Japan in Medical News

Volcano Achieves Major Milestone in Japan Direct Sales Initiative With Signing of Termination Agreement With Goodman

SAN DIEGO, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC ), a leader in the development, manufacturing and sales of products for the diagnosis of coronary and peripheral artery disease, said today it has signed a termination agreement with its largest distributor in Japan, G...

Valeant Grants Schering-Plough Exclusive Option in Japan for Taribavirin in Exchange for Release of Last Right of Refusal

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE: VRX ) announced today that it has entered into an exclusive option agreement with Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP ) for taribavirin in Japan. In exchange for the exclusive option, Schering-Plough has...

Nexavar Approved in Japan for the Treatment of Advanced Liver Cancer

- First and only oral targeted therapy to significantly improve overall survival in patients with the disease - WAYNE, N.J. and EMERYVILLE, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX ) today announced that the Mi...

Spread of Swine Flu in Japan Could Raise WHO Alert to Highest Level

But U.S. health officials say the disease is no more dangerous than regular flu TUESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- The World Health Organization may declare a full-fledged swine flu pandemic in the coming days now that the virus has swept through Japan, a former WHO infectious disease...

Bausch & Lomb Japan Names Mitsuo Hirose as Chairman

TOKYO, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Bausch & Lomb Japan has named Mitsuo (Mike) Hirose as chairman, effective immediately. Mr. Hirose has served on the subsidiary's Board of Directors since January 2009. Mr. Hirose brings exceptional executive experience to Bausch & Lomb Japan, comp...

ACRO Presents at Japan CRO Association Commemorative Symposium

Joint declaration signed WASHINGTON and TOKYO, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the voice of the global clinical outsourcing industry, the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) had the honor of presenting before the Japan CRO Association's 15th Commemorative Symposium Feb...

New Features for 2009 Japan Events

MAARSSEN, Netherlands, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A BioPharma Pavilion at CPhI Japan and a Manufacturing Machinery Zone within P-MEC Japan will be among the new features at the 2009 staging of Japan 's leading pharma services events by UBM International Media. The conference programme...

CSOFT Broadens Globalization Services in U.S. and Japan with Two New Hires

Localization and Translation Leader Brings Former Medical Device and Microsoft Executives to Head Life Sciences and Shanghai Business Units Beijing, China (PRWEB) January 20, 2009 -- CSOFT International Ltd. , a leading provider of multilingual localization, testing an...

Interpreter Association Appoints IMIA Japan Representative

BOSTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA) unveiled its plan to develop a national and international structure for its organization. "Our current bylaws don't stipulate a regional organizational structure, whether national or international. Our memb...

Avon Global Ambassador Reese Witherspoon Visits Japan for First Time in Historic Role

Reese Witherspoon Participates in Traditional Tea Ceremony, Meets with Breast Cancer Survivors, and Introduces Women's Empowerment Bracelet in Asia Strides Made To Reduce Violence Against Women, as Half a Million Bracelets Sold in the Un...

Stronger Health Systems and Better Maternal Health Critical to African Development, Japan Summit Affirms

YOKOHAMA, Japan, May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Stronger health systems, improved maternal and child health, and effective prevention of AIDS and other infectious diseases are essential to African development, more than 40 heads of State agreed today. These health priorities were highligh...

Scientists in Japan design first optical pacemaker for laboratory research

WASHINGTON, May 28 The world's first optical pacemaker is described in an article published today in Optics Express, the Optical Societys open-access journal. A team of scientists at Osaka University in Japan show that powerful, but very short, laser pulses can help control the beating of heart m...

U.S. Scientists Receive Japan Prize on April 23, 2008

TOKYO, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Inc., U.S.A., and Dr. Robert E. Kahn, Chairman, CEO & President, Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), U.S.A., received the Japan Prize for Creation of network architecture ...

Abbott Announces HUMIRA(R) (adalimumab) Approved in Japan for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that it has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for HUMIRA(R) (adalimumab) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with inadequate response to conventio...

