BiomX in-licenses novel bacterial targets for IBD treatment

BiomX Ltd., a microbiome company, announced that it has exclusively sub-licensed a set of bacterial targets from JSR Cor...

January 31, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Experts in Tokyo design a novel flourescent probe

A team of experts at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) has developed a new probe that coul...

January 25, 2018 | Thursday | News
HITACHI secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for its system

Hitachi, Ltd. and Hokkaido University announced that it has obtained U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) cl...

January 25, 2018 | Thursday | News
Astellas completes acquisition of Mitobridge

Tokyo based Astellas Pharma Inc. recently announced the acquisition of Mitobridge, Inc. Astellas paid $225 million to ac...

January 24, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves use of Nailin capsules to treat onychomycosis

Sato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has obtained marketing and manufacturing approval for the oral antifungal agent, Nailin ca...

January 22, 2018 | Monday | News
Telix Pharmaceuticals establishes Japanese Subsidiary, Appoints Key Executives

Telix Pharmaceuticals , an Australian biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of diagnostic and therapeutic...

January 15, 2018 | Monday | News
Japanese investors back a Cambridge Life Sciences firm, Storm Therapeutics

Storm Therapeutics, a Cambridge Life Sciences firm has attracted an additional £4m cash injection to its £12...

January 12, 2018 | Friday | News
Takeda to buy TiGenix for $626 M

Takeda Pharmaceutical is planning to acquire Belgian biopharmaceutical venture TiGenix with an aim of strengthening...

January 7, 2018 | Sunday | News
Alexion bags Japanese approval for Soliris

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, recently bagged approval for its key candidate Soliris (eculizumab) fromthe Ministry of Health,...

January 3, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Researchers in Japan develop new strategy for 3D printing of tissues

A group of researchers at Osaka University, Japan have refined the method of making bio-ink droplets stick to each other...

December 28, 2017 | Thursday | News
Otsuka collaborates with X-Chem for new drug compounds

US based X-Chem, Inc. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. headquartered in To...

December 26, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Japanese scientists create a database of human plasma compounds

Scientists at Tohoku University in Japan have created a database of metabolites from blood samples collected from over 5...

December 26, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Israeli firm to invest in Japanese startups

Israel based Yozma Group is planning to invest in Japanese startups in the coming year, targeting companies in medicine,...

December 14, 2017 | Thursday | News
Kenya partners with Japan to promote healthcare

The Kenyan government has collaborated with the government of Japan and launched a health development program that seeks...

December 4, 2017 | Monday | News
Takeda appoints Fujimoto as Health Innovation Park GM

Toshio Fujimoto, MD, MBA has been appointed General Manager of the Health Innovation Park in Shonan, by Takeda Pharmaceu...

December 1, 2017 | Friday | News
Toshiba introduces advanced imaging technology

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation has launched its new computed tomography (CT) system, Aquilion Prime SP, to provide ...

November 29, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Researchers in Japan develop a color device for the heart

A group of researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (iCeMS), in collabor...

November 21, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Mitsubhishi Tanabe Pharma's ALS drug treats more than 1000 people in three months

Japan’s Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. today announced that more than 1,000 people with amyotrophic latera...

November 17, 2017 | Friday | News