Healios KK engages in the research, development, and sale of cellular and regenerative medicine. The company is headquartered in Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo-To and currently employs 65 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2015-06-16. The somatic stem cell regenerative medicine field develops and markets cell therapy drugs for acute stroke and acute respiratory distress syndrome using MultiStem, a somatic stem cell product for which the Company holds patent and patent licensing rights. The iPSC regenerative medicines include the creation of universal donor cells (UD), next-generation iPSCs that reduce the risk of immune rejection regardless of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) type using gene editing technology.
