TOKYO and XIAMEN, China, Aug. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Riken Genesis Co., Ltd., Amoy Diagnostics Co., Ltd., (“AmoyDx”) and Precision Medicine Asia Co., Ltd. (“PREMIA”) today announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved the AmoyDx® Pan Lung Cancer PCR Panel (the “AmoyDx PLC Panel”) as a companion diagnostic for TEPMETKO® (tepotinib) a Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany product that received approval by the Japanese MHLW in March 2020. TEPMETKO (tepotinib) is approved for use in patients with unresectable, advanced or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer with MET gene exon 14 skipping alterations.
Bayer has entered into a drug discovery collaboration (PDF) with Riken Innovation. The agreement will give Bayer the chance to explore drug targets based on research at a leading Japanese scientific research institute.