Japan's Sumitomo Pharma takes license to CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio from ERS Genomics

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Apr, 2022

ERS Genomics Limited has confirmed the finalization of a license agreement with Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. ("Sumitomo Pha...Read more

Softbank invests in Japanese startup AI Medical Service Inc

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Apr, 2022

Japan-based startup AI Medical Service Inc. (AIM) has announced 8 billion JPY (US$70 million) of financing led by SoftBa...Read more

University of Tokyo, Astellas further advance development of innovative medicines

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Apr, 2022

The University of Tokyo and Astellas Pharma Inc., in Japan, have entered the second phase of their collaboration for co-...Read more

Ubie, Japanese HealthTech Startup, launches AI-powered symptom checker in the US

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2022

Ubie, Inc., a healthcare AI startup with the mission "To develop a healthcare guide for everyone," has launched in the U...Read more

Japan's Asahi Kasei Medical to acquire US-based CDMO Bionova Scientific

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Apr, 2022

Japan-based Asahi Kasei Medical has concluded an agreement through a US subsidiary to wholly acquire Bionova S...Read more

Japan offers early detection of dementia using AI vocal biomarkers

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Apr, 2022

US-based Canary Speech has announced a collaboration with SMK and Japan's National Cerebral and Cardiovascular...Read more

Pangaea Data joins AstraZeneca Japan’s Healthcare Innovation Network

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Apr, 2022

Pangaea Data, headquartered in London with offices in San Francisco and Hong Kong, is now a member of Innovati...Read more

Japan approves Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine for primary and booster immunisation

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Apr, 2022

Takeda Pharma has received manufacturing and marketing approval from the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (M...Read more

Japan's Kaneka releases new PCR detection kits for Omicron and Occult Omicron variants

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Apr, 2022

Japan-based Kaneka Corporation has released a product that can simultaneously detect COVID-19 - Real-time PCR detection ...Read more

Japan's PHC receives first EU-MDR certification

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Apr, 2022

The In Vitro Diagnostics Division of PHC Corporation, a provider of medical devices and diagnostics, has received Europe...Read more

Japan develops photocatalyst for antiviral coating against COVID-19

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Apr, 2022

The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has affected millions of people world...Read more

Japan's Fujifilm announces positive results of AI-based study on Alzheimer's detection

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Apr, 2022

Japan-based FUJIFILM Corporation and National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry have announced positive study results o...Read more

Takeda partners with Engitix to to develop new anti-fibrotic therapies

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Apr, 2022

UK's Engitix, a biotechnology company developing a portfolio of programmes in fibrosis and solid tumours using its propr...Read more

Mitsui partners with TriNetX to expand global research network in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Apr, 2022

Mitsui, the global network of healthcare organizations driving real-world research to accelerate the development of new ...Read more

Osaka University, Shimadzu, SIGMAXYZ collaborate for 3D bioprinting in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Apr, 2022

Japan-based National University Corporation Osaka University, Shimadzu Corporation, and SIGMAXYZ Inc. have signed an agr...Read more

Ardelyx and Kyowa Kirin amend license agreement for Tenapanor

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Apr, 2022

US' Ardelyx, has reached an agreement with its Japanese collaboration partner, Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd., to amend the licens...Read more

Japan's Takeda teams up with Evozyne to develop next-gen gene therapies

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Apr, 2022

US-based Evozyne, Inc., an adaptive biology company pioneering evolution-based design of proteins, founded by Paragon Bi...Read more

PENTAX Medical appoints Dr Klaus Mergener as Chief Medical Officer

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Apr, 2022

Japan's PENTAX Medical, a division of HOYA Group, has announced the appointment of Dr Klaus Mergener to the po...Read more