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Takeda shareholders approve $62bn Shire acquisition

December 6, 2018
Business Services Ireland, Japan, M&A, MA, Shire, Takeda, acquisition

Japanese firm Takeda have gained shareholders’ approval for the $62 billion acquisition of the Irish headquartered company Shire Plc. The …

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Japan approves AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso in EGFRm non-small cell lung cancer

August 21, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Japan, Tagrisso, lung cancer, pharma

AstraZeneca has revealed that its EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor Tagrisso (osimertinib) has been approved in Japan by the nation’s Ministry …

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Astellas acquires gene therapy group Quethera in £85 million deal

August 13, 2018
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Japan, gene therapy, ocular, quethera, vision

The Japanese company Astellas Pharma has acquired British gene therapy group Quethera in a deal worth up to £85 million. …

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Takeda to sell Osaka site to soften Shire deal’s financial impact

July 5, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Japan, Osaka, Shire, Takeda, acquisition, pharma

It’s one of the biggest acquisitions the industry has seen at a total value of $63 billion and after weeks …

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Takeda’s Entyvio secures Japanese approval in ulcerative colitis

July 2, 2018
Sales and Marketing Entyvio, Japan, Takeda, pharma, ulcerative colitis

Takeda Pharmaceutical has announced that its monoclonal antibody, Entyvio (vedolizumab), has been approved for the treatment of patients with moderately …

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Takeda move for Shire looks increasingly likely

April 6, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Japan, Shire, Takeda, UK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Takeda’s surprise announcement, just last week, that it was weighing up a move for Shire had some analysts sceptical about …

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GSK’s shingles vaccine secures EU and Japan approvals

March 26, 2018
Sales and Marketing EU, Europe, GSK, Japan, Shingrix, pharma, shingles

GlaxoSmithKline has announced that its shingles vaccine Shingrix has secured approval in two new regions: in Europe, for the prevention …

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Takeda completes construction of new global headquarters in Tokyo

March 21, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Japan, Takeda, pharma, tokyo

Japan’s biggest pharmaceutical firm Takeda has announced the completion of construction of its new global headquarters in the country’s capital …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

March 9, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Biogen, Celgene, EMA, Gilead, HIV, Herceptin, Japan, NHS, Ontruzant, Sanofi, opioid crisis, opioids, pharma, real world data, top ten, zinbryta

After a particularly jarring bout of cold weather and snow, we may just have seen off the worst of winter …

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Japan saves record $12.2bn in 2017 through greater generic use

March 7, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Japan, generics, keytruda, opdivo, pharma

Through a concerted shift from branded drugs to generic equivalents as a means to lower prescription costs, Japan is estimated …

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AstraZeneca scores double approvals in Japan for asthma and ovarian cancer

January 19, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Fasenra, Japan, asthma, lynparza, ovarian cancer, pharma

AstraZeneca has unveiled a double dose of approvals awarded to its medicines in Japan: Fasenra (benralizumab) has been given authorisation …

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Japanese pharma expects 17% growth throughout 2017

April 25, 2017
Manufacturing and Production CPhI, Japan

Pharma companies attending CPhI Japan are expecting a 17% growth of the country’s market throughout the year, according to data …

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Japan announces measure to crack down on drug pricing

December 20, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Japan, Shinzo Abe, opdivo

Japan has committed to annual drug price reviews whilst also expanding the scope by which the prices are deemed to …

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Japan to slash Opdivo costs by 50%

November 17, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Japan, opdivo

Japan’s health ministry has announced it is to slash the price of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo by 50% in the country …

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Amgen agrees deal to commercialise biosimilars in Japan with Daiichi Sankyo

July 14, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Daiichi Sankyo, Japan, biosimilars

Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) has agreed a deal with Daiichi Sankyo (TSE: 4568) that will see the pair commercialise nine biosimilars …

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