Chugai’s Value Creation Model

Chugai has adopted “creating shared value” as its basic management policy, in line with the philosophy of growing together with its various stakeholders by resolving social issues through business activities. The goal of this shared value, which is also part of our Envisioned Future, is to realize advanced and sustainable patient-centric healthcare.
The following value creation model explains the cycle in which both our company and society achieve sustainable development.

Management Resources and Material Issues for Realization of Advanced and Sustainable Patient-Centric Healthcare

The external environment that we have envisaged is one where more sustainable healthcare systems are needed around the world due to factors such as global population growth and aging, the risk of new infectious diseases, technological advances and changes in social structures, and healthcare finances. Given the limited resources available, we expect the medical community to converge even faster on value-based healthcare (VBHC), where only those solutions that deliver true value are adopted.

Based on this environmental outlook, Chugai has determined a policy for investing management resources such as human resources, technology and intellectual property, collaborations with Roche and external partners, pharmaceutical technology and facilities, environment and energy, and financial and management related that are the source of value creation. Guided by our material issues for creating shared value, we will promote initiatives for value creation (value creation strategy) taking a medium- to long-term view.
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Sources of Value Creation

CategoryKey themesSources of value creationRecognition of issues and countermeasures
Human resources
(Human capital)
  • Increase employees’ job satisfaction, improve sense of fulfillment
  • Acquire and develop human resources who will contribute to innovation
  • Continuously pursue DE&I
  • Employees
  • Organizational culture (Environment for engagement and employee enablement)
  • Acquisition and development of highly competent specialists
  • Creation of an environment where each employee can exercise autonomy and be enabled
  • Building of environment and systems for innovation, maintaining and enhancing corporate culture
Technology and IP
(Intellectual capital)
  • Advance multi-modality approach
  • Expand patents for world-leading drug discovery technology and platforms
  • Strengthen drug discovery platforms leveraging digital technology
  • Deepen our understanding of biology research
  • Antibody engineering technology and small molecule and macrocyclic peptide (mid-size molecule) drug discovery technology
  • Research process library
  • IP related to research and pharmaceutical technology
  • Concentration on R&D investment
  • Complementation of multi-modality technology and enhancement of IP strategy
  • Deepening of understanding of disease biology and external collaboration
Collaborations with Roche and external partners
(Social capital)
  • Develop in-house products globally via the Roche Group and other networks
  • Collaborate with external parties on technology, science, and DX
  • Engage in dialogue with stakeholders
  • Exclusive marketing rights to Roche products and infrastructure
  • Networks with academia and investment in start-ups
  • Dialogue with patient groups, patients, investors, and others
  • Ongoing substantial contribution to collaboration with Roche
  • Collaboration with academia, start-ups, and others
  • Initiatives for creation of shared value with patient groups, etc.
Pharmaceutical technology and facilities
(Manufacturing capital)
  • Evolve modalities and technologies, and advance research and production suited to DX
  • Develop systems for flexible and rapid development and next-generation production
  • Ensure stable supply and rigorous quality assurance
  • Research sites (Yokohama, Ukima, and Singapore)
  • Production sites (Ukima, Fujieda, and Utsunomiya)
  • Quality management system
  • Establishment of systems to keep pace with increasing R&D output
  • Continuous response to quality and supply risks, and risk reduction
Environment and energy
(Natural capital)
  • Contribute to climate change countermeasures and protection of biodiversity
  • Recycle resources consistent with a circular economy
  • Technical and operational expertise in decarbonization and water resource management
  • Environmental management system
  • Networks with external partners
  • Promotion of best mix of environmental impact and cost
  • Development of manufacturing processes with low EHS risk
  • Cooperation with external partners
Financial and management-related
(Financial capital)
  • Continuously evolve revenue structures
  • Increase cash flows to ensure strategic investment
  • Earnings structure
  • Continuous reinvestment
  • Continuous build-up of reputation in capital markets

Be a Top Innovator in the Healthcare Industry to Create Shared Value

Focus on innovation is key to promoting our value creation strategy. To continuously create innovative new drugs that satisfy unmet medical needs, we must explore new therapeutic targets, achieve further innovation in drug discovery technologies, and acquire a deeper understanding of biology. It is therefore important to make maximum use of our unique business model, which is based on our unique science and technology capabilities and our strategic alliance with Roche.

In designing our value creation strategy, we started by defining our vision of becoming a top innovator in the healthcare industry in 2030. Chugai needs to be a company that generates expectations from patients all over the world, attracts healthcare-related talent and players, and is a global role model that resolves social issues. TOP I 2030 is our roadmap for realizing this goal by enhancing our growth strategy and foundation for growth. To enhance the value we provide, we have formed a business structure that enables high productivity and reinvestment based on the two pillars of global first-class drug discovery and a futuristic business model. With this, we aim to double R&D output and launch in-house global products every year.

We will also enhance our foundation for growth by implementing initiatives targeting key themes including human resources and organizations, digital and quality, and environmental preservation. The areas of compliance, governance and risk management, construction of a healthy and safe business foundation, and engagement with society are not items for transformation under TOP I 2030. Rather, we will continuously maintain and evolve these throughout the Company and in each business division.

Through the promotion of this value creation strategy, Chugai will create innovative drugs that deliver true value and continuously supply them to patients worldwide. Moreover, we aim to realize a healthcare system and society where each patient can receive optimal treatment, while also achieving financial growth for the Company. We will increase our capital efficiency by building a robust earning structure and reducing risk so that we can continue to deliver R&D results over the medium to long term. In addition, we will enhance the quality of our management foundation in order to contribute to the realization of a circular economy in response to climate change and resource and energy issues.

Our Strategy