Japan News
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Japan | News | 0 Comment | 11 Mar, 2019
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced results from the Phase 3b head-to-head VARSITY study which demonstrated that the gut-selective biologic vedolizumab (Entyvio) was superio...Read more
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Akili, Shionogi to develop digital therapeutics in key Asian markets
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 11 Mar, 2019
Akili Interactive, digital medicine company creating prescription treatments for people living with cognitive dysfunction and brain-related conditions, and Shionogi & Co., a major resea...Read more
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Santen to raise disease awareness during World Glaucoma Week
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 08 Mar, 2019
Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Santen) announced on March 8 that as part of its initiatives to increase public awareness of glaucoma, it will sponsor activities to be conducted ...Read more
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Eisai submits marketing authorization application for Insomnia drug
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 07 Mar, 2019
Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that a marketing authorization application has been submitted in Japan for lemborexant, an investigational agent for sleep-wake regulation, seeking approval fo...Read more
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Study: Inflammation in the brain enhances the side-effects of hypnotic medication
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 06 Mar, 2019
In a study recently published in the European Journal of Pharmacology researchers at Okayama University show how the presence of inflammation in the brain can increase its sensiti...Read more
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Scientists develop stem cell-derived kidney tubules in microfluidic chips
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 06 Mar, 2019
Scientists from the Hubrecht Institute, the University of Utrecht, and MIMETAS have successfully grown kidney tubules derived from human kidney adult stem cells in microfluidic chips. Henr...Read more
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Avita Medical to commercialize wounds treatment device in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 07 Mar, 2019
Australia based AVITA Medical, regenerative medicine company, announced that it has collaborated with COSMOTEC, an M3 Group company, to market and distribute the RECELL® Autologous Cell...Read more
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Novo Nordisk, Health2Sync collaborate for digital diabetes management
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 05 Mar, 2019
Health2Sync and Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd. are partnering in Japan to support digital diabetes management and facilitate communication between diabetics and healthcare providers. La...Read more
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Sagent Pharma acquires Raleigh manufacturing site
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 05 Mar, 2019
Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical and Sagent Pharmaceuticals, a Nichi-Iko Group Company, a leader of specialty pharmaceutical products with an emphasis on the injectable market, has announced that S...Read more
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AGC completes acquisition of Malgrat Pharma Chemicals
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 04 Mar, 2019
Tokyo based AGC Inc. has announced on March 4 the completion of its acquisition of Spain's synthetic pharmaceutical active ingredient manufacturer, Malgrat Pharma Chemic...Read more
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Thermo Fisher’s oncomine test receives expanded approval
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 01 Mar, 2019
Thermo Fisher Scientific recently announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan's regulatory agency, has granted expanded approval to the Oncomine Dx Target Test C...Read more
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CAC and rfxcel announce partnership for Pharmaceutical Traceability
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 28 Feb, 2019
CAC Corporation has signed a partnership agreement with rfxcel Corporation in the pharmaceutical traceability field. From now on, CAC, as a distributor of rfxcel, will sell its produc...Read more
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Eisai receives approval for an additional indication of HUMIRA
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 25 Feb, 2019
AbbVie and Eisai have announced that they have received approval for an additional indication of HUMIRA®, a fully human anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody for the treatment of hidrade...Read more
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Japan second fastest pharma growth in 2019- CPhI Report
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2019
The Japanese pharma market is expected to grow quickly in 2019 following the release of a new report published ahead of CPhI Japan 2019. The trade exhibition (18-20 March, 2019) will open ...Read more
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Sosei Heptares initiates new clinical development programme
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 22 Feb, 2019
Sosei Group Corporation, has announced that the first healthy subject has been dosed with a novel small molecule HTL0030310 in a Phase I clinical study, marking the start of a new in-house ...Read more
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Generex Biotechnology Subsidiary granted approval for ECM hydrogel
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2019
Generex Biotechnology has announced that the company’s subsidiary Regentys Corporation, a clinical stage regenerative medicine company focused on the treatment of inflammatory bowel d...Read more
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KCI launches ABTHERA Therapy in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2019
KCI, an Acelity Company, recently announced the launch of ABTHERA™ Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy in Japan, expanding access to the Company’s surgical portfolio in the c...Read more
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Fujitsu launches healthcare personal service platform
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 14 Feb, 2019
Fujitsu has announced the development of Fujitsu Healthcare Solution Healthcare Personal service Platform, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for the integrated management of consumer-facing of...Read more
