FUJIFILM Corporation and Taiho Pharmaceutical announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership agreement for the development of manufacturing technologies for next-generation antibody-drug conjugates. Under this partnership, the two companies will work to optimize manufacturing processes for ADC candidates being developed by Taiho Pharmaceutical using the AraLinQ™ technology of Araris Biotech AG, a subsidiary of Taiho Pharmaceutical. By combining Taiho Pharmaceutical’s expertise and capabilities in ADC drug discovery with Fujifilm’s process development and manufacturing technologies cultivated through its biologics CDMO* business, the companies aim to achieve stable production of high-quality ADCs and enhance their global competitiveness in the next-generation ADC field.