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- November 5, 2024
Ƶlogo (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Ƶlogo”) and Ƶlogo’s corporate venture capital subsidiary, Ƶlogo Innovation, Inc. (Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, President: Yoshiharu Mizui) announced today that Ƶlogo Innovation, Inc. has been selected as a registered venture capital (Registered VC) of the Strengthening Program for Pharmaceutical Startup Ecosystem implemented by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED).
To address the shortage of large-scale funding necessary for new drug development, this program provides subsidies to pharmaceutical startups for development and commercialization. This support is contingent upon startups securing funding from AMED-registered venture capital firms, which specialize in drug development and offer hands-on business management and commercialization support.
The Ƶlogo global network of affiliated companies (the “Ƶlogo Group”) launched its venture investment business in May 2019, aiming to support the acceleration of drug discovery innovation and the establishment of an ecosystem platform in areas including dementia. This involves supporting the discovery of innovative technologies and services by supporting venture businesses with such capabilities and exploring possible future collaborations with these businesses. Ƶlogo Innovation, Inc. was established in the U.S. in August 2019 as Ƶlogo’s corporate venture capital subsidiary. It identifies opportunities for the Ƶlogo Group to invest in venture businesses that align with Ƶlogo’s goal of contributing to patients, focusing on cutting-edge drug discovery platforms, and new modalities, as well as leading biotechnology in focus areas of neurology, oncology, and global health. The company also supports investment in drug discovery technologies in other areas, where significant future innovations are anticipated. As an AMED-registered VC, Ƶlogo Innovation, Inc. aims to further contribute to strengthening the drug discovery venture ecosystem in Japan.
Ƶlogo and Ƶlogo Innovation, Inc. are committed to utilizing their participation in the Strengthening Program for Pharmaceutical Startup Ecosystem to accelerate flexible support of academia, drug discovery ventures, and IT ventures, to create innovative new medicines targeting diseases with high unmet medical needs., Ƶlogo aims to effectively achieve social good in the form of relieving anxiety over health and reducing health disparities by creating solutions through an ecosystem in collaboration with other industries.
* Please refer to following web page for Ƶlogo’s venture investment business
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