German tech firm adesso and Hitachi Digital Services announce global partnership

German technology consulting and IT services company adesso SE and Japan-based Hitachi Digital Services have announ...

August 14, 2026 | Friday | News
Chugai and UCSF establish master collaboration agreement for drug discovery research

Japan-based Chugai Pharmaceutical and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have entere...

August 11, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Zuellig Pharma’s John Graham on strengthening medicine authenticity across Asia

Counterfeit and unauthorised healthcare products remain a persistent risk across Asia, particularly where fragmented dis...

August 5, 2026 | Wednesday | Opinion
Japan's Fujifilm and Taiho Pharma join hands to develop next-generation ADC manufacturing technologies

Fujifilm Corporation and Taiho Pharmaceutical have entered into a strategic partnership agreement for the development of...

August 5, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Monash University, Fujitsu and CSIRO unite to advance Australia's quantum research capability

The collaboration between Monash, Australia’s largest university, leading Japanese information technology company ...

August 4, 2026 | Tuesday | News
“Japan needs a deeper base of specialist healthcare investors”

J-Pharma has built its pipeline around amino acid transporter (LAT1)-targeted therapies. What was the vision behind this...

August 1, 2026 | Saturday | Opinion
Ember LifeSciences and Alfresa Corp to improve quality of pharmaceutical cold chain in Japan

Ember LifeSciences, Inc. has entered into a capital and business alliance with Alfresa Corporation, a subsidiary of Alfr...

August 1, 2026 | Saturday | News
Ono Pharmaceutical partners with Phylo to embed agentic AI with every discovery scientist

Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical and US-based Phylo, Inc. have announced a collaboration that brings Biomni Lab, Phylo's a...

July 30, 2026 | Thursday | News
Nippon Kayaku and Celltrion Healthcare Japan join hands for stable supply of biopharmaceuticals

Nippon Kayaku and Celltrion Healthcare Japan K.K. have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Compreh...

July 29, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Boston Scientific highlights pulsed field ablation’s growing role in APAC atrial fibrillation care

A growing burden demands a new approach Cardiac ablation treats AFib by targeting heart cells that send erratic signals...

July 28, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu releases GCMS-TQ RX Series Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has announced the release of the GCMS-TQ8040 RX and GCMS-TQ8050 RX gas chromatogra...

July 27, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's GHIT Fund injects approx. JPY 140 M in portable rapid diagnostic system for Ebola Disease

Japan's Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced an investment of JPY 140 million (approximately $8...

July 24, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Kyoto University partners with BostonGene to advance biomarker discovery for combination immunotherapy

US-based BostonGene, the developer of the leading AI model for tumour and immune biology, has announced a strategic...

July 23, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's JCR Pharma receives marketing authorisation in UAE for IZCARGO to treat Hunter Syndrome

JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., a global specialty biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing therapies for rare and gen...

July 22, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japanese startup Rege Nephro secures $10.6 M to expand kidney disease pipeline

Rege Nephro, a clinical-stage biotechnology startup focused on induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-based kidney regenera...

July 21, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Galderma launches Alastin® in Japan and key markets across Asia Pacific

Galderma has announced the launch of Alastin – its premium regenerative skincare brand – across the JPAC reg...

July 20, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's DNP to acquire Kyowa Pharma Chemical in CDMO expansion

Japan-based Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Kyowa Pharma Chemical, an act...

July 17, 2026 | Friday | Company results
Japan's GHIT injects $18 M in Malaria, Tuberculosis and NTD R&D projects

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 2.86 billion (...

July 16, 2026 | Thursday | News
Boostimmune secures Japanese patent for sequence-independent TCTP antibody technology

South Korea-based startup Boostimmune has secured a Japanese patent covering technology that uses antibodies to inhibit ...

July 14, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Shimadzu buys Tescan as wholly owned subsidiary for $711 M

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has completed the acquisition of all shares of Glass HoldCo s.r.o., which indirectly ho...

July 13, 2026 | Monday | News
Godavari Biorefineries secures Japanese patent for advanced stem-cell targeted anti-cancer molecule

India's Godavari Biorefineries has been granted a patent by the Japan Patent Office for its breakthrough invention, "5-H...

July 9, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's Tanabe sells Pharma Factory to Towa Pharmaceutical

Japan-based Tanabe Pharma has decided to transfer the domestic manufacturing and marketing approvals, manufacturing and ...

July 8, 2026 | Wednesday | News
REPROCELL seeks Japan approval for stem cell therapy in spinocerebellar ataxia

REPROCELL has submitted an application for manufacturing and marketing approval in Japan for Stemchymal, a regenerative ...

July 6, 2026 | Monday | News
UCL and Eisai renew partnership to accelerate treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

University College London (UCL) and Japanese pharma firm Eisai have signed a new agreement to extend their long-standing...

July 6, 2026 | Monday | News
Insilico Medicine inks deal worth $600 M with Takeda to advance strategic AI drug discovery

Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine, a leader in clinical-stage generative AI for drug discovery, has announced a strategi...

July 3, 2026 | Friday | News