TOKYO :  Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that Wellness Open Living Labs. LLC, co-founded by Eisai, and Osaka City University have concluded a basic collaboration agreement aimed at solving health science-related problems, such as dementia, and extending healthy life expectancy. Based on this agreement, WOLL and Osaka City University will collect and analyze health data, cultivate human resources, such as researchers involved in solving health problems, advance the development of the latest cutting-edge technology and academic research related to health problems, such the dementia issue in Japan, and verify and commercialize solutions.

WOLL is a limited liability company, funded by 15 entities which support its objectives. Eisai, Osaka City University Alumni Association Chairman & former University President Takao Kodama, and NTT DATA KANSAI Corporation (Headquarters: Osaka, President and Chief Executive Officer: Yoshiharu Kouno) perform managerial roles. Meanwhile, Osaka City University, under its slogan of “a glocal hub of wisdom and wellness, full of smiles”, works to strengthen industry-academia-government collaboration and regional contribution activities in the field of health sciences, and based on a “basic collaboration agreement relating to extending healthy life expectancy” concluded with Osaka City in February, performs “think-tank” function for the purpose of extending healthy life expectancy in Osaka City.

Leveraging the experience gained in developing / marketing in the field of dementia treatments, Eisai has obtained the cooperation of various stakeholders, including local governments, healthcare professionals and care workers, and is working to create communities where people with dementia live with peace of mind. WOLL is the first limited liability company co-established by Eisai for the purpose of developing and providing solutions, and aims to externalize medical and care problems rooted in communities, and to investigate / develop / verify solutions in order to fulfill true needs.

Eisai will continue to provide various solutions, as it seeks to make contributions to addressing the diverse needs of, as well as increasing the benefits provided to, patients and their families.