Japan News
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Takeda announces Andrey Potapov as ICMEA Area Head
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 30 Apr, 2019
Global biopharmaceutical company Takeda announced Andrey Potapov as its Area Head for India, CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States), the Middle East including Turkey, and Africa (ICME...Read more
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Japanese scientists reveal potential of technology to detect cancer
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 29 Apr, 2019
Researchers at Okayama University in Japan have reported in the journal Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical that terahertz radiation can be used to rapidly detect makers for breast-cancer cel...Read more
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Santen, Glaukos collaborate for exclusive distribution of the MicroShunt in the U.S.
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2019
Santen and Glaukos have announced that Santen’s U.S. subsidiary, Santen Inc., has entered into a multi-year agreement whereby Glaukos will become the exclusive distributor of the Micr...Read more
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Daiichi selects oncology candidate built on Zymeworks’ Bispecific platform
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2019
Zymeworks Inc. a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional biotherapeutics, and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (“Daiichi Sankyo”) announced that, the ...Read more
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Daiichi Sankyo sells Its Nihonbashi building in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2019
Daiichi Sankyo Company LTD. (Daiichi Sankyo), dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative pharmaceutical products, announced that it has sold its wholly owned Nihonbashi Building loc...Read more
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Salix partners with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to market IBD drug
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2019
Salix Pharmaceuticals ("Salix"), one of the largest specialty pharmaceutical companies in the world committed to the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, and a wholly owne...Read more
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Velabs collaborates with Chiome for GPCR-Specific functional antibody screening
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2019
Velabs Therapeutics, specializing in the fast generation of functional therapeutic antibodies, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Chiome Bioscience, Inc., Tokyo, to jointl...Read more
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LifeArc licenses lead stage molecules to Daiichi Sankyo
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2019
LifeArc, one of the UK’s leading medical research charities, has signed a deal to license an ion channel drug discovery programme to Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited. Small molecules,...Read more
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Eisai selected as a Competitive IT Strategy Company 2019
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2019
Eisai Co has been selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) as a Competitive IT Strategy Company 2019 as a company that is engag...Read more
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ACT Genomics to provide cancer genomic profiling service
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 21 Apr, 2019
ACTmed, a joint venture between Canon Medical Systems Corporation and ACT Genomics, has established an analysis laboratory named "Shonan iPark Laboratory" in "Shonan Health Innovation Park"...Read more
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Nagasaki University, NEC initiate program on Global Health
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 18 Apr, 2019
Nagasaki University and NEC Corporation have established a program on global health & biometric authentication with Nagasaki University's Graduate School of Tropical Medicine and Global...Read more
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Japan | News | 0 Comment | 17 Apr, 2019
Investigations of 'quantum dots' for looking deeply into body tissues are rapidly evolving, but more work is required to ensure they are safe, according to a review published in the journal...Read more
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Fujifilm and Kyoto University jointly developed AI-based diagnostic support technology
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2019
FUJIFILM and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University (Professor Toyohiro Hirai) have succeeded in jointly developing technology that uses artificia...Read more
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Permobil to launch its new F-Series in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2019
Permobil, a global leader in advanced rehabilitation technology, has updated its successful modular front wheel drive chair with new functions for improved body support and comfort, mo...Read more
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Daiichi Sankyo launches Tarlige Tablets for pain treatment in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 15 Apr, 2019
Daiichi Sankyo has announced the launch of Tarlige® Tablets 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg (generic name: mirogabalin besilate; hereafter, the drug) for the treatment of pain in Japan....Read more
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Shionogi licenses Symproic to BioDelivery Sciences International Inc.
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 11 Apr, 2019
Shionogi, Japanese major research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing benefits to patients has announced that BioDelivery Sciences International, a rapidly gr...Read more
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Kaken Pharma, HitGen to develop a novel class of drugs
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 12 Apr, 2019
HitGen has announced that HitGen Inc. and Kaken Pharmaceutical have entered into a license agreement to develop a novel class of drugs. The licensed compounds were identified using Hit...Read more
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EdiGene raises $15 M in Series B funding
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 11 Apr, 2019
EdiGENE, an emerging biotechnology company developing new CRISPR based therapies for the treatment of genetic disorders has announced that it has raised 1.6 Billion-yen (approx. $15 Million...Read more
