Switzerland related news

The 2019 JCA-Mauvernay Award, co-organized by the Japanese Cancer Association (JCA) and Swiss global biopharmaceutical company Debiopharm Group, was awarded to Doctors Ryohei Katayama from the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research and Shinichi Yachida from Osaka University. This year marked the 15th anniversary of the recognition of outstanding research in the field of oncology in Japan.

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. said Friday it has struck a $3 billion investment deal with Roivant Sciences Ltd., a Swiss drug start-up.

EU and Japan are partnering up to offer joint degree programs under the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Partnerships. Switzerland is participating as an associate partner in the Master of Science in Imaging and Light in Extended Reality program between Toyohashi University of Technology and the University of Eastern Finland, one of the three programs selected by the European Commission and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

The Japanese government on Friday named Kojiro Shiraishi, chairman of media conglomerate Yomiuri Shimbun group, as its new ambassador to Switzerland.

Scientists at EPFL, in collaboration with researchers at the Shibaura Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan, have developed a tiny pump that could play a big role in the development of autonomous soft robots, lightweight exoskeletons and smart clothing. Flexible, silent and weighing only one gram, it is poised to replace the rigid, noisy and bulky pumps currently used. The scientists’ work has just been published in Nature.

SoftBank Group Corp.’s massive Vision Fund is making its first-ever energy storage bet — and it’s on a rather unconventional type of battery.

The head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER, Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, leads a business and science delegation to Japan and Vietnam from 7 to 14 July. The focus of talks with governments in both countries are on free trade agreements. The accompanying representatives from Swiss firms and the Swiss education, research and innovation landscape got access to decision makers on economic policy, and so expand their network of contacts.

Tokyo, Japan - Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation today announced that it has acquired the network virtualization technology developer Mido Holdings Ltd. by signing a share transfer agreement with the shareholders of Mido Holdings and completing the transfer of shares. Consequently, Mido Holdings has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Semiconductor Solutions.

Swiss bank UBS and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings will form an asset-management joint venture that will target wealthy Japanese individuals seeking global investment opportunities, Nikkei has learned.

Japan's national medical insurance system was given the go-ahead on Wednesday to cover leukemia treatment using expensive Kymriah from Swiss drugmaker Novartis.