Review of the DDS Matching Symposium

Abstract

These special reports are based on the DDS Matching Symposium, which has been held for three times at the annual meetings of the Japan Society of Drug Delivery System. The objective of this symposium is to discuss how to materialize great technologies and achievements, which are created and accomplished by researchers in Academia, into practical use. The key to establish "win-win relationship" between Academia and industries, provider and recipient of the result of fundamental research, is to spur collaboration and coordination in R&D based on their common understanding of the concept of open innovation. As an introduction of the following special reports, this paper reviews this series of symposiums.