Fujifilm terminates ph III enrolment for Avigan drug trial in Japan due to omicron variant

Fujifilm Toyama Chemical Co. has announced a pause in enrollment, as of the end of March, in the currently ongoing phase...

March 15, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Innovations in APAC have become cornerstone of future development of IVD

PerkinElmer has made a number of acquisitions in life sciences and diagnostics as well as R&D investments with accel...

March 15, 2022 | Tuesday | Opinion
Japan approves Guardant Health's liquid biopsy test for tumour mutation profiling

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan has granted regulatory approval of Guardant360 CDx, a liquid ...

March 14, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan develops artificial retinal device that mimics human optical illusions

A team at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) in Japan has developed the first-ever art...

March 11, 2022 | Friday | News
Japanese startup launches english version of hands-on medical VR

Japan-based startup Jolly Good Inc., known for developing and providing medical VR solutions and digital therapeutics VR...

March 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan unveils Well-BeingX to shape future of wellness

Scrum Studio Inc. has announced the launch of Well-BeingX, a new open innovation programme dedicated to helpin...

March 9, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Shionogi files for approval of COVID-19 drug in Japan

Japanese firm Shionogi has completed the analysis of primary endpoints in the Phase 2b part of a Phase 2/3 clinical...

March 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japan uses supercomputer and AI to shed light on drug resistance in cancer treatment

Japan-based Fujitsu and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have announced a new technology that uses artific...

March 7, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan pledges $300 M to CEPI’s pandemic preparedness plan

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), based in Norway, has announced that the Government of Japan ...

February 28, 2022 | Monday | News
Alvotech, Fuji Pharma expand partnership for additional biosimilar candidate in Japan

Alvotech Holdings S.A., a global biopharmaceutical company focused solely on the development and manufacture of biosimil...

February 24, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan proposes framework for conducting ethical research on brain organoids

Researchers from Kobe University and Kyoto University’s Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASH...

February 23, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan uses network models to help understand spread of new COVID-19 variants

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan have performed numerical simulations based on network theory whi...

February 22, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japan fabricates polymer-DNA gel that could be used in tissue regeneration and robotics

Scientists at Hokkaido University in Japan have made a tuneable, elastic and temperature-sensitive g...

February 17, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan discovers host immune-dependent novel anti-coronavirus antibody

The National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN), in partnership with Shionogi & Co....

February 16, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan-based Fujifilm introduces life sciences strategic investment fund

FUJIFILM Corporation has announced the launch of its life sciences strategic investment fund managed by the Life Science...

February 14, 2022 | Monday | News
Japan's Sharp Naturizer sanitizer solution proves effectiveness against COVID-19

SHARP Business Systems (India), a wholly owned Indian subsidiary of SHARP Corporation Japan, has announced a significant...

February 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japanese firms ink new business partnership worth ¥5 B for mental healthcare

With the aim of building a regional cooperative mental health platform, Jolly Good Inc. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical h...

February 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan grants patent to Anixa Biosciences for ovarian cancer vaccine

US-based Anixa Biosciences, Inc. has announced that the Japanese Patent Office has issued a Decision to Grant ...

February 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News