Takeda’s dengue vaccine receives first approval in Latin America

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2023

Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda's dengue vaccine, QDENGA  (Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine [Live, Attenuated...Read more

GHIT Fund invests ¥ 260 M for new malaria drug development by Japanese firms

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Mar, 2023

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund, in Japan, has announced an investment totaling approximately 2...Read more

AriBio & Fujirebio to advance biomarker development for Alzheimer’s Disease

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Mar, 2023

Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc., (a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based H.U. Group Holdings, Inc. and Fujirebio Holdings,...Read more

Japanese firm Sumitomo invests in radiopharmaceutical startup Alpha Fusion

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Mar, 2023

Japan-based Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced the decision to invest in Alpha Fusion Inc. (AF), a developer ...Read more

Japan's Teijin Pharma inks $230 M deal with Novartis for kidney diseases treatment

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Mar, 2023

Teijin Pharma, based in Japan, has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with Swiss firm Novartis t...Read more

Japan discovers potential treatment of autoimmune diseases

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Mar, 2023

Scientists in Japan have revealed a chemical compound that could be used for the treatment of various autoimmune disease...Read more

C2i Genomics, Riken Genesis expand AI-powered cancer detection technology across Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Mar, 2023

US-headquartered startup C2i Genomics has announced a collaboration with Riken Genesis (RG) Co. to b...Read more

Biogen terminates multiple sclerosis (MS) pact with Eisai in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Mar, 2023

Biogen Japan and Eisai have announced the termination of the co-promotion agreement that has been in place since January...Read more

Medical Technology Association of India recommends Japan as “China+1 alternative in MedTech Imports”

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Mar, 2023

Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI), which represents leading research-based medical technology companies wit...Read more

Japan's GHIT strengthens ties with Unitaid to improve access to critical health tools

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Mar, 2023

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) and global health agency Unitaid have signed a cooper...Read more

Deprecated Yen attracts renewed international interest in Japanese pharma

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Mar, 2023

CPHI Japan 2023 opens in April (19-21) as the country undergoes a huge resurgence in international trade, with West...Read more

Japanese firm Mitsui & Co. invests in American health tech company Koios Medical

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Feb, 2023

Japanese firm Mitsui & Co. has participated as a lead investor in a Series B round financing of Koios Medical, a US-...Read more

Japan bags new opportunity to improve healthcare system

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Feb, 2023

Omi Medical Center, a part of the Seikoukai Social Medical Corporation and one of Japan's leading institu...Read more

Japan's Olympus buys Korean gastrointestinal stent firm Taewoong Medical for $370 M

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Feb, 2023

Olympus Corporation, a global medtech company headquartered in Japan, has agreed to acquire Taewoong Medical Co.,&n...Read more

Taiwan approves Ono Pharma's non-small cell lung cancer drug with chemotherapy

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Feb, 2023

Japanese firm Ono Pharmaceutical has received the approval of Opdivo (nivolumab) Intravenous Infusion, a human anti-hu...Read more

Japanese firms Teijin and Axcelead establish joint venture for drug discovery research

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Feb, 2023

Japan-based pharmaceutical companies Teijin Limited and Axcelead, Inc. have jointly announced their basic agreemen...Read more

Japanese pharma firm Eisai dissolves joint venture with Italy's Bracco Imaging

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2023

Bracco Imaging S.p.A. (Headquartered in Milan, Italy) and Japan based pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co. have announced that ...Read more

Capricor Therapeutics inks $100 M deal with Nippon Shinyaku for DMD treatment in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Feb, 2023

US-based biotech firm Capricor Therapeutics has entered into a partnership with Nippon Shinyaku Co., a Japanese pharmace...Read more