Challenge Application | i2.JP (Innovation Infusion Japan) | Astrazeneca

Currently, approximately 350,000 elementary and junior high school students refuse to attend school. While negative perceptions of school refusal remain prevalent, a growing perspective views this period as a "preparation phase for designing their future." This approach promotes children's physical and mental well-being, fostering environments where they can live authentically.
Therefore, it is essential that not just families, but society as a whole works to create such environments. As learning environments outside of school expand, we are implementing "school trip" activities that help cultivate the self-efficacy and resilience of children not attending school by harnessing their infinite potential. We welcome inquiries from anyone interested in or wishing to collaborate on our "experiential school trips." These trips connect children with local communities, allowing them to discover the area's appeal while encouraging creative thinking about solutions to local issues.

Currently, more than half of patients taking antihypertensive drugs in Japan have not achieved the blood pressure targets set by guidelines, and challenges remain in blood pressure management. To achieve appropriate blood pressure control, a comprehensive approach is required from both patients and healthcare providers. This approach includes self-care, medication adherence, lifestyle improvements, individualized guidance from healthcare providers, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
In recent years, digital technology and innovation have continued to evolve, generating significant anticipation for new approaches that leverage these advancements. We look forward to receiving diverse proposals aimed at achieving blood pressure targets.

Cancer screenings lead to the early detection and treatment of cancer, which significantly improves treatment outcomes and survival rates. However, cancer screening rates in Japan remain insufficient. In light of this, we are seeking new initiatives and ideas to encourage people who have not previously undergone screening to participate.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the diseases, where we still see a high number of undiagnosed patients. We are seeking for ideas that may help potential patients recognize that they have COPD and start treatment with a specialist, preferably by direct activation of potential COPD patients with traceability function to confirm their visit to a specialist.

We are seeking for innovative remote home care monitoring tools or services to evaluate patient conditions after treatment. Desired solutions will need to be user-friendly for the elderly in home care setting, with highly accurate sensing technologies.

We are seeking for innovative healthcare products or services to support early diagnosis of CKD. Desired solutions will quantitatively assess risks and support active CKD diagnosis by primary care providers.

Okinawa Prefecture is promoting initiatives to attract advancedtechnology companies and talent to Okinawa, while at the sametime promoting open innovation with local companies andcommunities by supporting PoCs aimed at the socialimplementation of new technologies and other innovations. This willlead to the creation of new products and solutions to socialproblems. We have now established a one-stop consultation deskto support companies, and are inviting applications for PoCs fromacross the country.

We are looking for proposals to create an environment where women can easily and effectively consult about health issues that fit their diverse lifestyles, without having to keep their health issues to themselves.

The Nagoya City Economic Affairs Bureau, Industrial Planning Division, is considering the introduction of advanced food-related technologies and services to make effective use of the former restaurant site at the Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, which attracts approximately 700,000 visitors annually. We look forward to receiving various proposals, as this will not only serve as a PoC area for "food x health, medical care, and wellness," but will also enable you to understand the needs of users.

The General Affairs Division of the Kyoto City Waterworks and Sewerage Bureau is preparing to hold an event in 2024 to promote understanding of the water supply and sewage business. The event, which usually attracts more than 40,000 visitors each year, is seeking proposals for PoC, PR, surveys, etc. in the area of healthcare with water as a theme, in combination with a corporate version of "Furusato" tax payment.

As part of the Open Innovation project, we are seeking ideas for problems that cannot be solved internally.

Theme:

• Innovative approaches for the treatment of nucleotide repeat expansion disorders
• Enhancing targeted drug delivery for diseases affecting the CNS, muscle, heart, and kidney
• Innovative clinical approaches to engage patient communities with Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic (CVRM) diseases
• Computational model to guide Molecular Glue drug discovery

We are seeking innovative solutions accelerating innovative science.

We are seeking innovative solutions accelerating innovative science.

We are seeking innovative solutions accelerating innovative science.

We are seeking innovative solutions accelerating innovative science.

We are seeking innovative solutions accelerating innovative science.

We are seeking innovative solutions delivering growth and therapy area leadership.

We are seeking innovative solutions delivering growth and therapy area leadership.

We are seeking innovative solutions delivering growth and therapy area leadership.

We are seeking innovative solutions delivering growth and therapy area leadership.

We are seeking innovative solutions delivering growth and therapy area leadership.

We are seeking innovative solutions delivering growth and therapy area leadership.

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We are seeking collaborators with novel molecular insight into the pathogenesis of metabolic disease that reverses hepatic, cardiovascular and/or renal complications.

We are seeking novel methods that can modify the microbiome or its products to treat or prevent renal diseases. These may include (but are not limited to) clinical samples from interesting patient populations or innovative technologies and potential therapies.

We are seeking proposals that may address the following areas: uptake in normal tissue, off target toxicity, delivery.

We are seeking an innovative vaccine technology and/or antigen display approach that elicits a potent, broad and durable immune response to enable a universal HRV vaccine.

We are seeking novel solutions that enable the non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring of NASH disease progression/regression. The ideal solution would deliver impact in the near-medium term.

We are looking for domestic and foreign start-ups that aim to develop innovative products/services, under the three themes “Cosmetics”, “Beauty Devices/Services”, and “Healthcare”, that will revitalize Saga Prefecture, one of Asia’s leading beauty and healthcare industry clusters.