Revisions made to Japan’s national drug pricing in April have driven a wedge between the health care business results of chemical and material producers for April–June. Four out of nine...
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Fujifilm to Test Mass Production of Microneedle Arrays
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) is looking to accelerate the practical application of microneedle arrays – a drug delivery technology whereby a sheet adheres to the patient’s skin and administers drugs...
Chemical and Material Manufacturers Eye Sustainable Growth in Health Care Sector
Chemical and material manufacturers are focusing their efforts in on the health care sector, seeing here little risk of fluctuation effects and as such expecting sustainable growth over the medium–long...
Fujifilm Explores New Applications for Microcapsule Technology
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) is moving ahead with efforts to discover new applications for microcapsules. Fujifilm can control a capsule’s size down to the micrometer scale. This is possible thanks...
Fujifilm Takes Steps to Bolster Medical Device Business in Middle East, North Africa
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) is taking steps to bolster the development of its medical device business in the Middle East and North Africa. In addition to delivering 230 portable medical...
Fujifilm Speeds up Promotion of Non-TAC Materials for Displays
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) is accelerating moves to expand its business for display materials into new areas. This comes as the company’s new materials for OLED displays, touch panels and...
Interview: Fujifilm President Kenji Sukeno Highlights Health Care as Major Growth Area
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) has been quite active on the M&A front this past year, adding new businesses and expanding current ones as it looks to remake itself. Company president...
Fujifilm, Takeda Pharmaceutical to Jointly Research iPS Cell-Based Regenerative Medicine
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4502) recently announced the start of joint research into regenerative medicine products derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, better known as...
Japanese Manufacturers Keep Benefiting from Lively Semiconductor Materials Business
Semiconductor materials are a healthy business to be in. To illustrate the sector’s energy, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) are investing trillions of yen...
Daito Chemical to Boost Sodium Acetate Production by 40%
Daito Chemical Co. Ltd. is set to boost operations for sodium acetate, which is used in agents that increase the shelf life of dialysis solution and food additives. The chemical...
Fujifilm to Offer Chemical Production Service Using Flow Chemistry
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) recently announced that it will start up a chemical production service using flow chemistry in January 2018. The service will be available for everything from small-scale...
Optical Films for LCDs See Varying Sales Performance Between Companies
A gap has appeared in the market for optical films for liquid crystal displays (LCDs), with some Japanese manufacturers achieving a stronger sales performance than others. Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) is...
Data Storage Market to Reach $9B by 2020, IDC Study Predicts
Demand for data storage media is increasing, according to market research by U.S.-based International Data Corp. (IDC). Due to the popularization of IoT, high-resolution video, big-data analysis and cloud services,...
Fujifilm Develops 3D Vascular Mapping Technology
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) recently announced that it has developed software for 3D mapping of blood vessels for use in interventional radiology and other catheter surgical procedures. The system works...
Fujifilm Creates Genome-Edited Epidermis Model, Replicates Changes Caused by Age
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) announced on March 23 that it has produced a 3D epidermis model from genome-edited human epidermal cells. The new model is capable of replicating age-related skin...
Taki Chemical Uses Fish Collagen to Regenerate Cartilage
Taki Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4025), in collaboration with J-TEC Co. Ltd. (TYO:7774), has developed a cartilage regeneration material using fish-derived collagen. Animal tests have confirmed that the material regenerates cartilage...
Fujifilm Helps Cut CO2 Emissions With Magnetic Data Storage Tape
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) is working to reduce CO2 emissions by spreading the use of a magnetic tape that has the world’s highest data storage capacity. Magnetic data storage tape...
Fujifilm President Discusses Wako Acquisition, Prospectives Moving Forward
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) will buy Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd. this April for 154.7 billion yen ($1.36 billion) as part of a strategic expansion into the health care sector....
Fujifilm Partners with Major Russian Pharmaceutical Firm
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) announced on Dec. 16 that it has agreed with Russian pharmaceuticals manufacturer R-Pharm to enter into a comprehensive business partnership. Established in 2001, Moscow-based R-Pharm operates...
Fujifilm Announces Deal to Acquire Wako
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) announced on Dec. 15 that it will acquire major reagent manufacturer Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd., a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4502) for about...
