Japan-based Toho’s VC Arm makes investment in American startup Metaphore Biotech

Japan-based TOHO HOLDINGS has invested in US-based Metaphore Biotechnologies, Inc. through the CVC Fund "TOHO Ventures"....

April 8, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Mochida grants LG Chem rights to develop & market Dinagest in South Korea and Thailand

Japan-based Mochida Pharmaceutical and LG Chem, based in South Korea, have entered into a partnership agreement for Dina...

April 7, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Transgene and NEC Bio to advance vaccine development for head and neck cancer

Transgene, a French biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, a...

April 3, 2026 | Friday | News
NJ Bio collaborates with Ajinomoto Bio‑Pharma to strengthen support for ADC development

US-based NJ Bio, Inc., a leading provider of integrated drug discovery and development services and Japan's Ajinomoto Bi...

April 2, 2026 | Thursday | News
Japan's Otsuka Pharma buys Transcend Therapeutics for $1.2 B

Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical and US-based startup Transcend Therapeutics have entered into an agreement, under whic...

March 31, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Meiji Seika Pharma invests in Centivax to develop next-gen universal vaccine platform

Japan-based Meiji Seika Pharma Co. has announced a strategic investment in Centivax, Inc., a US-based biotechnology comp...

March 30, 2026 | Monday | News
Cytiva and Yoshindo advance domestic biosimilar manufacturing in Japan

Cytiva, a Danaher company and a leader in the life sciences industry, has signed a FlexFactory™ contract with Yosh...

March 24, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Fujifilm invests in Valanx Biotech to strengthen ADC CDMO capabilities

Japan-based Fujifilm Corporation has announced its investment in Valanx Biotech, an Austrian biotechnology company with ...

March 18, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Fujitsu Japan to build mechanism for data analysis and referred-patient management

Fujitsu Japan Limited and Teikyo University Hospital announced the start of a joint proof of concept aimed at strengthen...

March 16, 2026 | Monday | News
Eli Lilly invests additional 20 B yen in Japan to enhance pharma supply capacity

Eli Lilly Japan K.K. has decided to invest 20 billion yen in its Seishin Plant (Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture), the only m...

March 17, 2026 | Tuesday | News
PsiQuantum partners with National Cancer Center Japan to accelerate drug discovery

PsiQuantum has signed a collaborative research agreement with the National Cancer Center Japan, a leading cancer treatme...

March 15, 2026 | Sunday | News
Merck signs MoU with Cyto-Facto to advance Cell & Gene Therapy manufacturing in APAC region

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cyto-Fa...

March 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Curatis and Neupharma ink deal worth CHF 83.5 M for peritumoral brain edema treatment in Japan

Switzerland-based Curatis Holding AG and Neupharma, a Japanese pharmaceutical company specialising in oncology, immunolo...

March 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Precision for Medicine continues Asia Pacific expansion with new office in Japan

Precision for Medicine, a global leader in biomarker-driven clinical research and development, has announced the opening...

March 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
Pfizer, ASKA Pharma to co-promote RSV vaccine Abrysvo in Japan

Pfizer Japan Inc., and ASKA Pharmaceutical have announced that they will begin co-promotion of the Respiratory Syncytial...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Fujitsu and DT-Axis collaborate to advance digital health in Japan

Japan-based Fujitsu and DT-Axis have announced the commencement of a collaboration aimed at advancing digital health. Th...

March 9, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Reprocell launches GMP master cell bank manufacturing for clinical iPSCs

Japan-based Reprocell has announced the launch of its US FDA compliant Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Master Cell Ban...

March 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's PHCbi introduces LiCellGrowâ„¢ Cell Expansion System

PHC Corporation’s Biomedical Division, a global provider of laboratory sample storage and cell cultivation solutio...

March 2, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Asahi Kasei acquires Germany's Aicuris for €780 M

Aicuris Anti-infective Cures AG has entered into a definitive agreement under which Japan's Asahi Kasei, through it...

February 27, 2026 | Friday | News
Sarepta Therapeutics announces commercial launch of ELEVIDYS in Japan for DMD treatment

US-based Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. has announced the commercial launch of ELEVIDYS (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) in Ja...

February 25, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Astellas announces $1.37 B deal with Vir Biotechnology to develop T-Cell therapies for prostate cancer

Japan-based Astellas Pharma and US-based startup Vir Biotechnology have entered into a global strategic collaboration to...

February 24, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Shimadzu Future Innovation Fund invests in cardiac healthcare startup A-wave

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has invested in A-wave Inc., a startup originating from The University of Osaka, throug...

February 20, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Daiichi Sankyo collaborates with BostonGene to accelerate AI-based drug development

US-based BostonGene, the developer of the leading AI foundation model for tumour and immune biology, has announced ...

February 18, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves Clinigen's world-first therapeutic human breast milk fortifier to manage VLBW infants

Clinigen, a global leader in accelerating patient access to critical medicines, obtained the world's first prescription ...

February 16, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Nxera Pharma licenses GPCR-targeted programme to NewCo

Japan-headquartered Nxera Pharma has entered into a license agreement with a newly established independent company (NewC...

February 13, 2026 | Friday | News