Eisai Certified as the 2022 Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organization (White 500)

TOKYO, Mar 9, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has been certified as the Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organization in the large enterprise category (White 500) by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi. Under the Certified Health and Productivity Management […]

NEC OncoImmunity Acquires VAXIMM’s Neoantigen Vaccine Development Assets

Oslo (Norway)/Tokyo (Japan) and Basel (Switzerland)/Mannheim (Germany), Mar 9, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC OncoImmunity (NOI), a subsidiary of NEC Corporation (NEC), and VAXIMM AG, a Swiss/German biotech company focused on developing an oral plug and play DNA vaccination technology to stimulate patients’ cytotoxic T-cells targeting a wide range of cancer-related antigens, […]

Season starts at Sebring for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

TOKYO, Mar 8, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will defend its FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) titles with an updated GR010 HYBRID Hypercar, which begins with the 1000 Miles of Sebring in Florida next week where Fujitsu Limited and JFE Steel will join as partners. A successful debut season in […]

LENVIMA in Combination with KEYTRUDA Approved In Taiwan for the Treatment of Patients with Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma

TOKYO, Mar 7, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that LENVIMA (generic name: lenvatinib mesylate), the multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor discovered by Eisai, in combination with Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada)’s KEYTRUDA (generic name: pembrolizumab) has been […]

Fujitsu and Tokyo Medical and Dental University leverage world’s fastest supercomputer and AI technology for scientific discovery to shed light on drug resistance in cancer treatment

TOKYO, Mar 7, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) today announced a new technology that uses AI to discover new causal mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer treatments from clinical data. Leveraging the world’s fastest supercomputer “Fugaku,”(1) the new technology enables high-speed calculation of 20,000 […]

MHI Announces Changes in Executive-level Personnel

TOKYO, Mar 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines, Ltd. (MHIAEL), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has announced the appointment of Masanori Ushida as President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 1, 2022. He succeeds Katsuyuki Shimauchi, who will continue to serve as Member […]

MHI Group Presents “Best Innovation 2021” Awards for Activities that Contribute to Mitigating Impacts on the Global Environment

TOKYO, Mar 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has presented its “Best Innovation 2021” awards to 17 products, technologies and services related to its Group business activities and growth strategies that contribute to the preservation and protection of the global environment and mitigation of environmental impacts, thereby contributing […]

Bosch, Mitsubishi Corporation and BPSE Team Up to Empower Electrification of Commercial Operating Fleet by Providing Battery Insight

TOKYO, Mar 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Bosch, Mitsubishi Corporation and BPSE have recently agreed into a cooperation to create a new service to enable Battery as a Service business model by leveraging Bosch’s Battery in the Cloud technology, Mitsubishi Corporation’s battery service commercialization capability and BPSE’s battery swapping platform. Bosch Battery […]

Honda to Issue U.S. Dollar-Denominated Green Bonds (Unsecured Straight Bonds) to Accelerate its Environmental Initiatives

TOKYO, Mar 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that the company will issue U.S. dollar-denominated Green Bonds totaling US$2.75 billion for its initiatives toward the realization of a society that aims for zero environmental impact. The proceeds from the issuance of the Green Bonds will be used […]

Eisai Initiates Submission of Application Data Under the Prior Assessment Consultation System in Japan with the Aim of Obtaining Early Approval for Investigational Anti-Amyloid Beta Protofibril Antibody Lecanemab

TOKYO, Mar 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that Eisai has initiated a submission to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) of application data under the prior assessment consultation system in Japan for the investigational anti-amyloid beta (Abeta) protofibril antibody lecanemab (BAN2401). The lecanemab […]

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening and Launch Ceremony in Shimonoseki for Japan’s First LNG-fueled Ferry

TOKYO, Mar 3, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, today held a christening and launch ceremony for the SUNFLOWER KURENAI, the first of two large LNG-fueled ferries being built for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL). The ceremony took place at […]