Categories Selected for the 2009 (25th) Japan Prize

TOKYO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan announced today the two categories for the 2009 (25th) Japan Prize, and defined their concept as follows: Field I: Environment/Infrastructure "The transformation towards a sustainable society in harmony with natu...

Aflac Japan To Offer Cancer Insurance Product Through Japan Post

COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aflac Incorporated announced today that Japan Post Network Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., has selected Aflac Japan as the exclusive provider of cancer insurance for distribution through the nationwide postal office net...

Mannatech Hosts Japan National Convention

Company launches products and tools at convention, including PhytoMatrix and the One on One Visual Presentation Tool COPPELL, Texas, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mannatech, Incorporated (Nasdaq: MTEX ), a leading developer and provider of dietary supplements and skin care so...

ChemoCentryx to Present at The 9th World Congress on Inflammation in Tokyo, Japan

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- ChemoCentryx, Inc. today announced that Thomas J. Schall, Ph.D., ChemoCentryx's President and Chief Executive Officer, will give a keynote lecture at The 9th World Congress on Inflammation in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Schall's lecture titled, "Treating Infla...

Cyberonics Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Nihon Kohden in Japan

HOUSTON, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cyberonics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYBX ) today announced the signing of an exclusive agreement with Nihon Kohden Corporation for the distribution of VNS Therapy Systems for epilepsy patients in Japan. The companies are working together to obtain the n...

ATS Medical Announces Regulatory Approval of the ATS Open Pivot AP360 Mechanical Heart Valve in Japan

MINNEAPOLIS, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI ), manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products and services, today announced the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has approved commercial distribution of the ATS Open Pivot(R)...

Chiltern and EPS International Hold a Joint Seminar in Tokyo, Japan

LONDON and TOKYO, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Chiltern International Limited (Chiltern), a global Clinical Research Organization (CRO) that provides clinical development and staffing services in Europe, the Americas and India and its Asian partner EPS International Co. Ltd. (EPS INTERNATIONAL), a who...

Skinvisible Patent Granted for Japan

- - - Patent Protection Expands for Dermatology Products with Invisicare LAS VEGAS, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Skinvisible, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVI) (Website: www.skinvisible.com ), is pleased to announce that it has been granted a comprehensive patent in Japan for Invisic...

Nu Skin Enterprises Names Brett Nelson President of Nu Skin Japan

PROVO, Utah, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS ) today announced the appointment of Brett Nelson as the president of Nu Skin Japan. Nelson will also continue in his role as president of the company's North Asia region, which includes Japan and South Korea. ...

NTT DATA Launches First Self-Designed DATATRAK eClinical(TM) Project Into Production in Japan

CLEVELAND and TOKYO, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DATATRAK International, Inc. (Nasdaq: DATA ), a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today reported that its alliance partner in Japan, NTT DATA Corporation, has placed its f...

Galderma announces approval for Differin gel 0.1 percent in Japan

Lausanne, Switzerland July 16, 2008 Galderma Pharma S.A., a global specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology, announced today that Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has approved Differin® Gel 0.1% (adapalene), a novel topical treatment for acne vulgaris in Japan. Th...

Abbott Submits Application for Approval of XIENCE(TM) V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in Japan

Japan Submission Includes Clinical Data Demonstrating Superiority of XIENCE V Compared to TAXUS(R) Drug Eluting Stent TOKYO, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT ) today announced that it has submitted an application for Seizo Hanbai Shonin (Marketing Authorization L...

Martin Durant Promoted to Executive Vice President and Deputy CFO; Sue Blanck Promoted to First Senior Vice President of Aflac Japan

COLUMBUS, Ga., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aflac Incorporated announced today that Martin A. Durant III has been promoted to executive vice president and deputy chief financial officer. Susan R. Blanck has been promoted to first senior vice president of Aflac Japan. Both promotions are ef...

