We have constantly been aspiring to conduct research and development of drugs, that are not the prime targets for many pharmaceutical companies due to questionable economic viability with a small number of patients (drugs for unmet medical needs). Our development pipeline mainly includes the drugs such as orphan drugs (drugs for rare diseases) that have been strongly requested by patients, academic societies, or the government, as well as off-label drugs and pediatric medicines. The efficient research and development processes by our small but highly capable organization is what enables us to obtain approvals for such drugs with a comparatively small market size.
While we heretofore have engaged in the development of many unapproved drugs, that were already available in US and Europe but were not developed in Japan despite their significant need, we will also actively take on the challenges of research and development under new and different concepts.