Kenzo Nakajima

Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals and medical products. The Group's principal activity is the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and supplies, home care products, chemicals and animal health products. Pharmaceuticals (ethical drugs, OTC drugs, toilet goods) accounted for 91% of fiscal 2002 revenues and other operations (food additives, industrial chemicals, animal drugs, research and clinical reagents). It was founded in 1894 and was headquartered in Osaka, JP

Stem Cell Sciences KK specializes in the research and development of embryonic stem cell regenerative therapies. It develops and commercializes technologies related to the process and purification of stem cells. The firm offers discovery platform technologies relating to the growth, differentiation, and purification of embryonic stem cells. Its technologies provide a range of purified cell types, such as neurons and cardiac cells, for gene and drug discovery. The company was founded on April 5, 2002 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.

Part of Sosei Group Corp., Sosei Co. Ltd. is a world-leader in GPCR medicine design and development. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company obtains and maintains intellectual property rights to protect its innovations and technologies.

NapaJen Pharma, Inc. develops drug delivery technology solutions through cellular transport pathways. Its products include lead platform and drug delivery. The firm specializes in the development of novel drug delivery systems by utilizing natural transport pathways whose cells are used to move molecular cargo into themselves and across internal compartments. The company was founded by Dr. Kazuo Sakurai and Hironori Ando in December 2004 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.