Walking the Talk: Operationalizing Alliance Harmony to Realize Mutual Growth

Featuring:

Mio Sekine | Director, Alliance Management / Business Development | Amgen

Shintaro Hasegawa | Executive Director, Head of Alliance Excellence/Business Development | Kyowa Kirin

The remarkable 40-year Kyowa Kirin-Amgen alliance began as a grassroots partnership that’s evolved into a celebrated legacy. As early pioneers in both biotechnology and alliance excellence, prioritizing the building blocks of collaboration and a one-team mindset has led to their mutual success, resulting in blockbuster drug achievements and significant improvements in the lives of millions of patients globally.

Striking the right balance of core values, alliance advocacy, top-down alignment, and an entrepreneurial spirit has been and continues to be integral to their daily work helping to align complex decisions and strategies at a holistic level. Embracing this mentality and striving for transparency and openness across both companies is the cornerstone of their success.

Learn more about the Kyowa-Kirin and Amgen historic journey and how to operationalize a harmonious approach to drive mutual growth in alliances which earned them a 2024 ASAP Alliance Excellence Award for Individual Alliance Excellence as a Long-Established Alliance.