Lisa Takagi
Managing Editor
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
AnGes To Withdraw, Refile HGF Gene Therapy In Japan
If finally fully approved in its first indication, the HGF gene therapy could become a first-in-class therapy for PAD - but only after years of challenges in clinical trials.
Lead Daiichi/Merck ADC Collab HER3-DXd Hit With CRL
While there were no issues of efficacy or safety behind a new US CRL for Daiichi Sankyo/Merck & Co's anti-HER3 antibody-drug conjugate patritumab, the FDA decision marks a hit to the companies' first ADC collaboration and the latest in a string of regulatory blows to Japanese firms in the US.
Conditional Global-First Nod For SanBio's Cell Therapy for TBI
SanBio’s lead cell therapy asset has been on a bumpy journey to its global-first approval and while a nod has now come in Japan in a high-need indication, a commercial launch is conditional on additional data to establish product equivalence and manufacturing consistency.
Multiple Stargardt Contenders Progress In Japan Despite Small Market
With no approved therapies globally for Stargardt's, competition in the indication is increasing in Japan, where Kubota Vision is seeking for conditional approval for emixustat, while Belite Bio’s contender tinlarebant has received Sakigake designation as a local Phase III program continues.
Japan Academia Progresses Novel Melanoma Drug Despite Pharma 'Reluctance'
Academia-developed novel oral PAI-1 inhibitor in combination with Opdivo showed a strong response rate in PD-1 treated melanoma patients with certain disease characteristics and could represent a new breakthrough for a class with no clinical stage competitors.
Asia Deal Watch: Chugai Extends Relationship With Helsinn
Plus deals involving Kissei/JWP, Shionogi/Cilcare, Takeda/Torrent, Genome & Co./Debiopharm, Kaken/J&J, CStone/Ewopharma, MediLink/BioNTech and more.