Anaeropharma, Chugai come together to create Novel Oncology Drugs

Anaeropharma Science and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. headquartered in Tokyo have concluded a collaborative rese...

October 22, 2018 | Monday | News
Eisai discovers new compound to treat Parkinson's disease

A joint research group centered around Professor Hideyuki Okano and Associate Professor Jun Kohyama, Department of Physi...

October 19, 2018 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo submits NDA in Japan for leukemia drug

Daiichi Sankyo Company,  recently announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to Japan’s Min...

October 17, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Eisai, Purdue Pharma declare positive results of SUNRISE 2

Eisai Co., Ltd. and Purdue Pharma L.P. announced positive topline results from SUNRISE 2, a long-term Phase 3 efficacy a...

October 17, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Eisai signs pact with Eurofarma for anti-obesity agent

Eisai Co., Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Eurofarma Laboratorios, to grant exclusive development and marketing ...

October 16, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Hitachi's heavy ion beam therapy system starts treatment at Osaka

Hitachi, Ltd. announced that its heavy ion beam therapy system has started treatment at Osaka Heavy Ion Therapy Center a...

October 16, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Innovus Pharma receives approval from Amazon for expansion in Japan

Innovus Pharmaceuticals, an emerging commercial-stage pharmaceutical company that delivers safe, innovative and effectiv...

October 15, 2018 | Monday | News
GHIT Fund partners with Ono Pharmaceutical

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has welcomed Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Ono) to join GHIT as a ne...

October 15, 2018 | Monday | News
Scientists develop in vivo skin imaging technology

A team of scientists from Tohoku University in collaboration with Advantest has developed in vivo skin imaging technolog...

October 13, 2018 | Saturday | News
GenAhead Bio, ERS Genomics enter into CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement

GenAhead and ERS Genomics has announced a non-exclusive license agreement to provide GenAhead with access to ERS Genomic...

October 9, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Novan inks $11M deal with Japanese firm

US based pharmaceutical company Novan has announced an extended license agreement with Sato Pharmaceutical Co, a Japanes...

October 9, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Japan MHLW grants orphan designation to Axicabtagene Ciloleucel

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced that axicabtagene ciloleucel (formerly KTE-C19) has been granted Orphan Dr...

October 8, 2018 | Monday | News
Orgenesis announces license agreement with HekaBio in Japan

Orgenesis, a manufacturer, service provider and developer of advanced cell therapies, has announced that it has entered ...

October 5, 2018 | Friday | News
Researchers develop rapid test for infectious diseases

Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Keio University (Japan) have developed a pract...

October 4, 2018 | Thursday | News
Tasuku Honjo wins Nobel in medicine

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, for his discov...

October 3, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Eisai receives FDA approval for antiepileptic drug

Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that its U.S. subsidiary Eisai Inc. received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administ...

October 1, 2018 | Monday | News
GHIT Fund invests in innovative TB diagnostics tools

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund, Japan recently announced an investment of approximately 420 million...

September 27, 2018 | Thursday | News
PeptiDream announces agreement with Santen Pharmaceutical

Peptidream Inc., a public Kanagawa-based biopharmaceutical company has announced that it has entered into a broad-based ...

September 26, 2018 | Wednesday | News