Fujifilm, once a Company whose core business was photographic film, has diversified and strengthened its portfolio based on developing or acquiring proprietary technologies as well as a deeply held corporate philosophy of enhancing the quality of human lives worldwide. One key area of focus for the Company is Healthcare, and Fujifilm acquired Cellular Dynamics International in May 2015, renamed it to FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc.(FCDI) in 2018 to drive innovation in this business area. We see great potential in FCDI as a key component in our mission to be the global leader in regenerative medicine and drug discovery through cutting-edge science and technology.
To date FCDI has already achieved leadership in the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) field as one of the only companies in the world to industrially manufacture human cells derived from iPSCs with high quality, purity, and reproducibility and in virtually unlimited quantities. Not only have we achieved this across multiple healthy and diseased donors for the research market but also, we have begun to manufacture human cells under cGMP conditions – a requirement as these human cellular products move from a tool used in drug discovery into a therapy used in regenerative medicine applications.