Nippon Shinyaku obtains rights to sell Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome drug Fintepla in its home market. Sun Pharma increases its ownership stake in Russia’s PJSC Biosintez.

Shionogi has become the latest Japanese company to build its presence in the digital health realm, this time through an alliance with Akili for two novel digital therapeutics.

The head of Japan’s drug and device regulator has defended and supported the country’s recent world-first decision to grant approval to a novel cell-based therapy for spinal cord injuries, saying that patient considerations came first.

Some 12 years after first NDA submission, Kyowa Hakko Kirin tries again to secure US approval for troubled Parkinson's drug, but some analysts remain unsure of commercial potential and the company itself is progressing a successor.

Bharat hopes to expand international reach of Chiron Behring’s rabies vaccine. WuXi and Biolingus partner on sublingual delivery.