Japan buys 150 M doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Takeda Pharmaceutical has announced that the Government of Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MH...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan lays focus on early detection of heart diseases

Japanese firms Astellas Pharma Inc., Nitto Denko Corporation, and M. Heart Co., have announced that the three companies ...

September 6, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan's Fujifilm sells radiopharma biz to PeptiDream for 30.5 billion yen

Japan-based Fujifilm Corporation has announced the transfer of the radiopharmaceutical business of Fujifilm Toyama Chemi...

September 3, 2021 | Friday | News
Rapid acceleration of medical education in Japan using virtual reality

At many Japanese institutions offering medical education, students are unable to attend clinical practice due to the spr...

September 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan's REPROCELL to boost its GMP iPSC - Master Cell Bank (MCB) manufacturing service

REPROCELL has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with TEXCELL JAPAN, a TEXCELL Group Company, for GMP iPSC ...

September 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Eli Lilly Japan, Daiichi Sankyo ink pact to commercialise migraine drug

Eli Lilly Japan and Daiichi Sankyo Company have concluded an agreement on commercialisation collaboration in Japan for t...

September 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan to distribute hyperuricemia drug in five ASEAN countries

Japan-based Eisai and FUJI YAKUHIN have inked a license agreement concerning dotinurad (generic name), a treatment for h...

August 31, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan suggests DNA deletion to treat mitochondrial diseases

Mutant DNA sequences inside cellular mitochondria can be eliminated using a bespoke chemical compound. The approach, dev...

August 30, 2021 | Monday | News
Shimadzu contributes to PCR screening tests for COVID-19 mutant strains in Japan

Shimadzu has released the SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Assay Core Kit, Primer/Probe Mix for N501Y, Primer/Probe Mix for L452R, an...

August 27, 2021 | Friday | News
Cryoport, Mitsubishi Logistics Corp to bring temperature-controlled supply chain solutions to APAC region

Cryoport, a leading global provider of innovative temperature-controlled supply chain solutions to the life sciences inc...

August 26, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan to leverage advanced IoT technology for flatfoot patients

Japan-based NEC  has signed a joint research agreement with Teikyo University, and Mizonokuchi Hospital to vis...

August 26, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan invents organ-on-a-chip imaging tool to visualize cell functions

Japan's Tohoku University researchers have developed a new analytical method that visualizes cell functions in MPS using...

August 23, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan's Shimadzu, HORIBA release LC-Raman System for multi-R&D applications

Shimadzu Corporation and HORIBA have released a new LC-Raman system that combines a Shimadzu high-performance liquid chr...

August 19, 2021 | Thursday | News
Taiwan's digital trade elites gather to create business opportunities in Japanese market

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of digital consumption patterns, as well as assist companies in their ...

August 16, 2021 | Monday | News
Fujifilm launches AI-powered chest X-ray in Japan

Fujifilm Corporation has announced its AI-powered product for analyzing chest X-ray 'CXR-AID' will be commercially avail...

August 13, 2021 | Friday | News
FDA approves combination therapy for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a combination therapy from Eisai and Merck (MSD) namely,&...

August 12, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan reveals adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination in youngsters

A cross-sectional study was recently conducted to clarify the adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines in Japanese young popu...

August 11, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Healx’s AI-platform to create world’s most detailed rare disease biomedical knowledge graph

Healx, the AI-powered, UK-founded global drug discovery company, has entered a partnership with Japan's Ono Pharmace...

August 10, 2021 | Tuesday | News