Japan News
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Eisai to present latest research on Alzheimer's Disease / Dementia Pipeline
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 22 Mar, 2019
Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that a total of seven presentations highlighting the latest data on its Alzheimer's disease/dementia pipeline, including anti-amyloid beta (Abeta) protofibril anti...Read more
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Biotech firm Spiber to develop artificial hair
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 21 Mar, 2019
Japanese startup Spiber has recently announced initiation of a joint research and development project using Spiber’s proprietary structural proteins to create novel hair materials wit...Read more
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Ono Pharma, twoXAR announce drug discovery research collaboration
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 19 Mar, 2019
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a Japanese pharmaceutical research and development company, and twoXAR, Inc., a US based artificial intelligence (AI)-driven biopharmaceutical company, have an...Read more
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Blackstone to acquire AYUMI Pharmaceutical
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 18 Mar, 2019
Blackstone has announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AYUMI Pharmaceutical Corporation, pharmaceutical company in Japa...Read more
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Shimadzu incorporates AI in new chromatograph series
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2019
Shimadzu's new Nexera UHPLC series with AI and IoT enhancements sets industry standard for intelligence, efficiency and design. The Nexera series makes lab management simple by integrating ...Read more
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Chugai’s Hemlibra receives approval for severe Hemophilia A
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2019
Chugai Pharmaceutical has announced that Roche received the decision from the European Commission confirming that Hemlibra® (emicizumab), a hemophilia A treatment originated by Chu...Read more
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Aprecia, CMIC to bring 3DP pharmaceutical products to Japan
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2019
Privately held Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Aprecia) and CMIC CMO Co., LTD (CMIC CMO) have announced that both companies will collaborate to develop business opportunities in Jap...Read more
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Fujifilm to acquire Biogen in a $890 M deal
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 13 Mar, 2019
FUJIFILM Corporation ("Fujifilm") announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Biogen (Denmark) Manufacturing ApS, a large-scale biologics manufacturing site located in Hiller...Read more
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FDA accepts NDA for Lemborexant to treat Insomnia
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 12 Mar, 2019
Eisai Co., Ltd. and Imbrium Therapeutics L.P., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and operating subsidiary of Purdue Pharma, L.P. have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administ...Read more
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Oncoceutics licenses rights for its anti-cancer compound to Ohara
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 12 Mar, 2019
US based Oncoceutics, Inc. has announced the outlicense of the rights to the company’s lead compound, ONC201, for Japan to Ohara Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. In addition, Ohara will recei...Read more
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Japan | News | 0 Comment | 11 Mar, 2019
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced results from the Phase 3b head-to-head VARSITY study which demonstrated that the gut-selective biologic vedolizumab (Entyvio) was superio...Read more
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Akili, Shionogi to develop digital therapeutics in key Asian markets
Japan | News | 0 Comment | 11 Mar, 2019
Akili Interactive, digital medicine company creating prescription treatments for people living with cognitive dysfunction and brain-related conditions, and Shionogi & Co., a major resea...Read more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
