Fujifilm launches mutation detection kits for SARS-CoV-2

Japan based firm FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation has announced the launch of the “N501Y mutation detection...

April 2, 2021 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo incurs 15 B yen loss after terminating vaccine biz with Sanofi

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. has announced that it will terminate its marketing alliance agreement for the Squarekids&re...

April 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan holds AI-based nursing record support system demo

Social  Welfare Organization Saiseikai Branch Tochigi Prefecture Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital in Utsunom...

April 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
KYORIN, Eisai to develop & market drug for overactive bladder treatment in 4 ASEAN countries

Japanese firms KYORIN Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of KYORIN Holdings, Inc., and Eisai Co., Ltd. have entered into a lic...

March 31, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Toyoda Gosei invests in medical device development startup

Toyoda Gosei, a Japanese manufacturer of rubber and plastic automotive components and LEDs, has invested in Genial ...

March 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Eisai's Anti Cancer agent Lenvatinib-Pembrolizumab combo receives EMA in Japan

Eisai Co., Ltd. announced on March 30, 2021 that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has confirmed it has acce...

March 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan studies Parkinson's disease with face-recognition software

Researchers at Okayama University in Japan report that artificial-intelligence technology can detect facial charact...

March 29, 2021 | Monday | News
Hitachi enters collaboration for data driven precision medicine

Japanese firm Hitachi and American Swiss biotech company Sophia Genetics have  announced that they have entere...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Bright Peak Therapeutics and Ajinomoto to create novel immunocytokines

Bright Peak Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing next-generation immunotherapies for cancer and autoimm...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan enables access to electronic medical records via mobile phones

Japan Hospital Cooperative, Inc., Japan Hospital Cooperative, Inc. Ward, Representative Director Tsuneo Sakai,...

March 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Novel DNA sensor can rapidly detect antibiotic-resistant pathogens

The persistent overuse of antibiotics has led to the evolution of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, or “superbugs,&r...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
CPhI Japan opens two-month long virtual event

The Japanese pharmaceutical market is preparing for renewed international growth and partnering. In response, CPhI Japan...

March 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo starts Ph 1/2 trial for mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced that it has started the first vaccinations in a phase 1/2 clinical trial i...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Eisai Medicine Innovation Technology Solutions to launch in Japan

Japanese firm Eisai Co., Ltd. as part of its strategic investment to realize its medium-term management plan, EWAY ...

March 22, 2021 | Monday | News
Japan designs less-invasive atomic force microscopy to visualize biomolecular systems

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Review of Scientific Instruments a newly developed atomic force microscopy ...

March 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Immune receptor protein could hold key to treatment of autoimmune diseases

Autoimmune diseases are typically caused when the immune system, whose purpose is to deal with foreign threats to the bo...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Epredia to distribute Paige Digital Pathology Software globally

Epredia, a global leader in precision cancer diagnostics, and Paige, a global leader in AI-based diagnostic software in ...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Fujitsu, NCC to create new services for clinical trials, drug development in Japan

Fujitsu has announced it has concluded a comprehensive collaborative research agreement with National Cancer Center Japa...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News