Month: ខែ​កញ្ញា 2025

TOKYO, August 29, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) announced today that it has received orphan drug designation for anticancer agent the EZH2*1 inhibitor tazemetostat hydrobromide (generic name, product name “Tazverik® Tablets 200 mg”, “tazemetostat”) for unresectable INI1*2-negative epithelioid sarcoma that has progressed after chemotherapy, from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW).Epithelioid sarcoma is a type of soft tissue sarcoma that is a rare cancer estimated to account for about 1% of all soft tissue sarcoma.1 Only 174 cases were registered from major hospitals across Japan over a10-year period from 2006 to 2015.2 Loss of INI1, which is a negative regulator of EZH2, is observed in over 90% of epithelioid sarcoma cases,3 leading to EZH2 activation that is believed to drive tumor onset and malignant progression. Treatment options are limited, resulting in an extremely high unmet medical need.Tazemetostat was approved…

Completion of strategic acquisition affirms Hitachi Energy’s position as a market and technology leader in advancing energy storage innovation – a cornerstone of secure energy transitionsPower electronics with advanced digital capabilities are critical to ensure reliability and stability of the electric gridZurich, Switzerland, August 28, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi Energy, a global leader in electrification, has completed the acquisition of the remaining stake in eks Energy, a technology and market leader in power electronics and control solutions to deliver a scalable, flexible, and complete approach for energy storage customers. Hitachi Energy acquired a majority stake in eks Energy in 2023. As energy storage emerges as a cornerstone of grid stability, reliability and energy security, the IEA1 has called for a sixfold increase in global storage capacity to 1,500 GW by 2030. Underscoring this urgency, the COP29 Global Pledge2 highlights energy storage and grid infrastructure as essenti…

Massachusetts, USA, September 2, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Corporation (“MC”) is pleased to announce its participation in a third-party allotment of shares by Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC (Headquarter: Massachusetts, USA, Representative: Bob Mumgaard, “CFS”), a fusion energy start-up originating from MIT *1. This investment was made in collaboration with a consortium of 12 Japanese companies *2 (“Japanese Consortium”). In the field of fusion energy, this investment builds on MC’s previous investment in Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd., announced on May 17, 2023.*1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology*2 MC, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., JERA, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., JGC, Development Bank of Japan, Inc., NTT Corporation, Fujikura Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.Fusion energy is produced when two light nuclei, typically deuterium and tritium, …

TOKYO, September 2, 2025 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, “Hitachi”) has been certified as a Gold Partner*1 of Scaled Agile, Inc. (“SAI”), the provider of SAFe®, the world’s most trusted system for business agility.SAFe is a management framework that supports organizational transformation and business agility, helping to enhance competitiveness and maximize customer value and is widely adopted globally. Within the Hitachi Group, GlobalLogic was certified as a Silver Partner of SAI in 2021 and has been supporting agile DX transformation based on customer experience.Amid increasingly rapid social change and growing uncertainty, Hitachi will apply SAFe as a common framework across One Hitachi to support customers globally in rapidly adapting to change and continuously creating value. For example, by applying SAFe to the implementation of “HMAX*2”, which embodies Lumada 3.0 and aims to solve customer and societal challenges by converting data into value using Hitachi’s domain know…