K Pharma

iPS Drug Discovery & Regenerative Medicine · Minato, Tokyo

K Pharma is a biotechnology company originating from Keio University School of Medicine. It uses induced pluripotent stem cells in two research areas: identifying drug candidates and developing regenerative-medicine products, with neurological disorders among its principal targets.

Its programs include drug development for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis based on joint research with Keio University School of Medicine, and iPS-cell regenerative approaches for subacute and chronic spinal-cord injury and stroke. In drug discovery it uses drug repositioning, testing approved medicines on disease-specific iPS cells to shorten development. Its laboratories are in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, and at Keio University.