Japan okays new long-acting eye drug

It promises fewer injections for vision loss patients

Bayer wins world-first nod in Japan for low-dose MRI contrast agent

Call it a major breakthrough for diagnostic imaging

GSK’s Exdensur wins Japanese nod for severe asthma

The approval follows robust data from the SWIFT and ANCHOR Phase III trials

Chugai’s Tecentriq gets green light in Japan for hard-to-treat Thymic Carcinoma

The drug had previously received orphan drug designation for this rare cancer on March 31, 2025

Bayer wins Japan nod for finerenone in broad heart failure population

Finerenone is the first therapy targeting the mineralocorticoid receptor pathway to demonstrate cardiovascular benefits in heart failure patients

Teijin Pharma receives approval for additional indication for XEOMIN in Japan

Sanofi & Regeneron’s Dupixent receives Japanese marketing approval to treat patients with COPD

Dupixent (dupilumab) approved as the first-ever biologic medicine in Japan for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Bio-Thera & Dr Reddy’s execute commercialization pact for biosimilars Stelara & Simponi for SE Asia

Bio-Thera will maintain responsibility for development, manufacturing, and supply of BAT2206 and BAT2506

Need for enhancing capacity building of medical officers to achieve desired results of healthcare schemes at the grassroot level: J. P. Nadda

Nadda also commended the role of ASHA workers, “grassroot foot soldiers”, in the healthcare system

Bayer files for approval of finerenone in heart failure in Japan

Finerenone is the first drug targeting the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) pathway to demonstrate cardiovascular benefits in a Phase III study in patients with heart failure