Additional Events
JETRO SEMINAR
DATE & TIME:
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
10:00am-11:35 am (Seminar), 11:35am -12:30 pm (Networking Reception with drinks)
VENUE
2nd floor , “Salle Saint Clair 3A”, Lyon Congress Center, Lyon, France
ORGANIZER:
JETRO:
•Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)
•Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA)
1.SEMINAR TITLE
“The Solid Status of Japan Biotech and Pharma with Continuous Expansion and Global Outreach”
2.DESCRIPTION
Whereas today’s global economy crisis becomes a great concern also for biotech industries and business, Japan biotech keeps its pace to grow and expand and Japan pharmas continue to enforce their global alliances and develop their business more globally.
Japan biotech keeps the number two position in the world, for example, in market size, number of firms, R&D expenditure, patent applications and so on.
Japan pharmas play actively more and more for outreach, alliance and collaboration in the global arena.
The time to reap the harvest from the cutting-edge life science and biotechnology in Japan has come and recently Japan bio-firms succeeding in research alliances increase in number.
The keynote lecture overview the current status of Japan biotech, the recent trend of Japan pharmas’ global business and the unexploited opportunities for the collaboration and alliance with Japan biotech and pharma.
The case-study presentation illustrates excellent biotech-firms in Japan with the latest successful examples of research alliances and collaborations.
This seminar provides a fresh and concrete snapshot of Japan biotech and pharma.
3.OBJECTIVES
1.Overview the solid status of Japan biotech and pharmas including their global outreach
2.Hghlight the successful alliances of bio-firms underpinned by their cutting-edge biotechnologies
3.Find the unexploited opportunities for the collaboration and alliances with Japan biotech
4.DRAFT PROGRAM
Moderator : Dr. Kenji Takezawa, Bio Adviser, JETRO Tokyo
10:00am-10:05am?Greetings
Dr. Tadashi Hirata, Board of members, Japan Bioindustry Association(JBA)
(Senior Advisor, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co.,Ltd.)
10:05am-10:50am?Keynote Lecture
Title: “The Current Overview of the Solid Status of Japan Biotech and Pharmas with their Global Outreach”
Speaker: Dr. Chizuko Koseki, Director, transB, Ltd
10:50am-11:20am?Case Study
Title: “The Snapshot of Japan Excellent Bio-firms Providing the Unexploited Opportunities”
Speaker: Dr. Tadashi Matsumoto, President&CEO, ReqMed Company, Ltd.
11:20am-11:35am?Q&A
11:35am-12:30pm?Networking Reception with drinks
Contact : Mrs.Patricia COHEN, JETRO Paris
pcohen@jetroparis.fr
Tel : +33 (0)1 42 61 27 27
Main JETRO Website : www.jetro.go.jp

