Sosei Heptares and GSK target immune disorders of digestive system

Japanese firm Sosei Group Corporation has announced that it has entered into a global collaboration and license agr...

December 21, 2020 | Monday | News
Fujitsu analyzes relationship b/w data in healthcare and allied sectors

Japan based Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. has successfully developed a technology that uses AI to discover the characterist...

December 17, 2020 | Thursday | News
Alvotech and Fuji Pharma extend biosimilar partnership in Japan

Alvotech and Japanese pharmaceutical company Fuji Pharma have announced that they have agreed on an extension on their e...

December 16, 2020 | Wednesday | News
GlobalData reveals role of Japan’s immunology market in branded digital marketing space

The Japanese immunology market is highly competitive with many innovator products available for rheumatoid arthritis (RA...

December 15, 2020 | Tuesday | Analysis
Whole-genome sequence data can now be transmitted in real-time by Quantum cryptography

Tohoku University and Toshiba Corporation have achieved a world first, transmitting the whole genome sequence data of ...

December 14, 2020 | Monday | News
GHIT invests 230 M Yen for developing malaria and chagas disease drugs

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund in Japan has announced a total of approximately 230 million yen ($2....

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News
Japan develops way to rapidly measure eye lens opacity

Japan's Kyushu University international team of researchers has developed a new system through which objective...

December 9, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Olympus expands respiratory portfolio by acquiring Veran Medical Technologies

Japan's Olympus Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Veran Medical Technologies, I...

December 8, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Japanese firm adopts blockchain to enhance clinical trials efficiencies

Japanese firm SUSMED, Inc. has announced that it has received a response from both the Ministers of Health, Labor, ...

December 7, 2020 | Monday | News
Sosei Heptares, Biohaven ink $380M deal for treating CGRP-mediated disorders

Japanese firm Sosei Group Corporation has announced that it has entered into a global collaboration and license agr...

December 3, 2020 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca's Forxiga approved in Japan for chronic heart failure

AstraZeneca’s Forxiga (dapagliflozin) has been approved in Japan for the treatment of patients with chro...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Takeda completes sale of select products to Celltrion for $278M

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced the completion of its previously-announced sale of a p...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Eisai and Wren Therapeutics collaborate for potential treatment of synucleinopathies

Japanese firm Eisai Co., Ltd. and US based Wren Therapeutics Ltd. have announced that the companies have entered into an...

December 1, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Balancing digitalized healthcare services and data security

COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way healthcare, pharma and clinical industry operate and has propelled the pace of dig...

January 20, 2021 | Wednesday | Opinion
Takeda makes Nihon Pharma wholly owned subsidiary

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced a share exchange where Takeda will be the wholly-owning pare...

November 26, 2020 | Thursday | News
Japan's Fujitsu drives digital transformation in hospitals and clinics

Fujitsu on 25 Nov 2020 announced the commercial debut of its "FUJITSU Healthcare Solution Online Healthcare Solution" in...

November 25, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Omron leads $65M investment round for AliveCor

Omron Healthcare Co, Ltd announced additional investment into AliveCor by its Japanese parent company, Om...

November 25, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Japan detects repetitive DNA sequence that causes health risks

A new synthetic probe offers a safe and straightforward approach for visualizing chromosome tips in living cells. The pr...

November 24, 2020 | Tuesday | News