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
Health Ministry to increase hospitals in Japan

The health ministry in Japan is planning to expand the range of hospitals that can impose additional fees on patients wi...

November 17, 2017 | Friday | News
World's first health management smart belt "Welt" arrives in Japan

The member company of K-ICT Born2Global Centre, WELT, has developed the world's first smart belt, designed to assist use...

November 15, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Shimadzu enters into partnership with Cure & CK Sciences

Shimadzu, an analytical instrument manufacturer, has announced the formation of a partnership with Cure Pharmaceutical G...

November 2, 2017 | Thursday | News
Poxel, Sumitomo Dianippon Pharma ink $300 mn Asian deal for diabetes drug

Japan based Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma is adding a phase III drug Imeglimin to its growing diabetes product pipeline in a...

November 1, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Eisai, Biogen expand their agreement to codevelop and commercialize AD drug

  Japan’s Eisai and US based Biogen announced the expansion  of their existing collaboration agreement ...

October 24, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Biogen extends collaboration with Eisai

Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. have expanded their existing agreement to jointly develop and commercialize investigatio...

October 24, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Japanese scientists devise a method for developing living antibiotic

A group of researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan have discovered a method to ma...

October 23, 2017 | Monday | News
Japan provides funds to Pakistan for eradicating polio

The Government of Japan recently announced a grant provision of 520 million Yen to support the supply of essential polio...

October 19, 2017 | Thursday | News
McGill teams up with Japan’s NIPS for neuroscience research

McGill has entered into a formal partnership with Japan’s National Institutes of Physiological Sciences (NIPS) aft...

October 18, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Japanese scientists grow drugs In chicken eggs

Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan have managed to genetically...

October 13, 2017 | Friday | News
Japan signs health agreement with Denmark

The health minister at Denmark, Ellen Trane Nørby, has signed an agreement with the Japanese deputy minister for ...

October 13, 2017 | Friday | News
Indonesia to cooperate with Japan for healthcare

The Indonesian government will boost cooperation with Japan in the area of health based on each country’s needs, s...

October 6, 2017 | Friday | News
Sato And Eisai Pharma co-promote antifungal agent in Japan

Sato Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Eisai Co. Ltd., and Seren Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that Sato Pharma and Eisai will c...

October 3, 2017 | Tuesday | News
GSK receives Japanese nod for Benylsta

Global pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC announced that it has received the Japanese nod for Benlysta for sale in Japan. ...

September 27, 2017 | Wednesday | News