Author: arnulfozimmerman

Japan – Hitachi and Axcelead to start joint development of solutions for the efficient creation of next-generation biopharmaceuticals

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) and Axcelead, Inc. today announced a comprehensive collaborative partnership to develop solutions contributing to the efficient creation of next-generation biopharmaceuticals with digital technology and a drug discovery platform. Hitachi has also invested in the Drug Discovery Gateway Fund (“DDG Fund”) managed by Whiz Partners Inc. (President: Atsushi Matsumura, “Whiz”). Axcelead is a flagship portfolio company of the DDG Fund. With continuous progress of life science, practical applications of next-generation biopharmaceuticals with new therapeutics modalities(1) demonstrating better balance of efficacy and side-effect, such as genes-, cell-, and mRNA(2)- therapeutics, have been recognized. Those new drug discovery modalities are ... Read more