Japanese research organization the Tohoku University Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo), together with Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Japanese digital healthcare firm MICIN, have launched a joint research project that will use lifestyle data from around 2,000 people to inform a detailed analysis of how personal habits are related to health and disease.
The project - forming part of Japanese pharma's wider ongoing efforts to mover "beyond the pill" - will combine the collected data on parameters such as heart rate, activity level and sleep status from wearable devices with health data from other cohort research, Daiichi stating the aim is to contribute to innovative medical research “such as drug discovery aimed at