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Japan’s MHLW looks to build entrepreneurial biomedical ecosystem

March 15, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Despite being home to world-class biomedical research and large innovative drug and device companies, a lack of an entrepreneurial ecosystem has emerged as a significant challenge for the biotech and med-tech industries. That is a challenge that regulators are now trying to address and overcome.
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Japan's MHLW looks to build entrepreneurial biomedical ecosystem

March 15, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Despite being home to world-class biomedical research and large innovative drug and device companies, a lack of an entrepreneurial ecosystem has emerged as a significant challenge for the biotech and med-tech industries. That is a challenge that regulators are now trying to address and overcome.
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PMDA head envisions 'rational medicine,' pledges further innovation

March 8, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) is looking to play an active role in achieving "rational medicine" in the country, the idea that a patient-centric system should optimize care from the patient's point of view based on the latest scientific knowledge.
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PMDA head envisions Rational Medicine, pledges more innovation

March 7, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu

PMDA head envisions 'rational medicine,' pledges further innovation

March 7, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) is looking to play an active role in achieving "rational medicine" in the country, the idea that a patient-centric system should optimize care from the patient's point of view based on the latest scientific knowledge.
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Takeda lands Japan rights for cabozantinib in Exelixis agreement

Feb. 23, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Exelixis Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. reached an exclusive licensing agreement for the commercialization and further clinical development in Japan of oncology drug cabozantinib. The deal grants Takeda exclusive commercial and further clinical development rights in Japan for cabozantinib.
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Takeda lands Japan rights for cabozantinib in Exelixis agreement

Feb. 22, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Exelixis Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. reached an exclusive licensing agreement for the commercialization and further clinical development in Japan of oncology drug cabozantinib. The deal grants Takeda exclusive commercial and further clinical development rights in Japan for cabozantinib.
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PhRMA: More dialogue in Japan to balance innovation, drug pricing

Feb. 8, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu
TOKYO – Japan’s pharmaceutical industry is calling for a more collaborative relationship between government and industry in the face of uncertainties in the country and the possibility of more frequent reviews of drug prices.
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PhRMA: More dialogue in Japan to balance innovation, drug pricing

Feb. 7, 2017
By Kohei Kanayasu

TOKYO – Japan's pharmaceutical industry is calling for a more collaborative relationship between government and industry in the face of uncertainties in the country and the possibility of more frequent reviews of drug prices.


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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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