Wellness Open Living Labs. LLC, Co-Founded by Eisai and Osaka City University Conclude Basic Collaboration Agreement Aimed at...
2017年7月4日 - 9:15AM
JCN Newswire (英)
Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that Wellness Open Living Labs.
LLC, co-founded by Eisai, and Osaka City University have concluded
a basic collaboration agreement aimed at solving health
science-related problems, such as dementia, and extending healthy
life expectancy. Based on this agreement, WOLL and Osaka City
University will collect and analyze health data, cultivate human
resources, such as researchers involved in solving health problems,
advance the development of the latest cutting-edge technology and
academic research related to health problems, such the dementia
issue in Japan, and verify and commercialize solutions.
WOLL is a limited liability company, funded by 15 entities which
support its objectives. Eisai, Osaka City University Alumni
Association Chairman & former University President Takao
Kodama, and NTT DATA KANSAI Corporation (Headquarters: Osaka,
President and Chief Executive Officer: Yoshiharu Kouno) perform
managerial roles. Meanwhile, Osaka City University, under its
slogan of "a glocal hub of wisdom and wellness, full of smiles",
works to strengthen industry-academia-government collaboration and
regional contribution activities in the field of health sciences,
and based on a "basic collaboration agreement relating to extending
healthy life expectancy" concluded with Osaka City in February,
performs "think-tank" function for the purpose of extending healthy
life expectancy in Osaka City.
Leveraging the experience gained in developing / marketing in the
field of dementia treatments, Eisai has obtained the cooperation of
various stakeholders, including local governments, healthcare
professionals and care workers, and is working to create
communities where people with dementia live with peace of mind.
WOLL is the first limited liability company co-established by Eisai
for the purpose of developing and providing solutions, and aims to
externalize medical and care problems rooted in communities, and to
investigate / develop / verify solutions in order to fulfill true
needs.
Eisai will continue to provide various solutions, as it seeks to
make contributions to addressing the diverse needs of, as well as
increasing the benefits provided to, patients and their
families.
About Wellness Open Living Lab. LLC (WOLL)
WOLL is limited liability company, with Osaka City University
Alumni Association Chairman & former University President Takao
Kodama serving as it's CEO. Dr. Kodama, together with Eisai and the
NTT DATA KANSAI Corporation, have contributed funding and perform
managerial roles. In addition, ASICS Corporation, E-DESIGN Co.,
LTD., ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., CURRENT DYNAMICS Inc.,
SignalTalk Inc., Shinwa Syoji Co., Ltd., Daicel Corporation,
Takazono Corporation, TSUKAKI CO., LTD., NIPRO CORPORATION, HANWA
Co., Ltd., and Mandom Corporation, a total of 12 companies, support
the goals of WOLL and have also contributed funding. WOLL was
founded in order to solve health problems, such as dementia, and
extend healthy life expectancy by pioneering new fields of
research, developing and providing products and services, promoting
health and regional / industry revitalization based on data
utilization, and contributing to cultivation of human resources.
Furthermore, by solving problems in the field of health sciences
through the creation of knowledge, development, verification, and
consultations, WOLL seeks to fulfill its corporate philosophy of
collaboration between universities, companies, local governments,
and citizens to co-create products, services, and administrative
policies.
About Osaka City University
Osaka City University, which celebrated the 130th anniversary of
its founding in 2010, was Japan's first municipal university. A
public university currently boasting one of highest numbers of
students / faculties in Japan, it is also the only comprehensive
university in Osaka City. Upon the opening of its predecessor
organization, the Osaka University of Commerce, the mayor of Osaka
at the time, Hajime Seki, declared that, "The new university should
not be an imitation of the national universities; it should serve
the needs of the citizens; conduct original research on the
culture, economy, and society of the city of Osaka and communicate
the results to the people of the city." His vision is still honored
to this day. In 2008, Professor Emeritus Yoichiro Nambu, who
founded the Theoretical Physics Study Group in Osaka City
University's Department of Science and Engineering, was awarded a
Nobel Prize for physics. In 2012, Professor Shinya Yamanaka, who
studied at Osaka City University's Faculty of Medicine, was awarded
a Nobel Prize for physics/medicine for his research on iPS cells.
Both men impacted the world with their contributions. Upon Tetsuo
Arakawa assuming the office of university president, Osaka City
University took up the slogan of "a glocal hub of wisdom and
wellness, full of smiles", and is working to become a focal point
for a wide range of knowledge, possible through its eight faculties
and ten graduate courses, and to be a driving force for creating a
strong Osaka.
About Eisai
Eisai Co., Ltd. (TSE:4523; ADR:ESALY) is a research-based human
health care (hhc) company that discovers, develops and markets
products throughout the world. Eisai focuses its efforts in three
therapeutic areas: integrative neuroscience, including neurology
and psychiatric medicines; integrative oncology, which encompasses
oncotherapy and supportive-care treatments; and
vascular/immunological reaction. Through a global network of
research facilities, manufacturing sites and marketing
subsidiaries, Eisai actively participates in all aspects of the
worldwide healthcare system. For more information about Eisai Co.,
Ltd., please visit www.eisai.com.
Source: Eisai
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