Japan pledges $130M to support global access to COVID-19 vaccines

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Oct, 2020

The global effort to ensure equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines received a boost with the announcement of a maj...Read more

BioNTech, Pfizer to initiate Ph 1/2 trial of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine candidate in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Oct, 2020

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE on 21 Oct 2020 announced the start of a Phase 1/2 study in Japan for their BN...Read more

Astellas to present new roxadustat data in anemia of CKD at ASN kidney week

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Oct, 2020

Japan-based Astellas Pharma Inc. (Astellas) has announced that in collaboration with FibroGen and AstraZeneca, 42 roxadu...Read more

Fujifilm includes additional indication for COVID-19 drug

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Oct, 2020

Japanese firm FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. has announced that the company filed an Application for Partial Changes...Read more

Pediatric indication for partial-onset seizures accepted in China

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Oct, 2020

Eisai Co., Ltd. on 16 Oct 2020 announced that the supplementary new drug applications for its in-house discovered and de...Read more

SK Biopharma takes anti-seizure medication to Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Oct, 2020

SK Biopharmaceuticals in South Korea and Japanese firm Ono Pharmaceutical announced that they have entered into an exclu...Read more

Astellas, Seagen announce positive results in Ph 2 pivotal trial of PADCEV

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Oct, 2020

Japan-based Astellas Pharma Inc. and Seagen Inc. in the US have announced positive topline results from the second cohor...Read more

Takeda accelerates digital transformation with Accenture and AWS

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Oct, 2020

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical has entered into a five-year strategic agreement with Accenture and Amazon Web Servi...Read more

Olympus launches ENDO-AID, an AI-powered platform for Its endoscopy system

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Oct, 2020

Olympus Corporation has announced the launch of ENDO-AID, a cutting-edge platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI...Read more

Eisai collaborates with University of Tokyo for protein degradation drug discovery

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Oct, 2020

The University of Tokyo and Eisai Co., Ltd. have announced a collaboration aiming for the development and drug discovery...Read more

Fast-tracking innovation and transformative care to patients

Japan |  Opinion | 0 Comment | 09 Oct, 2020

The present pandemic scenarios are continuing to place immense pressure on healthcare systems across Asia Pacific (APAC)...Read more

Takeda inks deal worth $1.04B with Arrowhead for liver disease therapy

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Oct, 2020

Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the US have announced a...Read more

Santen, Orbis to tackle increasing burden of eye diseases in Asia

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Oct, 2020

Japanese firm Santen Pharmaceutical and Orbis International in the US have announced a long-term, ten-year partnership t...Read more

Transgene, NEC, BostonGene collaborate for ovarian and head & neck cancers trials

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Oct, 2020

Transgene, a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, a leader...Read more

Nagase increases rare amino acid productivity using Smart Cell technology

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2020

The Nagase R&D Center, the research and development arm of NAGASE & CO., LTD. based in Tokyo, has been deve...Read more

Eisai to involve jointly in COVID-19 drug discovery utilizing Eritoran and E6011

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Oct, 2020

Japan's Eisai has entered into a joint research agreement with four research organizations (KAN Research Institute, Nati...Read more

Japan invents novel tool to alter gene activity in stem cells

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Oct, 2020

Researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Tokai University i...Read more

Shionogi partners with HanaVax for pneumonia vaccine candidate

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Oct, 2020

Shionogi & Co. and HanaVax Inc., both based in Japan, have announced they have entered into a license agreement for ...Read more