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

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

March 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japan discovers potential treatment of autoimmune diseases

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

March 7, 2023 | Tuesday | News
C2i Genomics, Riken Genesis expand AI-powered cancer detection technology across Japan

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

March 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Biogen terminates multiple sclerosis (MS) pact with Eisai in Japan

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

March 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Medical Technology Association of India recommends Japan as “China+1 alternative in MedTech Imports”

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

March 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Japan's GHIT strengthens ties with Unitaid to improve access to critical health tools

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

March 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
Deprecated Yen attracts renewed international interest in Japanese pharma

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

March 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japanese firm Mitsui & Co. invests in American health tech company Koios Medical

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

February 28, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Japan bags new opportunity to improve healthcare system

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

February 27, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan's Olympus buys Korean gastrointestinal stent firm Taewoong Medical for $370 M

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

February 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Taiwan approves Ono Pharma's non-small cell lung cancer drug with chemotherapy

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

February 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Japanese firms Teijin and Axcelead establish joint venture for drug discovery research

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

February 23, 2023 | Thursday | News
Japanese pharma firm Eisai dissolves joint venture with Italy's Bracco Imaging

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

February 21, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Capricor Therapeutics inks $100 M deal with Nippon Shinyaku for DMD treatment in Japan

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

February 20, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan develops method to design new peptide therapeutics for combating antibiotic resistance

Applications of new molecules as drugs are expected to be effective in treating diseases that are difficult to cure with...

February 13, 2023 | Monday | News
Japan develops world's first optical computing AI algorithm inspired by human brain

NTT Corporation and the University of Tokyo in Japan have devised a new learning algorithm inspired by the informat...

February 9, 2023 | Thursday | News
Astellas Pharma announces change of President and CEO

Astellas Pharma Inc. has approved changes to its Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) an...

February 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japan & Kenya develop biometric-based vaccination management system for newborns

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), NEC Corporation (NEC) and Nagasaki University, Japan, have developed a digital...

February 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News