Toshinari Tamura

IMMD, Inc. provides drug discovery research for pharmaceutical companies. It identifies drug seeds by virtual screening, to select promising seeds and to optimize the seeds by minimum syntheses, based on estimated docking mode to the target. The firm also establishes a drug discovery method using software system for rational drug design based on 3-D structures of target proteins. Its business activities also include collaborative drug discovery researches, in-house drug discovery program, and drug seeds. The company was founded by Akiko Itai on March 16, 1995 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

KinoPharma, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It deals with the research and development of protein phosphorylation enzyme and low molecular clinical drugs. The company was founded by Masatoshi Hagiwara on April 11, 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. manufactures and markets drugs, quasi-drugs and medical devices. It used to promote collaboration with other pharmaceutical companies as well as bioventure companies and academia to raise the quality and speed of its R&D activities. It was founded in 1923. The company was headquartered in Tokyo, JP