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Abstract

In 2023, Japanese pharma giant Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd (Ono) signed a drug discovery pact with another Japanese concern PeptiDream Inc, (PeptiDream). Earlier, the two companies had built their partnership after the non-exclusive licensing of the automated Peptide Discovery Platform System (PDPS) technology of PeptiDream in March 2021. The aim of the new collaboration was to discover as well as develop innovative macrocyclic constrained peptide drugs against several targets of Ono's interest. While both the companies were upbeat about the collaboration, challenges underlying drug discovery and development were known facts, so were the collaborations underlying such ventures. In such a scenario, would the collaboration succeed thwarting all the underlying challenges?

Teaching and learning

This item is suitable for undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education courses.

Time period

The events covered by this case took place in 2023.

Geographical setting

Region:
World/global

Featured companies

Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd
Employees:
1001-5000
Type:
Public company
PeptiDream Inc
Employees:
51-200
Type:
Public company

Featured protagonists

  • Toichi Takino (male), Executive Director, Discovery and Research, Ono
  • Keiichi Masuya (male), Chief Operating Officer, PetiDream

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Abstract

In 2023, Japanese pharma giant Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd (Ono) signed a drug discovery pact with another Japanese concern PeptiDream Inc, (PeptiDream). Earlier, the two companies had built their partnership after the non-exclusive licensing of the automated Peptide Discovery Platform System (PDPS) technology of PeptiDream in March 2021. The aim of the new collaboration was to discover as well as develop innovative macrocyclic constrained peptide drugs against several targets of Ono's interest. While both the companies were upbeat about the collaboration, challenges underlying drug discovery and development were known facts, so were the collaborations underlying such ventures. In such a scenario, would the collaboration succeed thwarting all the underlying challenges?

Teaching and learning

This item is suitable for undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education courses.

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Time period

The events covered by this case took place in 2023.

Geographical setting

Region:
World/global

Featured companies

Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd
Employees:
1001-5000
Type:
Public company
PeptiDream Inc
Employees:
51-200
Type:
Public company

Featured protagonists

  • Toichi Takino (male), Executive Director, Discovery and Research, Ono
  • Keiichi Masuya (male), Chief Operating Officer, PetiDream

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