Introduction (Mission and 3 Focus areas)

The mission of the DA-EWG is to promote open innovation in Asia in order to realize “drug discovery that originates in Asia”. DA-EWG aims to promote an Industry Driven Open Innovationthat can take both the merits of government-driven and company-driven open innovation. The expert working groups activities focus on three strategic pillars:

Establish an “Information-Sharing System” to promote theexchange of drug seeds between academia and research alliance representatives in pharmacompanies, based on the Drug Seeds Alliance Network Japan (DSANJ) program.

Promote a “Networking Opportunity” at Asian bio-conferences between ventures and business development representatives in pharmacompanies, focusing on compounds in the development stage.

Support “Capacity Building” to foster young scientists working in the drug discovery field at Asian Bio-conferences, and promote governmental programs when available.