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EDITORIALS
Nov 23, 2011

Disturbing Iressa ruling

The Tokyo High Court on Nov. 15 overturned a lower court ruling that had ordered the government and the Japanese unit of the British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC to pay compensation to bereaved family members of two people who died allegedly because of a side effect caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa....
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2003

Medicines for colds linked to potentially deadly pneumonia

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has identified 28 cases of pneumonia since 1996 that it suspects were side effects of nonprescription drugs for common colds, it was learned Saturday.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2003

Medicines for colds linked to potentially deadly pneumonia

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has identified 28 cases of pneumonia since 1996 that it suspects were side effects of nonprescription drugs for common colds, it was learned Saturday.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2003

Medicines for colds linked to potentially deadly pneumonia

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has identified 28 cases of pneumonia since 1996 that it suspects were side effects of nonprescription drugs for common colds, it was learned Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 1, 2011

Making cancer drugs safer

The government on Jan. 28 rejected a recommendation by the district courts in Tokyo and Osaka for a negotiated settlement of lawsuits over the side-effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa. The government's rejection followed the rejection four days earlier by AstraZeneca K.K., an Osaka-based Japanese...
EDITORIALS
May 8, 2013

Lessons from the Iressa case

The Supreme Court upholds rulings that the Japanese unit of British drug maker AstraZeneca PLC is not liable for fatal side effects of the lung cancer drug Iressa.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2003

Importer of cancer drug in info probe

AstraZeneca K.K., the Osaka-based importer of the controversial cancer drug Iressa, may have failed to notify health authorities of the drug's acute side effects within the time period set by the government, sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2003

Iressa firm told to inform users of risks

The health ministry has ordered AstraZeneca K.K., the importer of the controversial lung cancer drug Iressa, to include a patient form with the medicine clearly stating the possibility of fatal side effects, ministry sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2004

Arthritis drug tied to five deaths

Five patients who used Aventis Pharma Ltd.'s Arava rheumatoid arthritis drug have died of pneumonia over the past four months since the drug was launched in Japan, the pharmaceutical company said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2003

Kin of cancer drug victim may sue firm

The father of a woman who died from acute side effects of the controversial cancer drug Iressa is considering filing a compensation suit against its importer for failing to swiftly alert medical institutions to the drug's dangers.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2021

Mass COVID-19 testing: Does it save lives?

Would Japan have seen far greater fatalities if it opted for mass COVID-19 testing like other countries rather than just targeting vulnerable group as it did?
COMMENTARY / Japan / Perspectives
Oct 2, 2021

Has Japan’s COVID-19 response really been that bad?

Mainstream media has painted a bleak narrative about how Japan has handled the pandemic, but comparative data shows it has, for the most part, responded much better than its G7 peers.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
May 19, 2020

Takehiko Orimo to focus on Levanga from president's desk after calling time on pro career

The former Toyota and Hokkaido star reflected on his 27-year career in an exclusive interview with The Japan Times.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 16, 2019

Drug devised to replace chemotherapy may reshape cancer care

A class of drugs is emerging that can attack cancer cells in the body without damaging surrounding healthy ones. They have the potential to replace chemotherapy and its disruptive side effects, reshaping the future of cancer care.
Mar 5, 2019

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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 11, 2018

Type 1 diabetic travelers to Japan, be prepared

Traveling to Japan with Type 1 diabetes can be tough, but only if you allow it to be.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 28, 2015

Cancer drugs: fact and fiction

Collusion between pharmaceutical companies and medical institutions to grab large chunks of medical spending is driving drug prices to stratospheric heights.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2013

Tojo's granddaughter, Yuko, dies at 73

Yuko Tojo, the granddaughter of executed Class-A war criminal Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, dies of interstitial pneumonia at age 73.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 2, 2012

A 100-mile race — it keeps you runnin'

Paul Walsh has just finished running 156 km. For fun. Around the bottom of Mount Fuji.
CULTURE / Books
Jun 28, 2009

Seduced by the stereotype: a meeting and parting of East and West

A prequel to her autobiographical best-selling novel "Fear and Trembling," Amelie Nothomb's "Tokyo Fiancee" is a slight tale of love and doubting in Japan. The narrative overlaps the time period of "Fear and Trembling," recounting the years between Amelie's return to Japan from Belgium after 16 years...
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2006

Agency discloses '04 medicine deaths

Pharmaceutical makers reported 63 deaths in April 2004 suspected of being linked to medicines, a semigovernmental agency said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2005

Kin of Iressa drug victims seek indictment

Relatives of people who died after taking the lung cancer drug Iressa filed criminal complaints Friday against the Japanese distributor and its former president, alleging the medicine was advertised for use before it was approved.

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