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Taiho turns to incubation

The new venture arm of Japan’s Taiho will invest earlier and more broadly than its first

July 26, 2019 5:30 PM UTC

Taiho is taking its investments earlier in product development with the launch of its second venture arm, Taiho Innovations, which will incubate seed and preseed companies in Japan.

"The mission of Taiho Innovations is incubation," President Kiyoshi Tanigawa told BioCentury. The firm, which launched in June, will invest in therapeutics, including cancer and rare diseases, and health technology as well as consumer health businesses...