Smith & Nephew Wins OXINIUM(TM) Approval in Japan

MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smith & Nephew, Inc.'s (NYSE: SNN ; LSE: SN) Orthopaedic Reconstruction business today announced Japanese regulatory approval of its award winning OXINIUM(TM) oxidized zirconium technology. Smith & Nephew is the only orthopaedic company to o...

Abaxis Announces Appointment of New Distribution Partner in Japan

UNION CITY, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABAX ) a medical and veterinary manufacturer of point-of-care blood analysis systems, announced today that Central Scientific Commerce, Inc., (CSC) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement to distribute the comp...

Keiko Hattori Joins Haemonetics as President of Haemonetics Japan

BRAINTREE, Mass., and TOKYO, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE ) is pleased to announce that Keiko Hattori will join the Company effective October 22, 2007 as President, Haemonetics Japan. Ms. Hattori will replace Haemonetics Japan's current President, Ryoji...

ImClone and Bristol-Myers Squibb Announce Joint Agreement With Merck KGaA to Co-Develop and Co-Commercialize ERBITUX(R) in Japan

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ImClone Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: IMCL ) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY ) today announced that they have established an agreement with Merck KGaA for the co-development and co-commercialization of ERBITUX(R) (cetuximab) in Japan. U...

Stille and Enova Form Strategic Partnership to Introduce World's Brightest LED Cordless Surgical Headlights Into Europe and Japan

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Enova Medical Technologies and Stille AB (listed at First North Sweden) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic marketing and distribution partnership. Beginning in the 4th quarter of 2007, Stille will market Enova's breakthroug...

Treaty With Japan may Legalize Dumping Toxic Waste in India

Environmental groups and NGOs in India are up in arms against a coming India-Japan treaty regarding the export of old Japanese ships and toxic chemicals to Indian shipyards. The India-Japan Economic Agreement is in the final stages of discussion and is due to be formalised in October. ...

Sexlessness in Japan may spark a population crisis

Japan's dwindling population has got the country's planning association all worked up. With the fertility rate at dismal levels averaging at 1.25 children per woman//, demographers are pressing the need of 2.1 children per woman to maintain the requisite population. A survey conducted by the...

Ban On Philippine Poultry To Japan To Be Lifted Shortly

Philippine Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban, announced that the 11 month old ban that was imposed on the poultry is to be lifted on the 7th of June by Japan//. Japanese Ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki has informed Panganiban that the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry have fo...

Bombings in Japan have left Indelible Health Impression

New research has showed that even though it is 60 years since atomic bombs fell on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, survivors are still facing the effects of the onslaught.// The studies have shown how survivors continue to develop thyroid nodules, sometime benign and at other tim...

US Regulator Sees No Link Between Tamiflu And Japan Deaths

There is no evidence of a link between Tamiflu and the sudden deaths of 12 children in Japan who took the drug, The US Food and Drug Administration has concluded. Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant which markets the // drug standing in the front line of defense against a bird flu pandemic, ag...

McDonald's to Start Coffee Chain in Japan

McDonald's said Thursday it will launch a chain of coffeeshops in Japan, hoping to tap into the country's growing love of coffee but at lower prices than rivals. The Japanese unit of the global burger empire said it will open 15 "McCafes" in the Tokyo region next month and hoped to set up ...

Three-year-old Abandoned in Box Meant for Unwanted Babies in Japan

Close on the heels of the outrage over an insensitive caption for the picture of an abandoned baby in Melbourne in Australia, comes the news that a pre-schooler was found left in a cardboard box kept by a Japanese hospital for unwanted babies. The drop-off was opened by the Catholic-run Jikei...

Workplace Stress Leads to Rising Suicide Rate in Japan

Kamikaze soldiers or not, suicide rates among Japanese have generally tended to be high. Now a government study has found the number of employment-related suicides hit a record 65 in 2006, compared to 42 the previous year, Health Ministry official Junichiro Kurashige said. The number of worke...