HE the ambassador of Qatar to Japan, Hassan bin Mohamed Rafi al-Emadi, paid an inspection tour to three facilities that were completed as part of the projects of the Qatar Friendship Fund ... ( read original story ...)
Phase 2 ELEKTRA Study of Soticlestat (TAK-935/OV935) Meets Primary Endpoint Reducing Seizure Frequency in Children with Dravet Syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Ovid Therapeutics Inc. announced positive topline results from the Phase 2 ELEKTRA study of soticlestat. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange to approve listing of Japan’s Kioxia: report
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is set to approve an October listing of microchip manufacturer Kioxia, formerly known as Toshiba Memory, Nikkei Business reported. ( read original story ...)
Costa Rica earthquake: Huge 5.3-magnitude quake rattles San Jose – tsunami update issued
THE EARTHQUAKE that has shaken Costa Rica has been described as a 5.3-magnitude tremor by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. ( read original story ...)
Digital Edge and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Announce Formation of a Diversified Asia Pacific Data Center Platform, With a $1 Billion Capital Commitment
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners announces the formation of Digital Edge, a diversified Asia Pacific data center platform. ( read original story ...)
Blackstone to Buy Takeda Pharma’s Japanese Consumer Healthcare Business for $2.29 billion; Target Price $60
U.S. investment fund Blackstone Group said on Monday that it will acquire Takeda Pharmaceutical’s Japanese consumer healthcare business for $2.29 billion, marking Blackstone’s second private equity ... ( read original story ...)
Blackstone Makes $2.3 Billion Deal for Japan Drug Business
Blackstone Group is buying the consumer health-care business of Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical for $2.3 billion, one of the larger private-equity acquisitions in a country where such deals are slowly ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rise on firm overseas shares, Fed chief speech awaited
Tokyo stocks ended slightly higher Monday on firm markets elsewhere in Asia and U.S. shares as investors cautiously awaited a speech ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda To Sell Japan Consumer Health Care Business Unit To Blackstone For 242 Bln Yen
(RTTNews) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (TAK, TKPYY.PK) announced Monday that it has agreed to divest its unit Takeda Consumer Healthcare Co. Ltd. or TCHC to Blackstone Group Inc. (BX) for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Stuck In Downturn As Businesses Still Hit By Weak Trade, COVID-19
With the downturn stretching into the middle of the third quarter, and amid few signs of economic revival, Japanese companies expect output to fall in the year ahead. Thi ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda to sell Japanese consumer health unit to Blackstone for $2.3 billion
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co has agreed to sell its Japanese consumer healthcare business to U.S. investment fund Blackstone Group for 242 billion yen ($2.3 billion), Japan's largest drugmaker said on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rise in morning tracking gains in overseas markets
Tokyo stocks rose slightly Monday morning on solid Asian markets, tracking gains in U.S. shares lifted late last week by better-than- ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks advance in morning on U.S., Asian shares’ rise
Tokyo stocks reversed earlier losses on profit-taking as investor sentiment was bolstered by U.S. stocks rising late last week on upbeat business activity data which helped send major Asian bourses ... ( read original story ...)
How does Japan’s Abe score on his policy agenda?
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the nation's longest serving premier, visited a Tokyo hospital on Monday as concerns deepened about his ability to continue in his post due to health issues and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan facing credit card number shortage as people stay home and shop
As more and more credit cards are being issued while people in Japan stay home and shop amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, issuing companie ... ( read original story ...)
Japan pushes defense equipment exports with corporate expertise
Japan has struck only four deals involving components since the 2014 revision of a rule that had prohibited the export of weapons. The change cleared the path to exports under certain conditions, such ... ( read original story ...)