Japanese in Biological Technology

Intercell Announces European Approval of New Vaccine, IXIARO(R), to Prevent Japanese Encephalitis

-- European Commission grants marketing authorization for Intercell's IXIARO, the first licensed vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis for travelers and military personnel in Europe -- This final decision follows the positive opinion from European Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP...

Intercell to Host Conference Call and Webcast Today on FDA Approval of IXIARO(R) Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine

VIENNA, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) today announced that it will host a conference call today to discuss the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of IXIARO(R), a new vaccine for the prevention of Japanese Encephalitis (JE). The initial target for use of Intercel...

Intercell Announces FDA Approval of IXIARO(R), a Novel Vaccine to Prevent Japanese Encephalitis

- U.S. FDA approves Intercell's first marketed product, a new vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis for travelers and military personnel - Commercial product launch in the U.S. planned for Q2 2009 VIENNA, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) today announced that the U.S. Fo...

Forward-Thinking Patient Recruitment Company Poised to Create Bridges Between Japanese Clinical R&D Industry and Global Clinical Trial Marketplace

Establishing Wholly-owned Subsidiary to Enable BBK Worldwide to Better Serve Asia-Pacific Clinical Trial Enrollment Concerns NEWTON, Mass., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- BBK Worldwide, a global leader in patient recruitment for clinical trials, has announced the opening of BBK Worldwide -- Osaka, ...

Boston Scientific Announces Japanese Approval for TAXUS(R) Liberte(R) Drug-Eluting Stent System

Product is Japan's first second-generation drug-eluting stent NATICK, Mass., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) announced today that it has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to market its TAXUS(R) Liber...

GenVault Opens Japanese Subsidiary to Better Address Global Biobanking Market Growth

GenVault's energy and space efficient technologies ideally suit the needs of the Japanese Biobanking community, and create a new paradigm for eco-friendly, sustainable Biobanking initiatives. CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVault Corporation today announces the opening of its new...

Australian Authorities (TGA) First to Grant Final Product Approval for Intercell's Vaccine to Prevent Japanese Encephalitis

VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) today announced that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) granted product approval for the company's vaccine to prevent Japanese Encephalitis. This final decision step for the new vaccine follows the p...

Japanese Cancer Association and Debiopharm Honour Japanese Research

Professors Ichijo and Mano Receive 2008 JCA-Mauvernay Award LAUSANNE, Switzerland, October 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a global biopharmaceutical development specialist that focuses on serious medical conditions and particularly oncology, presented Professors Hideno...

InterMune Reports Japanese Regulatory Approval of Pirfenidone in IPF

- Provides Progress Report on InterMune Phase 3 CAPACITY Program - - Reports 97% patient retention rate in CAPACITY - BRISBANE, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN ) today reported that on October 16, 2008, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labo...

Circassia Acquires North American and Japanese Rights to Dopexamine

Circassia Establishes Commercial-Scale Supply Chain Circassia to Develop Dopexamine as Part of Proprietary Post-Surgery Recovery Protocols OXFORD, England, October 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Circassia Ltd, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on the fields ...

Biopten (Sapropterin Dihydrochloride) Approved by Japanese Ministry of Health for the Treatment of PKU

NOVATO, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq and SWX: BMRN) announced today that Asubio Pharma Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo), has received marketing approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for a label exten...

Aortic Stent Grafts Will Boost Canadian and Japanese Peripheral Vascular Markets

Japanese and Canadian aortic stent graft market to grow at CAGRs of nearly 60% and 20%, respectively, through 2012, according to Millennium Research Group WALTHAM, Mass., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group's Japanese Markets for Perip...

Boston Scientific Announces Japanese Approval of Heart Failure Lead

ACUITY(R) Steerable lead also receives reimbursement approval; Company plans to launch product immediately NATICK, Mass., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) appro...

Naglazyme Approved by Japanese Ministry of Health

NOVATO, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq and SWX: BMRN) announced today that AnGes MG, Inc. (AnGes), BioMarin's marketing and distribution partner in Japan, has received approval for its Marketing Application for Naglazyme(R) (galsulfase) from the...

