Lisa Takagi
Managing Editor
Lisa provides editorial coverage of all aspects of Japan’s prescription drug market for Scrip and Pink Sheet, including company, market, pricing and regulatory developments, as well as publishing podcast content regularly in the local Japanese language.
Lisa brings close to a decade of experience working in either international teams or reporting, writing and editing, including in broadcast media through an internship as a TV reporter in Canada. Most recently, she covered the IT sector for ITmedia Enterprise in Japan. Lisa is bilingual in Japanese and English. She speaks basic French and Mandarin with keen interests in learning new languages. She holds an MA in Fine Art from Tokyo University of the Arts as well as a Master’s in Journalism from the University of King’s College in Halifax, Canada.
Latest From Lisa Takagi
Japan Drug Price Revision: Cuts, Increases Aim To Balance National Healthcare Costs
Japan will raise reimbursement prices for selected essential and clinically valuable drugs in April, while cutting back prices for a higher than usual number of other products through the broad application of market expansion repricing rules. The overall regular revision will see prices cut by 4.7% on average.
Deal Watch: Biogen, AbCellera Team To Find Novel Way To Cross Blood-Brain Barrier
Plus deals involving BiomX/Adapative Phage, One/NEX-I, Shionogi/FunPep, Taiho/Haihe, Kinnate/Pierre Fabre, StemCell Technologies/SQZ and more, as well as tech transfer agreements.
Sumitomo Pharma To Cut 400 US Employees Amid Latuda LOE
After reducing 500 employees last year while reorganizing its subsidiaries in the US in the aftermath of patent expiration for its mainstay product Latuda, the Japanese firm has decided to move ahead with another rationalization affecting 400 employees there.
First Digital Therapeutic App Filed For Approval In Expanding Japan ADHD Market
A pioneering approval filing for a therapeutic app by Shionogi is set to herald expansion of ADHD therapies beyond the pill in Japan, along with growth in the pediatric segment for the disorder.
Eyeing Agility, Astellas Expands Digital Transformation Initiative
Soon-to-start digital transformation initiatives at the major Japanese pharma firm will focus on in-housing of IT systems and company-wide enhancement of AI/data analytics skills.
Daiichi Sankyo Commits To Major Expansion In Germany As Part Of Global ADC Push
Daiichi Sankyo will expand its production site in Pfaffenhofen, Germany with new R&D capability for antibody-drug conjugates, spending €1bn. Behind the major new investment, the firm has recently filed for the approval of two ADCs in the US and is preparing global approval filings including in Europe and Asia.