Department of Innovative Drug Discovery and Development Division of Pharmaceutical Research and Development

The Division of Pharmaceutical Research and Development promotes research that strengthens the foundation of drug discovery support and the development of technologies that can be the drug discovery foundation, targeting various modalities through collaboration with academia and industry.
Specifically, the division promotes fundamental R&D related to modalities, from the creation of new modalities to the design, compound optimization, activity evaluation, and R&D of manufacturing technology for each modality. The division works on building the support foundation required for drug discovery R&D, such as drug design technologies, compound libraries, and shared analysis equipment. The division also supports drug development, from target identification to clinical research, from the viewpoint of various disease, including cancers.

• Science and Technology Platform Program for Advanced Biological Medicine
• Project Focused on Developing Key Technology for Discovering and Manufacturing Drugs for Next-Generation Treatment and Diagnosis
• Research on Development of New Drugs

• Practical Research for Innovative Cancer Control
• Project for Baby and Infant in Research of healTH and Development to Adolescent and Young adult―BIRTHDAY
• Practical Research Project for Renal Diseases
• Practical Research Project for Allergic Diseases and Immunology

• Project for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Evolution (P-CREATE)
• Platform Project for Supporting Drug Discovery and Life Science Research