Japan's Astellas Pharma buys US-based startup Propella Therapeutics for $175 M

Japan-based Astellas Pharma and US-based startup Propella Therapeutics have entered into a merger agreement pursuant to ...

November 20, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan's Astellas Pharma & University of Tsukuba partner to create new drug discovery startups

Japan-based University of Tsukuba and Astellas Pharma have signed a letter of confirmation regarding a strateg...

November 17, 2023 | Friday | News
Japan-Korea partnership to propel growth of advanced biotechnology sector

Japan-based iPark Institute has announced the signing of a groundbreaking business agreement with South Korea's Small an...

November 16, 2023 | Thursday | News
Japan's Fujitsu inks agreement with Spain to advance regional healthcare cybersecurity ecosystem

Japanese firm Fujitsu has signed a General Action Protocol with the Regional Government of Andalusia, Spain to establish...

November 15, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Masahiro Kato steps in as Managing Director of Daiichi Sankyo Europe

Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, the European headquarter organisation of the Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo ...

November 7, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Japan-Singapore partnership to accelerate innovation in drug discovery

Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) in Singapore and IPGaia, Inc. (IPG) in Japan have signed an agreement to jointly adva...

November 7, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Japan's GHIT Fund and Medicines Patent Pool strengthen ties to improve access to medicines

Japan-headquartered Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) and Switzerland-based Medicines Patent Pool (MP...

November 6, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan's Shionogi establishes JV with US-based Apnimed to treat sleep disorders

Japan based Shionogi and US based Apnimed, Inc. have agreed to establish a joint venture (JV) company, Shionogi-Apnimed ...

November 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Japan takes major step forward in advancing autologous cardiac regenerative medicine

I Peace, Inc., specialising in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and iPSC-derived cell therapies based in Palo Alto...

November 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
Japan's pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo to merge 2 wholly-owned subsidiaries

Japan-headquartered pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo's Board has passed a resolution on the basic policy for ...

November 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
AnHeart Therapeutics signs $40 M deal with Nippon Kayaku for cancer treatment in Japan

US-based startup AnHeart Therapeutics has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Nippon Kayaku to market ...

October 31, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Sumitomo grants AlphaNavi rights to neuropathic pain therapy

Japan-based companies Sumitomo Pharma and AlphaNavi Pharma have announced that AlphaNavi has exercised its option rights...

October 30, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan's Yakult transfers marketing authorisation of cancer drug Elplat to Takata

Debiopharm International SA, Yakult Honsha and Takata Pharmaceutical have agreed that Yakult Honsha will transfer ...

October 27, 2023 | Friday | News
Mithra to receive € 2.5 M from Fuji Pharma for dysmenorrhea treatment in Japan

Mithra Biotech, a company dedicated to women’s health, has announced that its licence holder Fuji Pharma has submi...

October 25, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japan-based Shimadzu unveils integrated system for urine volume measurement

Japan-headquartered firm Shimadzu Corporation has launched the “Urina” integrated management type urine volu...

October 23, 2023 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo and Merck announce global deal worth billion dollars to develop antibody drug conjugates

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo and US-based life sciences company Merck (known as MSD outside of the United...

October 20, 2023 | Friday | News
Japanese firms Fujitsu and TOPPAN Holdings collaborate to expand medical big data business

Japan-based companies Fujitsu and TOPPAN Holdings Inc. have concluded a business alliance agreement to jointly promote t...

October 19, 2023 | Thursday | News
Smith+Nephew introduces REGENETEN Bioinductive Implant in Japan

British medtech company Smith+Nephew has announce the launch of its REGENETEN Bioinductive Implant allowing access to th...

October 20, 2023 | Friday | News