New microscopy technique reveals hidden magnetic chemistry in living systems
On Apr. 6, 2026, a research team at the University of Tokyo announced they have developed a new…
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‘Dead End’: Radical 20-Year Study Reveals Genetic Cloning Hits a Limit
On Mar. 25, 2026, researchers, led by scientists at the University of Yamanashi in Japan, cloned a single…
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Sumitomo Receives Approval for world’s first iPS cell‑derived regenerative medicine in Japan
On Mar. 6, 2026, Sumitomo Pharma announce it has obtained conditional and time‑limited approval in Japan for the…
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Chemistry-Powered “Breathing” Membrane Opens and Closes Tiny Pores on Its Own
On Feb. 18, 2026, researchers at SANKEN, University of Osaka announced using a nanoreactor to produce pores that…
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A world-first mouse that makes gene activity visible
On Jan. 31, 2026, a research team from the Institute of Science Tokyo reported they became the first…
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Harsh Flu Season May Be Driven by New Variant K
On Dec. 16, 2025, researchers from the International Vaccines Access Center (IVAC) reported that as of mid-December, flu,…
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Japanese Scientists Reproduce human neural circuits showing crucial role of the thalamus
On Dec. 12, 2025, a Japanese research team announced it has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in…
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Phage Blueprint Reveals New Clues for Combating Drug-Resistant Bacteria
On Nov. 19, 2025, researchers announced a Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study has produced a detailed blueprint of a…
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‘Mind-captioning’ AI decodes brain activity to turn thoughts into text
On Nov. 5, 2025, researchers announced that reading a person’s mind using a recording of their brain activity…
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Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations
On Oct. 14, 2025, Japan’s health authorities have declared an influenza epidemic, with thousands of people infected with…
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the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance”
On Oct. 6, 2025, The Nobel Assembly has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred…
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Nuvaxovid® Now Approved in Japan Triggering Takeda Milestone Payment
On Sept. 4, 2025, Novavax announced a milestone payment from Takeda has been triggered by regulatory approval for Novavax’s…
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Novavax’s Nuvaxovid™ 2025-2026 Formula COVID-19 Vaccine Approved in the U.S.
On Aug. 27, 2025, Novavax announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Nuvaxovid™ 2025-2026…
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Japan draws up $700 Million Fund to attract foreign researchers
On Jun. 13, 2025, the Japanese government unveiled a 100 billion yen ($700 million) policy package designed to…
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FDA clears first blood test for Alzheimer’s detection
On May 16, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Fujirebio Diagnostics’ blood test to diagnose…
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What’s a healthy amount of sleep? It differs from one country to another
On May 8, 2025, University of British Columbia (UBC) research has found that your optimal amount of sleep…
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Cartoon Illustrating “The NIH and U.S. Healthcare in Crisis” Published
On Apr. 21, 2025, LifeScienceHistory.com published the cartoon: “The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Healthcare in…
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75% of U.S. scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
On Mar. 27, 2025, a Nature survey of more than 1,200 scientists, three-quarters of the total respondents are…
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Paralysed man stands again after receiving ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells
On Mar. 24, 2025, Hideyuki Okano, a stem-cell scientist at Keio University in Tokyo, and his colleagues announced…
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SIGA technologies’ TEPOXX (tecovirimat) Approved in Japan for the Treatment of Orthopoxviruses
On Jan. 2, 2025, SIGA Technologies announced that its antiviral treatment TEPOXX (tecovirimat 200 mg capsules), marketed as…
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Novavax and Sanofi announced licensing agreement to co-commercialize COVID-19 vaccine and novel COVID-19-influenza combination vaccines
On May 10, 2024, Novavax announced that it had entered into a co-exclusive licensing agreement with Sanofi. The…
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Japan first in the world to approve Dupixent (dupilumab) for chronic spontaneous urticaria
On Feb. 16, 2024, Regeneron and Sanofi announced that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) in…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Neurology | Therapeutics
FDA granted traditional approval for LEQEMBI (lecanemab-irmb) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
On Jul. 6, 2023, Eisai and Biogen announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the…
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FDA approved first drug to treat agitation symptoms associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the supplemental approval of Otsuka Pharmaceutical…
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Daily statin reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV, large NIH study found
On Apr. 11, 2023, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial was stopped early because a daily…
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Milestones in CRISPR
The Milestones in CRISPR cartoon illustrates several significant achievements in the development of the technology with commentary by…
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Moderna and Takeda announced plans to transfer Marketing Authorization for Spikevax(TM) COVID-19 vaccine in Japan
On May 31, 2022, Moderna and Takeda announced the transfer of the marketing authorization for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine…
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Novavax announced approval of Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine for primary and booster immunization in Japan
On Apr. 19, 2022, Novavax announced that its partner, Takeda, received manufacturing and marketing approval from the Japan…
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Moderna to supply Japan with additional 70 million doses of COVID-19 booster vaccine
On Mar. 16, 2022, Moderna announced an agreement with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan…
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COVID-19 heroes & Remembrance
Our Heroes and Remembrance illustration has Maurice Ralph Hilleman and John Enders, pioneering developers of common vaccines, and…
