Luye Pharma submits its Parkinson’s drug for clinical trial approval

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2018

Luye Pharma announced that its new investigational drug, Rotigotine Extended Release Microspheres for Injection (LY03003) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease has been submitted to the ...Read more

GHIT Fund to invest $4.6M for new projects on drug development

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2018

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total of 520 million yen ($4.6 million) to support four partnerships to develop new lifesaving drugs and vaccines for mal...Read more

Eisai, Takeda and GARDP sign pact to develop novel antibiotics

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2018

The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), Eisai Co., Ltd. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited have signed an agreement for GARDP to access and screen compone...Read more

HitGen, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma ink deal to foster drug discovery

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Dec, 2018

China-based HitGen announced that the company has entered into a drug discovery research collaboration with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation to identify novel small molecule leads for t...Read more

Mundipharma to distribute Norspan in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Dec, 2018

Mundipharma and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical have agreed that Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical will end distribution of dermally absorbed buprenorphine adhesive agent Norspan Tape (buprenorphine) ...Read more

Cabinet approves MoU between India, Japan for Healthcare and Wellness

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Dec, 2018

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today has given its ex-post facto approval on the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between India and Japan in the field of Heal...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo shows updated Phase 1 Data for U3-1402 in cancer patient

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2018

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced that updated efficacy and safety results from the ongoing phase 1/2 study of U3-1402, an investigational and potential first-in-class HER...Read more

AGC enters agreement to acquire Malgrat Pharma

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Dec, 2018

AGC Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire Malgrat Pharma C...Read more

VSee Telehealth launches in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Dec, 2018

VSee, the telehealth company behind NASA International Space Station, Walgreens, MDLIVE, DaVita, Trinity, Ascension and 1200+ clients, has launched in Japan with great promise. It won 1st p...Read more

Researchers develop platelets in lab

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Nov, 2018

Researchers have developed a way to grow human platelets in the laboratory from stem cells derived from fat tissue. These manufactured platelets could eventually reduce the reliance on dona...Read more

Sun Pharma acquires Japan's Pola Pharma

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2018

Sun Pharmaceutical, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pola Pharma Inc. (“Pola Pharma”), a Japanese pharmaceutical company engaged in ...Read more

AminoIndex risk screening: Catching cancer before it starts

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2018

Singapore - The fact that Japanese people have the longest lifespan in the world—and that they live healthier well into old age—is well documented. In fact, it was one of the fo...Read more

Ono files for approval of ONO-7643 in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2018

Ono Pharmaceutical  announced today that ONO has submitted in Japan an application for manufacturing and marketing approval of anamorelin hydrochloride (ONO-7643) (“Anamorelin&rd...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo launches Trastuzumab Biosimilar in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2018

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has launched the antitumor agent trastuzumab Biosimilar for intravenous drip infusions 60 mg and 150 mg “Daiichi Sankyo” in Japan. The product i...Read more

Sysmex, MolecularMD commence global partnership

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2018

Sysmex Corporation, a Japanese in vitro diagnostics company, and MolecularMD Corporation, a US based molecular diagnostics company, have announced a master collaboration agreement targeting...Read more

EC Approves Takeda’s ALUNBRIG for ALK+ Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Nov, 2018

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for ALUNBRIG (brigatinib) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patie...Read more

Eisai to present new research on Eribulin at SABC Symposium

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2018

Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that the latest information on its in-house discovered and developed anticancer agent eribulin mesylate (halichondrin class microtubule dynamics inhibitor, pro...Read more

Mitsui invests in Indian healthcare platform biz

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2018

Mitsui & Co. ("Mitsui") on November 21, 2018, acquired a stake in GOQii Inc. ("GOQii"), a business providing a preventive healthcare platform through a wearable device and smartphone ap...Read more