Avidity Science acquires Edstrom Japan Ltd

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2019

Avidity Science is pleased to announce it has completed its acquisition of Edstrom Japan Ltd. The acquisition furthers Avidity Science's efforts to build its global footprint supporting the...Read more

Dr. Steven Rosenberg's achievements in cancer immunotherapy motivate young researchers

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2019

Using the function of the individual's own immune system to combat cancer, this out-of-the-box concept was proposed by Dr. Steven Rosenberg about thirty years ago. His initiative laid ...Read more

Astellas transfers three products in Asia region to Daiichi Sankyo

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2019

Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced that subsidiaries of Astellas will transfer their marketing authorizations, trademark, and related contracts for “Nasea (5HT3 receptor antagoni...Read more

Takeda divests select OTC to Acino for over $200M

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Oct, 2019

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced that it has entered into an agreement to divest a portfolio of select over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription pharmaceutical assets in a ...Read more

Canon Medical launches new division in Dubai, UAE

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Oct, 2019

Canon Medical Systems Corporation has announced the official opening of its Middle East Division in Canon Middle East Dubai, UAE. Preparations are now underway to start business operations ...Read more

Shionogi to develop treatment for mycobacterial diseases

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Oct, 2019

Japanese major research-driven pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co., Ltd. has announced that it has entered into a new license agreement with US headquartered Hsiri Therapeut...Read more

Japanese firm advances diagnostic application of radiolabeling platform

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Oct, 2019

Fuzionaire Diagnostics, in partnership with Tokyo-based radiopharmaceutical company Japan Medical Isotope Technology Development K.K. (JAMIT), has announced the launch of Fuzionaire Radiois...Read more

Japan issues GMP Certificate to Lupin’s Mandideep facility

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Oct, 2019

Pharma major Lupin has announced the receipt of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) Certificate from the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), Japan for its Mandideep API facility...Read more

Viela Bio to develop autoimmune drug for nine Asian regions

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Oct, 2019

US based Viela Bio, Inc. and Japanese firm Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation have announced a collaboration focused on the development and commercialization of inebilizumab – Viela...Read more

Daiichi Sankyo launches new drug for AML treatment

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Oct, 2019

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited has announced the launch of VANFLYTA® (quizartinib), an oral FLT3 inhibitor, in Japan for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory F...Read more

Gilead Sciences submits NDA to treat RA in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Oct, 2019

Gilead Sciences, Inc. has announced the New Drug Application (NDA) for filgotinib, an investigational, oral, selective JAK1 inhibitor for the treatment of adults with rheumatoid arthri...Read more

PHC, Kakehashi partner for healthcare IT solutions

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Oct, 2019

PHC Corporation and Kakehashi Corporation have signed a sales partnership agreement for the sale of “Medicom (*) ” brand healthcare IT solutions pr...Read more

Bayer and RIKEN establish partnership for novel drug discovery

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Oct, 2019

Bayer AG (Bayer), and RIKEN Innovation Co., Ltd. (RIKEN Innovation), have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement to jointly explore novel drug discovery opportunities across indic...Read more

Shiseido acquires leading skincare brand

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Oct, 2019

Japan headquartered Shiseido Company, Limited has announced that Shiseido Americas Corporation, a subsidiary of Shiseido, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DRUNK ELEPHANT™,...Read more

Mik Japan launches new online drug store

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2019

Established 48 years ago in Japan, Mik Japan Co., Ltd., a drugstore chain managing over 50 outlets, has opened Samurai Drugstore, an international online store for drugstore products f...Read more

Japanese AI startup secures $42.9M in series B financing

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2019

AI Medical Service Inc., one of the world's first real-time endoscopic artificial intelligence (AI) developers, has announced that it has raised approximately $42.9 million in Series B...Read more

Rentschler Bio enhances collaboration in Japan

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Oct, 2019

Rentschler Biopharma SE, a world-class contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biopharmaceuticals based in Germany, has reported that it will further enhance and deve...Read more

Prometheus Biosciences, Takeda to develop targeted IBD therapies

Japan |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2019

US based Prometheus Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of a broad portfolio of novel precision therapeutics and co...Read more