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Profile and History

Corporate Profile

Company name AskAt Inc.
Locations Head Office
2F Dai-Tokai Bldg., 3-22-8
Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-002, Japan
Establishment January 7, 2013
Capital 91,144,500 yen
Board Member Board Director
Akihiro Furuta               
Representative Director, President

Shinichi Koizumi            
Director, Vice-President,
                                   Chief Scientific Officer

Andrew M Saidel           
External Director


Members of Audit & Supervisory Board
Masami Nakane            Full-time
Naoyuki Koizumi           External
Michitaka Masukawa      External
Operating Team Tatsuya Asai                   
Director, Administration

History

January 2013 Is launched as a wholly owned subsidiary of RaQualia Inc.
Acquires the following compounds as intellectual property:
・EP4 antagonist / AAT-007, AAT-008
・5-HT4 partial agonist / AAT-009
・COX-2 inhibitor / AAT-076
President Shinichi Koizumi
June 2013 Acquires management rights from RaQualia Inc.
September 2014 Relocation of head office to Showa-ku, Nagoya
March 2015 Akihiro Furuta becomes president
Becomes fully independent of RaQualia
November 2015 Acquires CB2 agonist intellectual property from RaQualia Inc.
January 2016 Concludes license agreement with RMX (Haihe) for AAT-076 and AAT-007 in China.
December 2016 Concludes license agreement with Ningbo Tai Kang for AAT-007 in China.
January 2017 Aratana Therapeutics (subsidiary of Elanco Animal Health) launches Galliprant® in USA for Canine Osteoarthritis-associated Pain
December 2017 Concludes worldwide license agreement (excluding China and Taiwan) with Arrys Therapeutics (subsidiary of Ikena Oncology) for AAT-007 and AAT-008
February 2018 Concludes worldwide license agreement with Aratana Therapeutics (subsidiary of Elanco Animal Health) for AAT-008 in animal health
August 2018 Relocation of head office to Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
September 2018 RMX(Haihe) initiates Clinical Study of EP4 Antagonist of AAT-007 in the People's Republic of China
October 2018 Arrys Therapeutivs (currently Ikena Oncology), initiates CRC Clinical Study with AAT-007 and Pembrolizumab
December 2018 Arrys Therapeutivs (currently Ikena Oncology), initiates Phase 1b/2 Clinical Studies of AAT-007 in Collaboration with Merck
April 2019 Elanco Animal Health launches Galliprant® in EU for Canine Osteoarthritis-associated Pain
June 2019 Ningbo NewBay Medical Technology Co., Ltd. initiates Clinical Study of EP4 Antagonist AAT-007 in Oncology in the People's Republic of China
September 2019 Concludes license agreement with Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies for AAT-730 in worldwide except Japan
October 2019 RMX (Haihe) initiates Clinical Study of COX-2 Inhibitor AAT-076 for Pain Therapy in the People's Republic of China
July 2022 AAT-076 Animal Drug License with Velo-1 conclude a contract
June 2023 Terminates worldwide license agreement with Aratana Therapeutics (subsidiary of Elanco Animal Health) for AAT-008 in animal health
March 2024 Terminates worldwide license agreement (excluding China and Taiwan) with Arrys Therapeutics (subsidiary of Ikena Oncology) for AAT-007 and AAT-008

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