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Press Release

February 4, 2025

Rakuten Medical Completes Technology Transfer of IR700 Manufacturing and Establishes Exclusive Position in its Supply

January 23, 2025

Rakuten Medical Announces Initiation of Global Phase 3 Trial of ASP-1929 Photoimmunotherapy in Combination with Pembrolizumab for First-Line Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

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Rakuten Medical Stories

September 19, 2023

Rakuten Medical’s 2nd R&D Day featured the preliminary safety and efficacy data for Alluminox treatment using ASP-1929 in combination with anti-PD-1 therapy

April 17, 2023

Rakuten Medical R&D Day shared comprehensive overview of investigational Alluminox™ platform and the promising scientific and clinical data for ASP-1929/RM-1929 based on the platform

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Press Release
Rakuten Medical Stories

February 4, 2025

Rakuten Medical Completes Technology Transfer of IR700 Manufacturing and Establishes Exclusive Position in its Supply

January 23, 2025

Rakuten Medical Announces Initiation of Global Phase 3 Trial of ASP-1929 Photoimmunotherapy in Combination with Pembrolizumab for First-Line Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

December 9, 2024

Rakuten Medical Announces Commercialization of Medical Devices “BioBlade™ Laser WR” and “BioBlade SideFire Diffuser ™” in Japan for Photoimmunotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer based upon its Alluminox Platform

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September 19, 2023

Rakuten Medical’s 2nd R&D Day featured the preliminary safety and efficacy data for Alluminox treatment using ASP-1929 in combination with anti-PD-1 therapy

April 17, 2023

Rakuten Medical R&D Day shared comprehensive overview of investigational Alluminox™ platform and the promising scientific and clinical data for ASP-1929/RM-1929 based on the platform

December 5, 2022

Rakuten Medical aims to transform head and neck cancer treatments in India

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The Alluminox™ platform is an investigational platform based on a cancer therapy called photoimmunotherapy, which was developed by Dr. Hisataka Kobayashi and team from the National Cancer Institute in the United States. Rakuten Medical is currently developing the Alluminox™ platform as a technology consisting of an investigational drug, device and other related components.

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Letter from Our CEO

Help came too late for my father

Letter from
Our CEO

Help came too late for my father

While my wish to save my father from the debilitating effects of cancer may have not come true, the experience inspired in me the determination to work to discover new ways to save the lives of other cancer patients around the world. That same determination is the lifeforce behind Rakuten Medical.

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Our Mission

Our first objective is to create and bring to market drugs and devices to treat cancers based on the Alluminox™ platform. Our purpose is to develop the Alluminox™ platform as an alternative technology in the fight against cancer.

Mission

To conquer cancer.
By building a sustainable healthcare ecosystem that provide patients with access to better cancer treatment, regardless of their nationality or wealth.

Vision

Building a global biotechnology company committed to continued innovation to develop and commercialize pioneering cancer treatments.

Focus

Developing new standard of care cancer treatments based on our Alluminox™ platform.

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