Limaca Medical and HekaBio announce partnership

Limaca Medical and HekaBio K.K. have inked a strategic partnership agreement, whereby HekaBio is to distribute Lima...

May 17, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japanese life science research market secures Protein Footprinting Products

GenNext Technologies, Inc. (GenNext), in partnership with Kiko Tech Co., Ltd., will provide Flash Oxidation (Fox&tr...

May 17, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japanese firms initiate joint research on next-gen IT drug discovery technology

Japan-based Fujitsu and RIKEN have launched a joint research project on next-generation IT drug discovery technology uti...

May 17, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Novo Holdings, Shionogi offer treatment for invasive fungal infections in Europe and Asia

Novo Holdings has announced that its portfolio company F2G has entered into a strategic collaboration with Japan-based S...

May 16, 2022 | Monday | News
Crown Bioscience to provide preclinical and translational services in Japan

US-based Crown Bioscience and Medical & Biological Laboratories (MBL), JSR Life Sciences companies, have announced t...

May 12, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan-based Hitachi advances molecular diagnostics and precision medicine

Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, has entered into a strategic partnership with In...

May 10, 2022 | Tuesday | News
ExoCoBio receives Japanese patent for alleviating dermatitis with exosome-based medicines

ExoCoBio Inc. has received from Japanese Patent Office the patent which claims that stem cell-derived exosome is proved ...

May 9, 2022 | Monday | News
CureApp receives world-first approval of digital therapeutic app for hypertension

Japan's CureApp has received the medical device regulatory approval of an digital therapeutic (DTx) app for hypertension...

May 6, 2022 | Friday | News
Aurion Biotech raises $120 million

Aurion Biotech, whose mission is to restore vision to millions of patients with its life-changing regenerative therapies...

May 5, 2022 | Thursday | News
Jazz Pharma and Sumitomo Pharma to develop therapies for sleep disorders

Ireland-based Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Sumitomo Pharma Co. in Japan, have entered into an exclusive licensing agree...

May 5, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japanese population projected to live longer without dementia: Study

A new detailed microsimulation, using a database of 40 million people, has examined the future of Japan’s aging po...

May 4, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Incyte and Maruho lay focus on inflammatory dermatologic diseases in Japan

Incyte and Maruho Co., Ltd. have announced that the companies have entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement for the d...

May 3, 2022 | Tuesday | News
ViGeneron, Daiichi Sankyo to develop novel gene therapy for prevalent eye diseases

ViGeneron GmbH, a next-generation gene therapy company, has announced a follow-on collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Comp...

April 29, 2022 | Friday | News
Healion Bio, FUJIFILM Toyama co-explore promising COVID-19 oral antiviral drug

Healion Bio, a closely held biotechnology company, has announced a collaborative agreement to research a combination ant...

April 29, 2022 | Friday | News
Japan deploys AI technology for detecting pancreatic cancer

Fujitsu and the Southern Tohoku General Hospital have announced the launch of a joint research project with Fujitsu Japa...

April 29, 2022 | Friday | News
Shionogi’s COVID-19 antiviral drug shows rapid virus clearance

Japan-based Shionogi & Co., Ltd. announced new results from two late-breaking presentations of S-217622 at the 32nd ...

April 28, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan's Sumitomo Pharma takes license to CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio from ERS Genomics

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

April 28, 2022 | Thursday | News
Softbank invests in Japanese startup AI Medical Service Inc

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

April 27, 2022 | Wednesday | News