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2025
Daiichi Sankyo 

Golden Ticket

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Daiichi Sankyo is sponsoring a competition to award up to 2 Golden Tickets at BioLabs San Diego. Each Golden Ticket provides one year of fully paid individual bench space and membership at a fully equipped laboratory designed to accelerate early-stage startup working on research and development of novel technology platform and/or modality that could provide several drug candidates regardless of disease area.​

Application Process

The official application process can be found below. Please read and verify your availability before submitting your application. 

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Application

Complete the online application form and upload a non-confidential pitch deck for this competition.

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Terms & Conditions

Read more about the judging criteria and judges. Scientific experts will review your application and select the most promising ones.

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Benefits

Golden Ticket Benefits

Eligibility Snapshot
Daiichi Sankyo​ is looking for biotech companies working on research and development in the following areas:

  • Be an early-stage startup working on the following: ​

    • novel technology platform and/or modality that provides several drug candidates regardless ofdisease area (medical device, diagnostics and manufacturing are out of scope)​

    • Innovative technology compared to existing technologies and/or modalities​

    • expanding the scope of the technology and/or modality for disease treatment​

  • Submit a single complete Application, including a non-confidential pitch deck as specified herein; ​

  • Be comfortable working in a shared lab facility, and agree to conduct operations per Biolabs’ established policies andprocedures;

Eligibility
App Process

The Application Process

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Submit the online application by January 29, 2026

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A subset of applications will be identified as finalist by the contest judges by
February 17, 2026

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Finalist teams will present their company & scientific concept at an in-person in BioLabs San Diego, event on
March 2026

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Two awards will be granted
Good luck!

Contact Us

If you have any questions about BioLabs contact

goldenticket@biolabs.io

If you have any questions about this Golden Ticket, contact

goldenticket.risd@daiichisankyo.com

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