Japan's Casio to exhibit medical camera for global market at virtual.MEDICA 2020

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. on 22 Oct 2020 announced that it will unveil its medical camera to the global market ...

October 22, 2020 | Thursday | News
Japan pledges $130M to support global access to COVID-19 vaccines

The global effort to ensure equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines received a boost with the announcement of a maj...

October 21, 2020 | Wednesday | News
BioNTech, Pfizer to initiate Ph 1/2 trial of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine candidate in Japan

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE on 21 Oct 2020 announced the start of a Phase 1/2 study in Japan for their BN...

October 21, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Astellas to present new roxadustat data in anemia of CKD at ASN kidney week

Japan-based Astellas Pharma Inc. (Astellas) has announced that in collaboration with FibroGen and AstraZeneca, 42 roxadu...

October 19, 2020 | Monday | News
Fujifilm includes additional indication for COVID-19 drug

Japanese firm FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. has announced that the company filed an Application for Partial Changes...

October 19, 2020 | Monday | News
Pediatric indication for partial-onset seizures accepted in China

Eisai Co., Ltd. on 16 Oct 2020 announced that the supplementary new drug applications for its in-house discovered and de...

October 16, 2020 | Friday | News
SK Biopharma takes anti-seizure medication to Japan

SK Biopharmaceuticals in South Korea and Japanese firm Ono Pharmaceutical announced that they have entered into an exclu...

October 16, 2020 | Friday | News
Astellas, Seagen announce positive results in Ph 2 pivotal trial of PADCEV

Japan-based Astellas Pharma Inc. and Seagen Inc. in the US have announced positive topline results from the second cohor...

October 14, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Takeda accelerates digital transformation with Accenture and AWS

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical has entered into a five-year strategic agreement with Accenture and Amazon Web Servi...

October 14, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Olympus launches ENDO-AID, an AI-powered platform for Its endoscopy system

Olympus Corporation has announced the launch of ENDO-AID, a cutting-edge platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI...

October 13, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Eisai collaborates with University of Tokyo for protein degradation drug discovery

The University of Tokyo and Eisai Co., Ltd. have announced a collaboration aiming for the development and drug discovery...

October 13, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Fast-tracking innovation and transformative care to patients

The present pandemic scenarios are continuing to place immense pressure on healthcare systems across Asia Pacific (APAC)...

October 9, 2020 | Friday | News
Takeda inks deal worth $1.04B with Arrowhead for liver disease therapy

Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the US have announced a...

October 12, 2020 | Monday | News
Santen, Orbis to tackle increasing burden of eye diseases in Asia

Japanese firm Santen Pharmaceutical and Orbis International in the US have announced a long-term, ten-year partnership t...

October 9, 2020 | Friday | News
Transgene, NEC, BostonGene collaborate for ovarian and head & neck cancers trials

Transgene, a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, a leader...

October 7, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Nagase increases rare amino acid productivity using Smart Cell technology

The Nagase R&D Center, the research and development arm of NAGASE & CO., LTD. based in Tokyo, has been deve...

October 8, 2020 | Thursday | News
Eisai to involve jointly in COVID-19 drug discovery utilizing Eritoran and E6011

Japan's Eisai has entered into a joint research agreement with four research organizations (KAN Research Institute, Nati...

October 7, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Japan invents novel tool to alter gene activity in stem cells

Researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Tokai University i...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Shionogi partners with HanaVax for pneumonia vaccine candidate

Shionogi & Co. and HanaVax Inc., both based in Japan, have announced they have entered into a license agreement for ...

October 5, 2020 | Monday | News
Shionogi examines mortality in patients with severe bacterial infections

Shionogi & Co. Ltd., a global, research-driven pharmaceutical company headquartered in Osaka, Japan (Shionogi) has r...

October 1, 2020 | Thursday | News
OriCiro launches world's first cell-free circular DNA amplification technology

Japanese firm OriCiro Genomics, a pioneer in the cell-free synthesis and amplification of genome-scale large DNA for gen...

October 2, 2020 | Friday | News
Aji Bio-Pharma, DNDi to develop treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis infections

Japan's Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services ("Aji Bio-Pharma"), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical contract development a...

October 1, 2020 | Thursday | News
Japan gathers genetic information for predicting COVID-19 severity

Japanese researchers have launched the Joint Research Coronavirus Task Force to gather genetic information for predictin...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
GHIT Fund infuses 1.37 B yen to develop new lifesaving drugs

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund in Japan has announced a total of 1.37 billion yen to invest in...

September 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves Jyseleca for rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Eisai Co., Ltd. have announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)...

September 28, 2020 | Monday | News