Axcelead Drug Discovery Partners is Japan’s first drug discovery solution provider established in July 2017 by taking over the drug discovery platform from Takeda Pharmaceutical. Screening, Medicinal chemistry, Pharmacology / Biology, DMPK, and Safety research functions are integrated into one center with a state-of-the-art research base and original compound library. This enables Axcelead to create drug candidates by utilizing the vast amount of past drug discovery research data. By leveraging these strengths, we provide solutions to various challenges faced in the process from exploratory research to clinical in drug discovery.