Erna Kumagai

This painting illustrates the direction of Aetas Pharma’s drug discovery.
In the distant background, a galloping horse is seen riding over a hill. The strong beanstalks represent the kidneys, the waterwheel in regular motion represents the heart and the river current represents the gentle flow of blood.
On the riverbank, a white horse is slowly relaxing by the heart-shaped katabatic foliage, and its heartbeat rhythm, known as the ‘gallop-rhythm’, which is seen in heart failure, has disappeared.