Corgenix Signs Technology Licensing Agreement With Japanese Government

AGREEMENT PROVIDES CORGENIX EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE RIGHTS TO DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY MEASURING SERUM BIO-MARKER FOR CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION DENVER, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Corgenix Medical Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CONX), a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic t...

Pharsight Welcomes Newest Japanese PKS, AutoPilot Customer

Global Deployment of Pharsight's Automated PK/PD Data Management and Reporting Solution MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharsight Corporation (Nasdaq: PHST ), a leading provider of software and strategic services for optimizing clinical dru...

40 Midwest biotech organizations to explore Japanese partnerships

MADISON, Wis. Midwest biotech businesses will soon have a chance to network internationally as part of a trade mission to Japan. The Japan External Trade Organization, or JETRO, will take 40 representatives from Midwest colleges and corporations to Japan this September 25 through October 1. T...

OpGen forges agreement with Japanese importer

Madison, Wis. DNA analysis company OpGen has cut an exclusive distribution agreement with Japanese importer M&S Instruments Inc. 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. Th...

Sonic Foundry makes Japanese version of lead product

Madison, Wis. — Sonic Foundry has made a new version of its Mediasite presentation recorder for the Japanese market, where it says it has sold 50 units to date and hopes to create a bigger market. Mediasite is a system that can synchronize a slide show such as a PowerPoint deck with a vi...

Promega, Japanese lab announce partnership

Fitchburg, Wis. - Government and private actors from two hemispheres came together outside Madison Friday as life sciences company Promega and Japanese Kazusa DNA Research Institute signed off on a partnership agreement for pursuing genome research. The three-year agreement will involve ex...

NovaBay(R) Pharmaceuticals Names Roy J. Wu as Senior Vice President for Business Development

...t at the Syntex Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and culminating as director of R&D Program Planning and Management for the company's japanese subsidiary. Wu received his MBA in International Finance from the University of San Francisco, School of Business. He has been a member of the ...

Beckman Coulter Completes Acquisition of Olympus' Lab-Based Diagnostics Business

...osition in chemistry and sustain our above-market growth in immunoassay," concluded Garrett. Beckman Coulter delivered approximately 76 billion japanese yen in cash, or approximately USD $780 million, which was funded as follows: Approximately $495 million in net proceeds raised from the i...

Mylan Reports Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.32 for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2009

... higher in the current quarter. This increase was driven by higher revenues in Japan as a result of continued pro-generic measures implemented by the japanese government as well as new product launches. Additionally, in Australia, the effects of a government-mandated price reduction, which went into effect ...

"Over the Next 2-3 Years We Will Leverage Developmental Capabilities and Explore In-licensing and a Co-development Model to Consolidate Our Presence in Japan" - Dr. Kailash Sharma, President, Japan Operations, Zydus Cadila

...oking to give a big boost to its operations in the japanese generic market which is still evolving. While the ... Sharma is very well familiar and have respect for japanese culture, legal system, quality standards, regulato...untry specific and focus on the unmet needs in the japanese market. elaborating on the group's approach, Dr. S...

Sanofi-aventis Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results

...of 2008, when the figures were boosted by sales of active ingredient to our japanese partners. First-half sales of the product rose by 1.9%. In the first half o...pproval in Thailand and Australia of Imojev(R) (single-dose vaccine against japanese encephalitis), was filed in July. This innovative vaccine is intended to pr...

REMERON(R) Now Approved in Japan for the Treatment of Depression in Adult Patients

...er, Ph.D., executive vice president and president, Schering-Plough Research Institute. "This approval is the eighth new product we have brought to the japanese market since 2007 and represents important progress in extending our presence in Japan, a critical part of our geographic expansion." REMERON (mi...

Monitoring water through a snake's eyes

...tion to fight terrorism through science has a personal side as well. His father, world-renowned scientist Prof. Aharon Katzir, was assassinated by the japanese Red Army in a terror attack in 1972. "I am trying to walk in his footsteps by doing applied research that can be a practical tool in an important bat...

New Report Just Published: World Prostate Cancer Therapeutics Market Report

...ssisted Radical Prostatectomy for Treatment of Prostate Cancer II-67 7. Recent Industry Activity II-68 Sanofi-Aventis Secures Approval of japanese Health Ministry for Taxotere(R) Injection II-68 Schering-Plough Terminates Collaboration with Novacea II-68 Takeda Terminates JV Deal, Mer...

