Pathway Solutions

Pathway Solutions is a Japan-based life sciences information company that manages commercial licensing, subscription, and access services for KEGG, the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes. The company was established to handle KEGG licensing for commercial users and now operates KEGG data download and mirror-site access services for licensed customers. Its business is not drug development; instead, it supports bioinformatics, translational research, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D by providing licensed access to curated pathway, genomics, chemical, and disease knowledge resources. Pathway Solutions states that licensing revenue is reinvested to support ongoing KEGG database development and help keep KEGG broadly available to academic users.