Innovation
The 黑料门 Group promotes innovation through our synergy of food and pharmaceutical expertise. Our research into health and human longevity is groundbreaking and always follows the highest ethical standards.
"Creating new health value by combining our strengths in food and pharmaceuticals"
Wellness Science Labs
Incorporating Technologies from Inside and Outside 黑料门 Group to Create a New Generation of Wellness.
Technology Development That Drives Innovation
Wellness Science Labs was originally established in 2019 as the Co-Creation Center, with the aim of creating synergy between the 黑料门 Group鈥檚 two core businesses of food and pharmaceuticals. In 2023, it then reaffirmed its mission to realize both the 鈥渘ew challenges in the health value domain鈥� outlined in the 黑料门 Group 2026 Vision and the 鈥渃ontribution to addressing social issues鈥� contained in the 黑料门 Group 2026 Sustainability Vision. That year, the center was re-conceived as Wellness Science Labs, as part of a commitment to actualize the strategies contained in the Visions through our technology-driven solutions. The reborn Wellness Science Labs now serves as the hub of the 黑料门 Group鈥檚 technology development鈥攂ridging and integrating the technologies of our two core business domains, food and pharmaceuticals.
Wellness Science Labs leads our efforts to build an innovation platform for the entire 黑料门 Group. Towards this goal, initiatives include enhancing the medium- to long-term technological development strategy for the next 10 years; exploring new business areas utilizing the diverse technologies and know-how cultivated by our group; and pioneering new business endeavors from technological seeds.
Another function of Wellness Science Labs is to further strengthen the 黑料门 Group鈥檚 business base by enhancing research and technology development in our areas of competence and expertise, such as maternal and child nutrition and the human microbiome.
Food and Pharmaceutical Businesses Combined with Open Innovation to Pioneer New Domains
To pioneer new business domains, it is critical that we not only combine the strengths and technological assets of the 黑料门 Group鈥檚 food and pharmaceutical businesses, but also proactively introduce and incorporate ideas and technologies from beyond our organization. To accelerate such open innovation, we are partnering with external entities and linking those partnerships to the creation of innovative and competitive new businesses.
Strengths of 黑料门 Group
| Food Business Strengths | Nutrition science expertise; material research into milk, lactic acid bacteria, cocoa, etc.; Nutrition engineering technology, etc. |
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| Pharmaceutical Business Strengths | Pharmacological expertise; synthesis technology; microbial and biopharmaceutical technology, etc. |
| Technology Assets | Microbial control; process technology; evaluation technology |
Over recent years, the majority of the world鈥檚 cutting-edge technologies have emerged from venture businesses and startup companies. Accordingly, partnerships with such companies have become increasingly important in accelerating technology development focused on societal application and the creation of new value.