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2021.05.13

e-Projection is going to BIO Digital 2021!

We will be attending the BIO Digital 2021! Join us next June 10-11 and 14-17 in the virtual space this time, to discuss about your strategy to expand your business globally!! Now more than ever, the world is counting on us to come together to advance innovation and discovery.


2021.03.10

To the last drop

Allowing 7 shots per vial of Pfizer’s covid vaccine may wreak havoc to the already problematic Japanese immunization program Mottainai is one of the virtues of Japanese culture which means avoiding waste and making use of all that is available, especially in a country without significant natural resources. Yesterday, this sense of savings was taken […]


2021.03.03

Not going viral enough

MSD’s Silgard 9 silently reaches the market after five years of regulatory turmoil and social aversion against immunization While the covid-19 vaccine is the only thing people talk about, last week another type of jab has been launched in the Japanese market. MSD, a multinational pharmaceutical company which is known as Merck and Co. in […]


2020.12.08

e-Projection is going to Biotech Showcase Digital 2021!

Join us in the virtual space this time, to discuss about your strategy to expand your business globally. https://informaconnect.com/biotech-showcase/


2020.12.07

Exploring the Right Size of Our Team

Last month we were blessed by being joined with two great talents as full-time employees. In just a couple of years, the size of our squad has been rapidly increasing with both members showing full commitment in our operations and key industrial experts among various disciplines joining our advisory board. At the time I embarked […]


2018.10.21

Effects of Quitting Alcohol: Personal Experience

Fifteen years ago, I decided to quit one habit which I have kept for more than a decade, smoking. I do not remember if there were any immediate health effects felt from doing so, but perhaps at least the good thing was that I have not experienced any negative effects from smoking tobacco. My father […]


2018.08.01

Attending BioPharm America and NLS Days this year again

This September, e-Projection will be planning for another world tour for two consecutive years. BioPharm America: September 5–6, 2018, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA Nordic Life Science Days: September  10-12, 2018, September, Stockholm Waterfront Congress Center, Nils Ericsons Plan 4, Stockholm It will be an exiting two weeks both in the US and in Europe. Come join […]


2018.07.18

Presentation at the Japan Pharma & Governance Tour at UBS Securities

I was asked to join and present at a panel discussion organised by UBS Securities with the fund managers, to talk about the Japanese pharma market in general and also about the recent Takeda/Shire deal. I am sharing the slides that I used there, where I am discussing about the facts and implications of the […]


2018.06.08

Pricing rules in Japan; an awkward development

June 8, 2018 Tosh Nagate, CEO at e-Projection K.K. To make assumptions of the price of any product, from chocolate bars to computers, is one of the most daunting tasks for a product manager, but if it comes to drug pricing, the challenge is staggering. In many of the advanced economies, unlike any other product, […]


2018.05.25

Conference Report

14th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology July 28, 2016 Crizotinib vs Alectinib Miyako Satouchi Department of Thoracic oncology, Hyogo Cancer Center Program Came back to JSMO, this time in Kobe! Although most of the discussion is stemming from those fancy-looking immune checkpoint inhibitors, data from the so-called 2nd gen ALK inhibitors […]