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo incurs 15 B yen loss after terminating vaccine biz with Sanofi

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Apr, 2021

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. has announced that it will terminate its marketing alliance agreement for the Squarekids&re...Read more

Japan holds AI-based nursing record support system demo

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Apr, 2021

Social  Welfare Organization Saiseikai Branch Tochigi Prefecture Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital in Utsunom...Read more

KYORIN, Eisai to develop & market drug for overactive bladder treatment in 4 ASEAN countries

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Mar, 2021

Japanese firms KYORIN Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of KYORIN Holdings, Inc., and Eisai Co., Ltd. have entered into a lic...Read more

Toyoda Gosei invests in medical device development startup

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Mar, 2021

Toyoda Gosei, a Japanese manufacturer of rubber and plastic automotive components and LEDs, has invested in Genial ...Read more