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Despite downturn, drug execs mostly positive about 2019, with a few caveats

March 13, 2019
By Catherine Makino
TOKYO – An ongoing downturn in global trade may turn out to be unexpectedly severe, but in the midst of the ongoing difficulties there may be opportunities for biotech companies. That was the opinion of industry executives speaking at the Bio Asia International Conference last week, as they generally agreed that this year should be a good one for biotech stocks, in no small part thanks to an expected recovery from the sharp correction during the last quarter of 2018.
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Despite downturn, drug execs mostly positive about 2019, with a few caveats

March 13, 2019
By Catherine Makino
TOKYO – An ongoing downturn in global trade may turn out to be unexpectedly severe, but in the midst of the ongoing difficulties there may be opportunities for biotech companies. That was the opinion of industry executives speaking at the Bio Asia International Conference last week, as they generally agreed that this year should be a good one for biotech stocks, in no small part thanks to an expected recovery from the sharp correction during the last quarter of 2018.
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Industry experts worry price cuts in Japan could hurt innovative biotechs abroad

March 7, 2019
By Catherine Makino
TOKYO – Pharmaceutical companies are growing increasingly concerned about the knock-on effect of new legislation in Japan that changes how drugs are priced. Set to take effect in April, those reforms, which introduce new frameworks on cost-effectiveness, will also have repercussions on reimbursement guidelines for biotechnology innovations.
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More patent lawsuits expected in Japan over biosimilars

Dec. 12, 2018
By Catherine Makino
TOKYO – Defying the non-litigious nature of Japanese companies, makers of drugs and biosimilars are increasingly willing to file lawsuits to protect patents or clear the way to market biosimilars.
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More patent lawsuits expected in Japan over biosimilars

Dec. 7, 2018
By Catherine Makino
TOKYO – Defying the non-litigious nature of Japanese companies, makers of drugs and biosimilars are increasingly willing to file lawsuits to protect patents or clear the way to market biosimilars.
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A sign of the times in Japan: Astellas shutters two units, hands another to Eurofins

July 5, 2018
By Catherine Makino
TOKYO – Japanese pharmaceutical companies are downsizing, bucking a longstanding practice in the country of providing lifetime employment, even as they try to prepare for the possibility of a shrinking industry.
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A sign of the times in Japan: Astellas shutters two units, hands another to Eurofins

July 5, 2018
By Catherine Makino
TOKYO – Japanese pharmaceutical companies are downsizing, bucking a longstanding practice in the country of providing lifetime employment, even as they try to prepare for the possibility of a shrinking industry.
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Esight tech may tap into large Japanese market if high price tag can be overcome

June 19, 2018
By Catherine Makino

Asia in the Spotlight: C.R. Bard looks to boost exposure in highly competitive Japanese market

Oct. 21, 2015
By Catherine Makino

Taiho gets FDA nod for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer drug

Sep. 30, 2015
By Catherine Makino

TOKYO – Japan's Taiho Oncology Inc. won U.S. FDA approval for its oral combination anticancer drug TAS-102 (trifluridine hydrochloride) for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), which is marketed in Japan under the brand name Lonsurf.


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