Lisa provides editorial coverage of all aspects of Japan’s prescription drug market for Scrip and Pink Sheet, including company, market, pricing and regulatory developments, as well as publishing podcast content regularly in the local Japanese language. Lisa brings close to a decade of experience working in either international teams or reporting, writing and editing, including in broadcast media through an internship as a TV reporter in Canada. Most recently, she covered the IT sector for ITmedia Enterprise in Japan. Lisa is bilingual in Japanese and English. She speaks basic French and Mandarin with keen interests in learning new languages. She holds an MA in Fine Art from Tokyo University of the Arts as well as a Master’s in Journalism from the University of King’s College in Halifax, Canada.
Latest from Lisa Takagi
The JPY330bn package bundles existing and new support funds for the biopharma industry, with the national government recognizing its importance for both national security and economic growth.
Plus deals involving Simcere/Vigonvita, Formosa/Rxilient, Shionogi/Japan Tobacco, Taiho/NEC/JFCR, Toray/Sanodyne, SK Biopharmaceuticals/WARF, BioCorteX/CD Biopharma, ToolGen/GenEditBio and Actimed/Mankind.
Several global products have been granted approval recommendations in Japan, while two Japan-originated drugs received a preliminary nod in their home country after being approved first elsewhere through licensees.
Following US approval of its first-in-class drug for IgAN sibeprelimab, Otsuka is planning an sNDA for an autoinjector in 2026 and is in talks with regulatory authorities in Japan and Europe.
While Japan tries to balance its healthcare costs, the major US industry group is concerned reimbursement pricing practices in the country could influence US levels under Trump's MFN policy.
Plus deals involving Adagene/Third Arc, Celltrion/TRiOar, Celltrion/Kaigene, ImmunoScape/Cue, Laekna/Qilu, Lilly/ABL, Lilly/Sanegene, Sanyou/ZJ Bio-Tech, TransThera/Neurocrine, Qyuns/Roche, Otsuka/4D Molecular, IASO/GC Cell, Chugai/Renalys, Henlius/Forlong and Teijin/Elevara.