Day: ខែ​មេសា 1, 2025

TOKYO, Apr 1, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to divest the rights for proton pump inhibitor Pariet® (generic name: rabeprazole sodium) in China to Beijing Peak Biology Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., a CBC Group-controlled company. Peak Pharma has commenced marketing activities, while Eisai will manage the transfer of manufacturing and marketing authorizations during atransition period.Under the terms of the agreement, Eisai will receive RMB725 million (approximately 15.7 billion JPY1) as contractual upfront payments, as well as the rights to receive a sales milestone payment. The upfront payments have already been recorded in the third quarter of Eisai’s fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.Eisai expects no changes to its consolidated financial forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.Pariet is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) discovered and developed by Eisai, approved in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide. Pariet was…

HONG KONG, Mar 28, 2025 – (ACN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Everbright Grand China Assets Limited, a property leasing, property management and sales of properties held for sale company under China Everbright Group (“Everbright Grand China Assets” or the “Group”, Hong Kong Stock Exchange stock code: 3699) today announced the annual results for the year ended 31 December 2024 (the “Year under Review”).During the Year under Review, the Group’s revenue was approximately RMB45.9 million (2023: approximately RMB46.8 million), representing a decrease of approximately 1.9% as compared to last year, mainly due to the decline in rental income. The profit attributable to equity shareholders of the Company amounted to approximately RMB25.3 million (2023: approximately RMB19.3 million), representing an increase of approximately 31.1% as compared to last year. The increase in profit was mainly due to foreign exchange (primarily including bank deposits denominated in currencies other than RMB) gains during the year. The ba…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd (MHIEC), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received an order from the Nanbu Wide-area Administration in Okinawa Prefecture for a full refurbishment of its Itotoyo Environmental Improvement Center (Tsukazato, Itoman City). The order calls for renovation of the facility’s stoker type incinerator, capable of processing 200 tonnes per day (tpd) (Note1), to extend the plant’s service life, enhance its energy efficiency, and reduce CO2 emissions. The contract is valued at 1.506 billion yen (tax excluded), with completion scheduled for March 2026.The Itotoyo Environmental Improvement Center was originally designed and constructed by MHI. On completion in March 1998, the facility incorporated two stoker type incinerators, each providing a processing capacity of 100 tpd, plus related equipment.The purpose of this project is to upgrade the main equipment of the aging water supply equipment, electrical instruments, and exh…

TOKYO, Apr 1, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has concluded a Mizuho Eco Finance(1) commitment line agreement(2) with Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (Mizuho Bank).Mizuho Eco Finance is a program from Mizuho Bank that uses an environmental assessment model developed by Mizuho Research & Technologies Co., Ltd., which incorporates globally trusted environmental certifications and evaluations to score the initiatives and indices of customers, and provide financing to those customers who meet a certain score or higher.For this agreement, MHI Group was assessed as meeting a high standard for the indicators used in the evaluation model, including its endorsement of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)(3) in March 2019, the MISSION NET ZERO declaration aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2040, and appropriate disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions throughout the supply chain.The MHI Group aims to contribute to the sustainable enhancement of corpor…

TOKYO, Apr 1, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has concluded a Nissay Positive Impact Finance (Note1) agreement with Nippon Life Insurance Company (Nippon Life) (contract amount: JPY 2.0 billion). This is the second Positive Impact Finance Agreement between MHI and Nippon Life.MHI Group, in response to the growing need to address the global challenge of climate change, in 2020, identified five material issues, including “Provide energy solutions to enable a carbon neutral world,” and “Transform society through AI and digitalization,” as priority measures to contribute to solving societal issues and ensuring continued growth over the medium to long term. These issues are reflected in the medium-term business plan, and the MHI Group has identified decarbonization on the energy supply side and the realization of decarbonization, fully automated and labor-saving on the energy demand side as growth areas, and is working toward commercialization. By promoting decarbo…

HONG KONG, Apr 1, 2025 – Gome Retail Holdings Limited (Stock code: 493.HK, “Gome Retail” or the “Company”), together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”) announced its audited annual results during the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 (the “reporting period”).Focusing on the main industry to consolidate the border, take multiple measures to actively resolve the debt problemIn 2024, domestic economic recovery is weak, with asevere and complex external international environment compounded by domestic economic and policy cycle factors. Domestic demand remained sluggish, directly impacting the industry to which our group belongs, which continued to experience a downturn. In 2024, the Group recorded sales revenue of approximately RMB 474 million; and loss attributable to owners of the parent of approximately RMB11,629 million.In 2024, Gome Retail continued to promote strategic transformation and upgrading and actively explored new businesses. However, in the fourth quarter of 2024, the government introduced se…

TOKYO, Mar 31, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – NTT Corporation, Biome Inc., NTT Com, NTT COMWARE, NTT DATA and NTT DOCOMO announced today that they have jointly begun developing technology enabling the large-scale estimation*1 of vegetation*2 and biological organisms through remote sensing*3. By combining NTT Group’s assets, including satellite image data analysis technology,*4 with Biome’s real-time “BiomeDB” database of organisms, one of the largest in Japan with over 8.5 million entries, they aim to establish comprehensive and continuous methods for collecting and analyzing data related to vegetation and organisms. This initiative will support biodiversity monitoring and contribute to achieving a nature-positive*5 society.1. BackgroundOf the total value added*6 within the global economy, some USD 44 trillion (almost half of global GDP), depends on natural capital*7 such as forests and soil. However, the degradation of biodiversity, which supports this natural capital, is progressing at an unprece…

TOKYO, Mar 31, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – The TANAKA Memorial Foundation’s Representative Director, Hideya Okamoto, announced the recipients of the FY2024 Precious Metals Research Grants.Following a rigorous screening process, Ichiro Tanaka Awards, for 3 million yen each, were presented to Assistant Professor Akihiro Ishii of Tohoku University and Professor Yu Matsuda of Waseda University. In addition, three research projects received the Innovative Precious Metals Award, and six KIRAMEKI Awards were presented.The TANAKA Memorial Foundation undertakes programs designed to foster developments in new precious metal fields while contributing to the advancement of science, technology, and socio-economics for the overall enrichment of society. The research grant program was launched in FY1999 and has continued each year since with the goal of supporting the various challenges of the “new world opened up by precious metals. “Forging a better tomorrow with ‘Hirameki’ and ‘Kirameki’” was adopted as the…