Daiichi Sankyo and Merck ink $170 M deal to commercialise cancer drug

Japan-based pharma firm Daiichi Sankyo and global life sciences company Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States...

August 8, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japanese medtech firm Terumo establishes corporate venture capital to support innovation

Japan-based Terumo Corporation has established Terumo Ventures, a Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) organisation responsib...

August 6, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Otsuka Pharma acquires American biotech startup Jnana Therapeutics for $1.1 B

Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Jnana Therapeutics Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement ...

August 5, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's pharma firm Kyowa Kirin announces sustainable biz strategy for APAC region

Kyowa Kirin Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Kyowa Kirin Co., has announced plans to transform its...

August 2, 2024 | Friday | News
Biogen, Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio to develop new tests for tau pathology in Alzheimer’s

Biogen Inc., Beckman Coulter, Inc. (both based in the US) and Japan-based Fujirebio have announced a collaboration to po...

July 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca partners with Japanese startup United Immunity for drug delivery tech research

AstraZeneca K.K. and United Immunity have signed an agreement for joint research on next-generation lipid nanoparticles ...

July 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Merck inks MoU with Japanese biotech startup Gene Therapy Research Institution

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gene Th...

July 26, 2024 | Friday | News
Eisai and EcoNaviSta to build dementia ecosystem in Japan

Japanese firms Eisai Co. and EcoNaviSta Inc. have entered into a business alliance agreement and commenced collaboration...

July 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
Japan-based Fujifilm expands health screening service business in Mongolia

Japan-headquartered Fujifilm Corporation has announced the opening of a new NURA health screening centre focusing on...

July 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Eisai partners with Sato Pharma to commercialise anti-fungal agent fosravuconazole in Asia, Oceania

Japan-headquartered pharma firm Eisai Co. has entered into a license agreement regarding the development and commerciali...

July 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Astellas and Osaka University to develop pluripotent stem cell-derived cartilage organoid cell therapy in Japan

Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma Inc. and Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University ha...

July 22, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's Nipro Corp invests $398 M into new medical device manufacturing facility in US

Nipro Medical Corporation, a subsidiary of Japan headquartered Nipro Corporation, has announced its significant expansio...

July 18, 2024 | Thursday | News
Researchers from Japan discover new enzyme with promising antibacterial activity

Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is a medical condition that occurs when donor immune cells attack the recipient'...

July 15, 2024 | Monday | News
Shimadzu partners with Tescan Group to launch Scanning Electron Microscopes in Japan

Shimadzu Corporation has concluded a business partnership agreement with Tescan Group, a leading manufacturer of scannin...

July 12, 2024 | Friday | News
Mitsubishi to promote Moderna's mRNA respiratory vaccine portfolio in Japan

Moderna, Inc. and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation  have entered into a joint agreement regarding the co-promot...

July 10, 2024 | Wednesday | News
TMS partners with Hokkaido University in Japan to develop treatment for spinal cord injury

TMS Co. has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Hokkaido University concerning a therapeuti...

July 9, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu, Shionogi unveil international wastewater-based epidemiology lab at University of Tokyo, Japan

The School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Shimadzu Corporation and Shionogi & Co. have established the Lab...

July 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Japan's Eisai terminates ADC manufacturing pact with BMS

Japan-based pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co. has agreed to end its global strategic collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb...

July 3, 2024 | Wednesday | News

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