Santen to raise disease awareness during World Glaucoma Week

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Mar, 2019

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Santen) announced on March 8 that as part of its initiatives to increase public awareness of glaucoma, it will sponsor activities to be conducted ...Read more

Eisai submits marketing authorization application for Insomnia drug

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Mar, 2019

Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that a marketing authorization application has been submitted in Japan for lemborexant, an investigational agent for sleep-wake regulation, seeking approval fo...Read more

Study: Inflammation in the brain enhances the side-effects of hypnotic medication

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Mar, 2019

In a study recently published in the European Journal of Pharmacology researchers at Okayama University show how the presence of inflammation in the brain can increase its sensiti...Read more

Scientists develop stem cell-derived kidney tubules in microfluidic chips

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Mar, 2019

Scientists from the Hubrecht Institute, the University of Utrecht, and MIMETAS have successfully grown kidney tubules derived from human kidney adult stem cells in microfluidic chips. Henr...Read more

Avita Medical to commercialize wounds treatment device in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Mar, 2019

Australia based AVITA Medical, regenerative medicine company, announced that it has collaborated with COSMOTEC, an M3 Group company, to market and distribute the RECELL® Autologous Cell...Read more

Novo Nordisk, Health2Sync collaborate for digital diabetes management

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Mar, 2019

Health2Sync and Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd. are partnering in Japan to support digital diabetes management and facilitate communication between diabetics and healthcare providers. La...Read more

Sagent Pharma acquires Raleigh manufacturing site

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Mar, 2019

Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical and Sagent Pharmaceuticals, a Nichi-Iko Group Company, a leader of specialty pharmaceutical products with an emphasis on the injectable market, has announced that S...Read more

AGC completes acquisition of Malgrat Pharma Chemicals

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Mar, 2019

Tokyo based AGC Inc. has announced on March 4 the completion of its acquisition of Spain's synthetic pharmaceutical active ingredient manufacturer, Malgrat Pharma Chemic...Read more

Thermo Fisher’s oncomine test receives expanded approval

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Mar, 2019

Thermo Fisher Scientific recently announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan's regulatory agency, has granted expanded approval to the Oncomine Dx Target Test C...Read more

CAC and rfxcel announce partnership for Pharmaceutical Traceability

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Feb, 2019

CAC Corporation has signed a partnership agreement with rfxcel Corporation in the pharmaceutical traceability field. From now on, CAC, as a distributor of rfxcel, will sell its produc...Read more

Eisai receives approval for an additional indication of HUMIRA

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Feb, 2019

AbbVie and Eisai have announced that they have received approval for an additional indication of HUMIRA®, a fully human anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody for the treatment of hidrade...Read more

Japan second fastest pharma growth in 2019- CPhI Report

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2019

The Japanese pharma market is expected to grow quickly in 2019 following the release of a new report published ahead of CPhI Japan 2019. The trade exhibition (18-20 March, 2019) will open ...Read more

Sosei Heptares initiates new clinical development programme

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Feb, 2019

Sosei Group Corporation, has announced that the first healthy subject has been dosed with a novel small molecule HTL0030310 in a Phase I clinical study, marking the start of a new in-house ...Read more

Generex Biotechnology Subsidiary granted approval for ECM hydrogel

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2019

Generex Biotechnology has announced that the company’s subsidiary Regentys Corporation, a clinical stage regenerative medicine company focused on the treatment of inflammatory bowel d...Read more

KCI launches ABTHERA Therapy in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2019

KCI, an Acelity Company, recently announced the launch of ABTHERA™ Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy in Japan, expanding access to the Company’s surgical portfolio in the c...Read more

Fujitsu launches healthcare personal service platform

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Feb, 2019

Fujitsu has announced the development of Fujitsu Healthcare Solution Healthcare Personal service Platform, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for the integrated management of consumer-facing of...Read more

Eisai submits application in Europe to seek approval for Fycompa

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Feb, 2019

Eisai Co., Ltd. has announced that it has submitted an application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its in-house discovered antiepileptic drug (AED) Fycompa (perampanel) seeking a...Read more

Researchers develop potential therapeutic model for Parkinson’s disease

Japan |  News | 1 Comment | 12 Feb, 2019

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, implicating 10 million people worldwide but has no cure at present. The main reason for this is the difficulty...Read more