Japan News
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Daiichi seeks approval of Topotecin use in children
Japan | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 09 Nov, 2012
Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo has submitted a supplemental new drug application to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Wel...Read more
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Astellas invests $140 mn on expansion in the US
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 07 Jun, 2012
Singapore: Tokyo-based Astellas, a pharmaceutical company, is investing $140 million to locate its headquarters for the ...Read more
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Google, Facebook, Apple launch 'Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences'
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Mr Sergey Brin (computer scientist and co-founder of Google), Ms Anne Wojcicki (American biologist, co-founde...Read more
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New R&D center to advance rice research in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 10 Jun, 2013
Singapore: The agriculture ministry of Japan will set up a center to develop rice strains, using genetic studies, that a...Read more
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Daiichi, Ranbaxy promote generics in Brazil
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 Apr, 2013
New Delhi: Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy will work in synergy in Brazil to expand the business of both companies in the cou...Read more
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Japan medtech firm signs $9 mn deal with A*Star
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2013
Singapore: Japan's technology company, Arkray is investing $9.1 million over a five-year period in a research venture an...Read more
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Fujifilm opens new lens factory in Philippines
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2013
Singapore: Fujifilm Corporation has started full-scale operation of Fujifilm Optics Philippines in Laguna. The new compa...Read more
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Daiichi Sankyo, National Cancer Center enter research alliance
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 23 May, 2012
Singapore: National Cancer Center of Japan and pharma company Daiichi Sankyo have agreed to form a comprehensive resear...Read more
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Phospagenics, Nippon Zoki to develop pain drug
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 02 Apr, 2013
Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics has extended its collaboration with its high calib...Read more
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Japan's BIOtech 2013 witnesses 10,362 visitors
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2013
Singapore: BIOtech 2013 in Japan, which is one-of-the-largest bio events in Asia, concluded successfully. The event was ...Read more
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Mystic gets Japan, China patent nod for containers
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 03 Oct, 2013
Singapore: Mystic Pharmaceuticals, US, received key notices of allowance from Asian patent offices in the company's ong...Read more
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Century Medical gets Japanese nod for Glider catheter
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 22 Apr, 2013
‎Singapore: TriReme Medical's Japanese partner, Century Medical, has received Shonin approval for Glider PTCA cath...Read more
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Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential
Japan | Analysis | By Piyusha Chatterjee | 0 Comment | 31 Jan, 2013
The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...Read more
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Ariad begins phase I/II trial of ponatinib in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 23 Aug, 2012
Singapore: Ariad Pharmaceuticals, an emerging global oncology company focused on discovery, development and commercializ...Read more
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Eisai gets 6 months US exclusivity for Aciphex
Japan | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 12 Dec, 2012
Singapore: Eisai has been able to meet the US FDA's written request requirements for pediatric exclusivity for Aciphex ...Read more
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Abbott starts Absorb Japan trial in CAD patients
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2013
Singapore: Abbott announced that it has initiated the Absorb Japan randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the ...Read more
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Chugai seeks nod for breast cancer drug in Japan
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 01 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Japanese multinational Chugai Pharmaceutical has filed a new drug application to the Ministry of Health, Labo...Read more
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Japanese stem cell researcher wins 2012 Nobel in medicine
Japan | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2012
Singapore: Dr Shinya Yamanaka, director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, ha...Read more
