Japan

Japanese institute installs Imago system

The device, the LEAP 3000 Metrology System, is made by Imago Scientific Instruments of Madison. LEAP stands for local electrode atom probe. It is used...

OpGen forges agreement with Japanese importer

M&S imports pharmaceutical, info-tech and biotech tools. The partnership will market OpGen's system for analyzing genomes to life-science researchers in Japan. The company's import product lines include reagents, kits...

Japan, Midwest Biotechnology Industry Leaders Identify Steps for Greater Collaboration Between Countries

CHICAGO,IL--Top industry, government and academic leaders in the biotech and life science industries from the Midwest U.S. and Japan gathered Wednesday in Chicago as part of the JETRO Midwest-Japan Biotechnology Summit. The topics covered similarity of challenges faced by Midwest Biotech companies and their counterparts in Japan. The goal was to foster discussion and lay down specific p...

Japan on the rebound: Implications for Midwest

in September after a three-ye...

Japanese delegates highlight Wisconsin at BIO Chicago

When representatives from Japan, the second-largest biotech market in the world, came to Chicago for the international BIO convention, you might not think they would end up talking about Madison. But in a show of Wisconsin's international partnerships in biotechnology, Madison's Promega Corporation was chosen as a presenter at the Japan international session. And speaker Tsuney Yanagihar...

Japanese telecom opens liason office at UW-Platteville

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. is opening a liason office with one or two staff members on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus. Hiroki Tanaka, vice president and general manager of NTT Energy and Environment Systems Laboratories, is responsible for seeking out opportunities for the company to expand further in the area. NTT and UW-Platteville began their relationship dur...

Promega, Japanese lab announce partnership

The three-year agreement will involve exch...

Wisconsin biotechs plan Japan trade mission

Sponsored by the , or JETRO, the gathering will offer attendees an inside look into how Wisconsin biotech companies are partnering with similar com...

Sonic Foundry makes Japanese version of lead product

Mediasite is a system that can synchronize a slide show such as a PowerPoint deck with a video of the speaker or meeting, then put the presentation online as a webcast. Ac...

Japanese biotech is booming and linked with Midwest

According to a recent article in the March 2005 edition of PharmaVOICE...

Japan's pharma mergers will trickle to the Midwest

In past columns, we have talked about the consolidation of the Japanese pharma industry. The Japanese are actually arriving late to the consolidation party as both American and European companies have been consolidating for years and cont...

Japanese institute will develop for UWs Croquet platform

Croquet is a peer-to-peer network arch...

Doyles Japan trip opens doors and minds for Wisconsin

From September 25 to October 1, a team of 27 university and corporate representatives visited Japan to network with and tour Japanese industry, discussi...

Doyle builds bridges and hopes for deals in Japan

In Japan as part of a fact-finding mission with several Wisconsin representatives, Doyle has been speaking at biotechnology meetings and networking with Japanese business re...

40 Midwest biotech organizations to explore Japanese partnerships

The Japan External Trade Organization, or JETRO, will take 40 representatives from Midwest colleges and corporations to Japan this September 25 through October 1. They will attend biotechnology conferences, visit research centers...

Standard Networks to Distribute its Cryptographic Software in Japan and Taiwan

MADISON, Wis. - , a privately held software developer that creates secure data communication products and cryptographic software announced that Tokyo-based C4 Technologies a public security software developer has become the exclusive distributor for its MOVEit Crypto software in Japan and Taiwan. C4 Technologies will incorporat...

Third Wave Achieves Milestone, Delivers 200,000 SNP Assays to RIKEN In Japan

MADISON, Wis. -- Since the beginning of 2003, Third Wave has been supplying its Invader SNP assays to Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, group directo...

EraGen Expands in Japan

MADISON, WI. - I...

Japanese Continue Relentless Biotech Stake in Midwest

CHICAGO The Midwest has been approached by a variety of country economic development groups with interest in developing ties between regional biotech communities. These groups include: 1. The Swiss 2. The Germans 3. The Irish 4. The Taiwanese 5. The Israelis 6. The Singaporeans 7. The Danish None, however, have taken biotech more seriously and more pers...