SK Biopharma takes anti-seizure medication to Japan

SK Biopharmaceuticals in South Korea and Japanese firm Ono Pharmaceutical announced that they have entered into an exclu...

October 16, 2020 | Friday | News
Astellas, Seagen announce positive results in Ph 2 pivotal trial of PADCEV

Japan-based Astellas Pharma Inc. and Seagen Inc. in the US have announced positive topline results from the second cohor...

October 14, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Takeda accelerates digital transformation with Accenture and AWS

Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical has entered into a five-year strategic agreement with Accenture and Amazon Web Servi...

October 14, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Olympus launches ENDO-AID, an AI-powered platform for Its endoscopy system

Olympus Corporation has announced the launch of ENDO-AID, a cutting-edge platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI...

October 13, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Eisai collaborates with University of Tokyo for protein degradation drug discovery

The University of Tokyo and Eisai Co., Ltd. have announced a collaboration aiming for the development and drug discovery...

October 13, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Fast-tracking innovation and transformative care to patients

The present pandemic scenarios are continuing to place immense pressure on healthcare systems across Asia Pacific (APAC)...

October 9, 2020 | Friday | Opinion
Takeda inks deal worth $1.04B with Arrowhead for liver disease therapy

Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the US have announced a...

October 12, 2020 | Monday | News
Santen, Orbis to tackle increasing burden of eye diseases in Asia

Japanese firm Santen Pharmaceutical and Orbis International in the US have announced a long-term, ten-year partnership t...

October 9, 2020 | Friday | News
Transgene, NEC, BostonGene collaborate for ovarian and head & neck cancers trials

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

October 7, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Nagase increases rare amino acid productivity using Smart Cell technology

The Nagase R&D Center, the research and development arm of NAGASE & CO., LTD. based in Tokyo, has been deve...

October 8, 2020 | Thursday | News
Eisai to involve jointly in COVID-19 drug discovery utilizing Eritoran and E6011

Japan's Eisai has entered into a joint research agreement with four research organizations (KAN Research Institute, Nati...

October 7, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Japan invents novel tool to alter gene activity in stem cells

Researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Tokai University i...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Shionogi partners with HanaVax for pneumonia vaccine candidate

Shionogi & Co. and HanaVax Inc., both based in Japan, have announced they have entered into a license agreement for ...

October 5, 2020 | Monday | News
Shionogi examines mortality in patients with severe bacterial infections

Shionogi & Co. Ltd., a global, research-driven pharmaceutical company headquartered in Osaka, Japan (Shionogi) has r...

October 1, 2020 | Thursday | News
OriCiro launches world's first cell-free circular DNA amplification technology

Japanese firm OriCiro Genomics, a pioneer in the cell-free synthesis and amplification of genome-scale large DNA for gen...

October 2, 2020 | Friday | News
Aji Bio-Pharma, DNDi to develop treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis infections

Japan's Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services ("Aji Bio-Pharma"), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical contract development a...

October 1, 2020 | Thursday | News
Japan gathers genetic information for predicting COVID-19 severity

Japanese researchers have launched the Joint Research Coronavirus Task Force to gather genetic information for predictin...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
GHIT Fund infuses 1.37 B yen to develop new lifesaving drugs

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund in Japan has announced a total of 1.37 billion yen to invest in...

September 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News

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