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Japan’s MHLW approves Sarepta’s gene therapy for DMD

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) has granted approval to Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy ...
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BioCardia Submits Request for Clinical Data Review Meeting with Japan PMDA To Discuss Approval Pathway for CardiAMP® Cell Therapy in Ischemic Heart Failure

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCardia ®, Inc. [NASDAQ:BCDA], a global leader in cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary ...
Forbes

Japanese Startups Are Pioneering New Cancer Tools With AI And Focused Ultrasound

In early 2024, the World Health Organization predicted that by 2050 there will be more than 35 million new cancer cases worldwide, an increase of 77% from 20 million in 2022. Driven by aging and ...
Medscape

Low-dose statin therapy reduces risk of CHD in Japanese subjects by 33%

September 28, 2006 (Tokyo, Japan) – Results of the Management of Elevated Cholesterol in the Primary Prevention Group of Adult Japanese (MEGA) study, the first large-scale primary-prevention trial in ...
Democrat and Chronicle

Japanese body-work therapy grew out of judo

Most people think of judo as an Olympic sport or a combat sport for self-defense. Less known is something called judo therapy, which has been growing in popularity in Japan. Judo therapy specializes ...
Healthline

Japanese Water Therapy: Benefits, Risks, and Effectiveness

Japanese water therapy involves drinking several glasses of room-temperature water every morning when you first wake up. Online, it’s claimed that this practice can treat a host of problems, spanning ...