Japan News
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Marken acquires PCX International to strengthen supply chain footprint
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2019
Marken, a US headquartered patient-centric supply chain organization, has announced the acquisition of PCX International Co. Ltd based in Japan. PCX operates from their Tok...Read more
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Kyowa Kirin buys back Tivozanib rights from AVEO oncology
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2019
Japan based pharma company Kyowa Kirin Co. and US headquartered AVEO Oncology announce that they have amended their license agreement to allow Kyowa Kirin to buy back the non-oncology right...Read more
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Sun Pharma announces regulatory filing of Tildrakizumab in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 01 Aug, 2019
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has filed an application for Manufacturing and Marketing Authorization of Tildrakizumab for modera...Read more
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Takeda, Pfizer terminate co-promotion of RA Drug Enbrel
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2019
Pfizer Japan Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited have announced the termination of co-promotion for the rheumatoid arthritis/juvenile idiopathic arthritis treatment "Enbrel®"...Read more
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NEC acquires OncoImmunity AS to empower personalized cancer immunotherapy
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2019
OncoImmunity AS has announced that it has been acquired by NEC Corporation, the renowned Japanese IT and network company, that recently launched its Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven...Read more
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Scientists in Japan develop prosthetics for retinal stimulation
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 29 Jul, 2019
In a study recently published in Advanced Biomedical Engineering, researchers at Okayama University in Japan report a thin photoelectric film which can stimulate degenerated retinal ti...Read more
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Astellas submits biologics license application for Urothelial Cancer drug
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 26 Jul, 2019
Japan based Astellas Pharma Inc. and US headquartered Seattle Genetics, Inc. have announced submission of a Biologics License Application for accelerated approval to the U.S. Food...Read more
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Akebia submits new application for anemia drug in Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2019
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. has announced that Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC), its development and commercialization collaboration partner in Japan for vadadustat, Akebia&r...Read more
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Eisai, Merck receive breakthrough therapy designation from FDA
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 23 Jul, 2019
Japanese pharmaceutical firm Eisai, and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A., known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, have announced that the U.S. Food and Dru...Read more
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Bayer, BMS, Ono Pharma enter into clinical collaboration for colorectal cancer
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 22 Jul, 2019
German pharma company Bayer, US based Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Company and Japan headquartered Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. have entered into a clinical collaboration agreement to evaluat...Read more
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Takeda, Kyoto University research collaboration develops further
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 18 Jul, 2019
The Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Kyoto University and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) have announced that a novel induced pluripotent ...Read more
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Sosei Heptares teams up with Genentech for multi-target R&D
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2019
Japan headquartered Sosei Group Corporation has entered into a multi-target research collaboration and license agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to discover and develop...Read more
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Kaneka launches takeover bid for 100% of AB-Biotics
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 16 Jul, 2019
AB-Biotics announced that Kaneka Europe Holding Company has launched a voluntary takeover bid for 100% of the share capital of the company excluding the shares it already possesses, consequ...Read more
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Eisai Centre for G2D2 commences operation towards dementia treatment
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 16 Jul, 2019
Japan based pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that the Eisai Center for Genetics Guided Dementia Discovery (G2D2), a new exploratory research facility in Cambridge, Massachu...Read more
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Japanese researchers use AI to design novel endoscopy
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 15 Jul, 2019
Researchers at Okayama University have developed an early gastric cancer endoscopic diagnosis system using artificial intelligence (AI). The details were presented at the Congress of the Ja...Read more
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PHC launches medical integrated chart system for doctors
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 12 Jul, 2019
PHC is launching Medicom-HRf, an integrated medical chart system for medical clinics, with the aim to strengthen communication with patients. In recent years, the increasing number of dis...Read more
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Japan | News | 0 Comment | 10 Jul, 2019
CMIC Group, a pioneer and a leading CRO (Contract Research Organizations) in Japan, announced on 10 July 2019, that the company joined Align Clinical CRO, a life sciences industry stan...Read more
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Eisai collaborates with University of Dundee for cancer drug discovery
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2019
Japanese pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co.,Ltd. has announced that it has entered into a collaboration research agreement with the University of Dundee in Scotland, UK, regarding Proteolysis Ta...Read more
