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BioWorld - Saturday, January 24, 2026
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Articles by Kohei Kanayasu

Japan biopharma firms smacked by Trump, fail to recover

Jan. 24, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – The stocks of Japan's biopharmaceutical companies have taken a hit since U.S. President Donald Trump said, almost two weeks ago, that pharma companies have been "getting away with murder." Unlike their U.S. counterparts, Japanese stocks have not recovered from that significant broadside.
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Nuvasive to resume XLIF procedures in Japan

Jan. 23, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu

Japan OKs Insightec's non-invasive essential tremor treatment

Jan. 13, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu

Medtronic's Corevalve Evolut R receives MHLW reimbursement approval

Dec. 21, 2016
By Kohei Kanayasu

Sanofi unveils plan to launch 20+ new drugs in Japan by 2020

Dec. 21, 2016
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Sanofi K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of the French multinational, is aiming to launch more than 20 new drugs in Japan by 2020. Those drugs are expected to be mostly biologics and existing drugs tested for new indications.
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Sanofi unveils plan to launch 20+ new drugs in Japan by 2020

Dec. 16, 2016
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Sanofi K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of the French multinational, is aiming to launch more than 20 new drugs in Japan by 2020.
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Opdivo price cut 50% in Japan after controversial emergency review

Dec. 7, 2016
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Public backlash against the proposal and internal agreement to cut the price of anticancer drug Opdivo (nivolumab) by half continues. Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) promised to work on regular biennial drug price review and said the emergency review of Opdivo price was an anomaly.
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Opdivo price cut 50% in Japan after controversial emergency review

Dec. 5, 2016
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Public backlash against the proposal and internal agreement to cut the price of anticancer drug Opdivo (nivolumab) by half continues. Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) promised to work on regular biennial drug price review and said the emergency review of Opdivo price was an anomaly.
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Japan's PMDA taking strides to reduce drug approval timelines

Nov. 23, 2016
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – New drug approvals in Japan dropped to a five-year low in 2015, according to the latest report from the PMDA. While reviews are getting faster for standard products, reviews for priority products have grown increasingly longer.
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Japan's PMDA taking strides to reduce drug approval timelines

Nov. 23, 2016
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – New drug approvals in Japan dropped to a five-year low in 2015, according to the latest report from the PMDA. While reviews are getting faster for standard products, reviews for priority products have grown increasingly longer.
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