Illustration of Stefan Sandström beside a Shionogi sign outside the former JT Pharma research centre in Takatsuki, Japan.
Shionogi’s planned USD 2 billion acquisition of IntraBio gives you a reason to revisit your Japan partner shortlist. Before you approach a potential partner, ask what your programme adds, which rights you can offer and who owns the decision. A credible commercial proposition makes the conversation worth having.
生存している神経細胞でも機能異常が生じ得ることを示す、神経ネットワークと電気生理学的・カルシウムシグナル解析の概念図
生存率だけでは捉えきれない神経毒性を、光学的電気生理、HD-MEA、ハイコンテントイメージング、ヒトiPSC由来神経系、共培養モデルを用いて多面的に評価。急性・遅発性神経毒性、神経炎症、機能・構造変化を捉えるin vitro神経毒性評価について解説します。
5つの候補化合物を神経毒性リスクに基づいて比較し、4つをNO GO、1つをGOと判断する創薬意思決定の概念図
創薬初期に神経毒性リスクを捉え、候補化合物の比較やgo/no-go判断に活かすための考え方を解説。Cellectriconのin vitro神経毒性評価、急性・遅発性毒性、神経炎症、ヒトiPSC由来モデルを用いた早期リスク低減について紹介します。
Stefan Sandström presenting Daiichi Sankyo’s Shinagawa R&D Center in Tokyo.
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Stefan Sandstrom by Astellas HQ in Nihonbashi
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Three Japanese quality inspectors examine a dented pharmaceutical carton in a clean quarantine area.
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A wide-angle, photorealistic image of a modern Japanese elder-care facility where a yellow-and-black rugged tablet rests on a desk in the foreground. The tablet screen displays an infographic titled "Japan Silver Economy: Unlocking Market Access," outlining target market segments, buyers, and routes to market. In the soft-focused background, Japanese caregivers interact with elderly patients, with a banner on the wall reading "Care Innovation and Field Tests" in both Japanese and English.
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An editorial infographic-style image, rendered in a highly detailed photorealistic illustration, shows multiple elevated railway tracks merging. One set of tracks, labeled with rusty signs for various local development milestones, curves into a main line labeled with a large overhead sign, 'GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT / MRCT (MULTI-REGIONAL CLINICAL TRIALS)'. Modern Japanese Shinkansen trains, including one with 'Phamaraxt' livery, travel on the main line. The scene is set in a daylight Yokohama cityscape, with skyscrapers and industrial buildings. Smaller rusty milestone signs date progress: 'DEC 2023 Phase I flexibility', 'OCT 2024 Rare-disease flexibility', 'JUN 2025 Clinical-trial reform', 'FEB 2026 One-stop service + PMDA', 'JUN 2026 Single IRB', and a final 'AUG 2026 Japan earlier in global development'. A main sign in the foreground left labels the converging tracks 'SEPARATE JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT'.
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Stefan speaking on stage at a pharmaceutical industry conference, in front of a large presentation screen about Daiichi Sankyo, antibody-drug conjugates, and new business opportunities in oncology.
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A photorealistic illuminated billboard beside a wet city road at dusk, displaying: "Otsuka's new target is to hit ¥3.5 trillion by 2035."
Large pharmaceutical targets often look like abstract financial noise to external vendors. But Otsuka’s target to […]