New Report Just Published: World Endoscopy Systems Market Report

...hart) III-24 Table 35: Leading Players in the japanese Fiber Scope (Flexible Endoscopes) Market (2008...hart) III-24 Table 36: Leading Players in the japanese Videoscopes Market (2008E): Percentage Breakdo...-26 B. Market Analytics III-28 Table 37: japanese Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for...

Asia Debut for Money-Saving Pharma-Packaging Machines from Ireland

...sence at Interphex, Sepha has already received very positive feedback from japanese pharmaceutical manufacturers during a fact-finding mission and believe it ...sence at Interphex, Sepha has already received very positive feedback from japanese pharmaceutical manufacturers during a fact-finding mission and believe it ...

Environmental Tectonics Corporation's BioMedical Division Achieves Foreign Manufacturer Accreditation in Japan

...Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has given accreditation to ETC as a foreign manufacturer in Japan. ETC worked closely with our japanese distributor (Koike Medical Co., Ltd.) to help ensure that our monoplace hyperbaric chambers passed every certification requirement. Obtaining the accr...

Sinovac Completes Construction of H1N1 Virus Seed Bank

...vaccine (H5N1), has already been approved for government stockpiling. Sinovac is developing vaccines for enterovirus 71, universal pandemic influenza, japanese encephalitis vaccine, and human rabies vaccine. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Tangshan Yian, is conducting field trials for independently developed ina...

STAAR Surgical Receives FDA Clearance for the Epiphany(TM) Injector System

...s an important extension of STAAR Japan's expertise in the area of preloaded delivery systems for foldable IOLs which have been very successful in the japanese market," said Barry G. Caldwell, President and CEO of STAAR Surgical. "This product will enhance the ability of surgeons to accurately deliver the Co...

STAAR Surgical Receives CE Mark Approval for KS-X Preloaded Hydrophobic Acrylic Lens Injector System

...ufactured by STAAR Japan with an independently sourced acrylic lens, in the japanese market for two years. The STAAR system enables lens delivery into the eye ...bility to deliver innovative surgical products to customers by focusing the japanese operations on developing and manufacturing innovative lens delivery systems...

Monitoring water through a snake's eyes

...tion to fight terrorism through science has a personal side as well. His father, world-renowned scientist Prof. Aharon Katzir, was assassinated by the japanese Red Army in a terror attack in 1972. "I am trying to walk in his footsteps by doing applied research that can be a practical tool in an important bat...

Multiple Types of Heart Attacks Reduced by Prasugrel in TRITON-TIMI 38 Trial

... investigational oral antiplatelet agent invented by Daiichi Sankyo and its japanese research partner Ube Industries, Ltd., as a potential treatment, initially ...yo Company, Ltd., was established in 2005 through the merger of two leading japanese pharmaceutical companies. This integration created a more robust organizati...

Odyssey Thera Announces Collaboration With Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, and Issuance of Core Patent in Japan

...day the initiation of a collaboration with leading japanese pharmaceutical company Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co...l programs. Odyssey also announced the issuance of japanese patent number JP 4262778, entitled "Protein fragme...ip with Mitsubishi Tanabe, and the issuance of our japanese patent, reflect our objective of making our unique...

SHARE Program Launched to Address the Challenges of Achieving Blood Pressure Goal

...ions. The company was created in 2005 through the merger of two traditional japanese enterprises, Daiichi and Sankyo. With net sales of more than 5.9 billion EU...O has affiliates in 12 European countries and has been one of the strongest japanese pharmaceutical companies located in Europe since it set up European product...

Microtest Labs Adds Dissolution Testing to its Suite of Analytical and Stability Testing Services

... Microtest's analytical testing processes follow guidelines from all major standards authorities, including the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), the japanese and European Pharmacopoeias, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the Associatio...

Sinovac to Host Conference Call to Report First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...vaccine (H5N1), has already been approved for government stockpiling. Sinovac is developing vaccines for Enterovirus 71, Universal Pandemic Influenza, japanese encephalitis vaccine, and Human Rabies vaccine. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tangshan Yian, is conducting field trials for independently developed ina...