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Fujifilm to establish its first Bio-CDMO site in Japan
TOKYO, October 6, 2022 – FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) today announces that it will establish the company’s first Japanese Bio-CDMO site in Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture. The new site will be invested by FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical and will be operational in FY2026. The Japanese Government is currently promoting the strengthening […]
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TOKYO ― FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) today announced that it has begun implementation of a phase 2a study in the U.S. to evaluate safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of FF-10832, a liposomal drug candidate, in combination therapy with Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., U.S.A.’s anti-PD-1 therapy KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for […]
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TOKYO —FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. (President: Junji Okada) has announced that the company has partnered with Chinese pharmaceutical company Carelink Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Carelink”) in deploying anti-influenza drug Avigan® Tablets (generic name: favipiravir,“Avigan”) in China. Going forward, through a future application and approval of Avigan for imported drug registration, to be submitted by […]
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TOKYO —FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. (President: Junji Okada; hereinafter “FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical”) has announced that the company filed an Application for Partial Changes to manufacturing and marketing approval matters of its anti-influenza drug Avigan® Tablet (generic name: favipiravir,”Avigan”) to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan. The filing seeks to add an […]
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TOKYO — FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) announces the conclusion of a manufacturing contract agreement with biotechnology company, VLP Therapeutics Japan LLC (Representative Executor: Wataru Akahata, hereinafter “VLP Therapeutics”) regarding COVID-19 vaccine formulation developed by VLP Therapeutics. VLP Therapeutics’ COVID-19 vaccine is self-amplifying (replicon) RNA*1 vaccine and uses a formulation (lipid nanoparticle)*2, which is a […]
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LONDON and TOKYO ― Centus Biotherapeutics Ltd., a joint venture between Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics Co., Ltd. and AstraZeneca, today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted the marketing authorization for Equidacent® (Product Code: FKB238), the company’s biosimilar to Avastin® (bevacizumab). The authorization follows the adoption of a positive opinion by the Committee for […]
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TOKYO — FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. (President: Junji Okada; hereinafter “FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical”) has announced today that primary endpoint has been met in phase III clinical trial of “Avigan Tablet” (generic name: favipiravir, “Avigan”) conducted in Japan for patients with novel coronavirus infections (hereinafter “COVID-19”). The efficacy primary endpoint is time to negative conversion […]
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TOKYO — FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Junji Okada; hereinafter “FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical”) today filed an application to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for marketing authorization approval its new radiopharmaceutical compound F-1515 (INN: lutetium [177Lu] oxodotreotide) for the treatment of pancreatic, gastrointestinal, and pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors. F-1515 is […]
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At Fujifilm, our dedication to science and innovation has never been more important than it is today. We are collaborating across the globe and working together and finding ways to fight COVID-19 by leveraging our talents, experience and resources. But perhaps nothing is more inspiring than the way several FUJIFILM Group companies came together recently […]
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Centus Biotherapeutics Announces Positive CHMP Opinion for FKB238, Biosimilar Bevacizumab
LONDON and TOKYO ― Centus Biotherapeutics Ltd., a joint venture between Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics Co., Ltd. and AstraZeneca PLC (LSE/STO/NYSE: AZN), today announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for the Marketing Authorization Application of EquidacentTM (Product Code: FKB238), the company’s biosimilar […]
