Otsuka is sponsoring a competition to award up to two Golden Tickets at a US BioLabs site. Each Golden Ticket provides one year of fully paid individual bench space and membership at a fully equipped laboratory designed to accelerate early-stage startup working on research and development in Novel platform technologies for discovery of novel targets, improved drug discovery, tissue tropism, delivery of large molecules, or new pharmaceutical based therapeutic interventions. Therapeutics areas of strategic focus include Psychiatry, Neurology, Cardio-Renal and Immunology.
Application Process
The official application process can be found below. Please read and verify your availability before submitting your application.
Golden Ticket Benefits
Eligibility Snapshot
Otsuka is looking for biotech companies working on research and development in the following areas:
Novel platform technologies for discovery of novel targets
Improved drug discovery
Tissue tropism
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New pharmaceutical based therapeutic interventions
Delivery of large molecules
Psychiatry, neurology, cardio-renal and immunology
The Application Process
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Submit the online application by April 1, 2024
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A subset of applications will be identified as finalist by the contest judges by
April 19, 2024
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Winning teams will present their company & scientific concept at an in-person event on
May 16, 2024
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Up to 2 awards will be granted
Good luck!
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