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Philosophy of SPC

Mission 日本における医薬品イノベーションを起こす。その為に働く Carry out whatever advisory roles to inspire Bio and Pharma Innovation in Japan Visi......
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It’s Not Too Late to Start a Business in Your Sixties

One day while working from home as a self-employed consultant, I suddenly realized, "As a working person, I was really j......
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政府高官との対話シリーズ第二弾(その2)

もっと資金を供給すれば、大手メガファーマが格段に供給量を増やせたか?それは各社に聞かないと分かりませんが、難しかったのではないかと想像します。まして無償でそのリソースを提供するのは相当困難な経営判断で、非常時であればそれを強制出来るものでし......
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政府高官との対話シリーズ第二弾(その1)

BMJに掲載されている“Don’t worry about the drug industry’s profits when considering a waiver on covid-19 intellectual property ri......
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Finally, I started a new bio-venture.

In January this year, I talked about my friend who started a bio-venture company on this blog. I also finally followed s......
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Is Cancellation of Debt Necessary for Social Security in Japan?

Japan's social security costs have become too high to cover from the insurance premiums and the pension installment paid......
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Rotary Club Japan

Late Mr. TA was former senior executive of a TSE listed company whom I worked closely with for the first 10 years of my ......
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Starting up a new venture

I was not able to update my blog for the past month or so. I have been a little occupied in preparation for starting a n......
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Japanese Bio-ventures Vol.4 (last)

Q3 Up to now there have been so many study groups set up by governmental organizations such as Ministry of Economy, Trad......
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Japanese Bio-ventures Vol. 3

(continue from Vol.2) (2) The scale of Japanese VC funds is overwhelmingly smaller than that of the United States. It is......
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Japanese Bio-ventures Vol. 2

Q. There are very few Japanese EBPs that have obtained regulatory approvals of pharmaceutical products. Is this due to t......