Otsuka is a global holistic healthcare company. Originally founded in Japan in 1921, today their international network comprises more than 150 companies and 40,000 employees across Asia-Pacific, America, Europe, and the Middle East. This long-term partnership saw Balkan Brothers collaborate with Otsuka’s US-based innovation team, who use digital technology to find new ways to improve their clinical trial and research processes.

Otsuka’s internal team were missing the skills to bring their vital digital innovations to life. Through research, strategy, designing and prototyping, we partnered with Otsuka over several years to improve their clinician-patient communications and help researchers to do their work safer.