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2025
AbbVie Japan Innovation Award

Apply by August 15, 2025

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AbbVie Japan is launching the Innovation Award in collaboration with BioLabs. The award consists of one Golden Ticket and a cash prize of 10 Million yen. The Golden ticket provides one year of fully paid individual bench and membership at one of BioLabs’ facilities in Japan. The award is intended for Japanese early-stage biotech companies focused on science / technology with potential to generate transformational therapies that align strategically with AbbVie’s therapeutic areas of interest, including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, obesity, and aesthetics. Additional eligibility requirements are listed below.

 

 

Application abbvie 2025

Application Process

The official application process can be found below. Please read and verify your availability before submitting your application. 

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Application

Complete the application form and upload a non-confidential pitch deck for this competition.

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Terms and Conditions

Each applicant should acknowledge that they have read the official  Terms and Conditions and they fully agree and accept them

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Benefits

Abbvie Innovation Prize Benefits

Eligibility Snapshot

AbbVie is looking for Japanese biotech companies that fit the following criteria

Have a primary business location in Japan or be willing to relocate

Willing to spinout from academia as a legal entity and disclose their shareholders

Have raised less than $2 Million prior to engagement for non-dilutive seed funding

Focused on science / technology with potential to generate transformational therapies that align strategically with AbbVie’s therapeutic areas of interest, including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, obesity,

and aesthetics

Developing therapeutic platform technologies, including genetic medicine, novel in vivo cell therapy (such as in situ CAR), novel drug-discovery or platform technologies

Exclusions: Autologous and allogeneic cell therapy, diagnostics, devices, research tools, and healthcare services/IT​

For additional requirements refer to the Terms and Conditions document

Eligibility

Therapeutic Areas at a Glance

App Process - 2025

The Application Process

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Submit applications by
August 15, 2025

02

A subset of applications will be identified as finalist by the contest judges by
September 2025
(Exact date TBD)

 

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Finalists will present their company & scientific concept on October 2025
(Exact date TBD)

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One Golden Ticket and 10MM yen will be awarded to 1-2 winners
Good luck!

Judging criteria

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this competition,

contact 

shu.konakahara@abbvie.com  

If you have any questions regarding BioLabs please contact

goldenticket@biolabs.io

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