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Takeshi komatani

Takeshi S Komatani is currently principal litigation certified patent attorney in the field of chemical/pharma and bio/life sciences at a patent law firm, and has a number of counsels, including in academia, start-ups and big pharma internationally. Takeshi received his PhD from the University of Tokyo, Japan, received his LLB and LLM (global legal practice) from Keio University, and is currently a visiting professor at Kobe University, teaching IP strategy in entrepreneurship and Doshisha University (Kyoto). He has completed CEIPI Summer School on IP (University of Strasbourg), France. He is also qualified as a pharmacist with a certificate of Kampo and natural medicines specialist qualification. He was a researcher at F Hoffmann-La Roche in Basle, Switzerland. He has completed the EU-recognised PharmaTrain course at Osaka University, and is qualified as a board-certified member of the Japanese Association of Pharmaceutical Medicine. He is a member of the AIPPI and vice chair of TRIPS SC and a member of IP-GRTK SC and Pharma SC, and a member of the editorial board of the Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst (UK). He is also a member of JPAA, APAA, IPAJ, PSA, JPA, CSAIP and AAAS. He has lectured in academia, including at Japanese and German universities and WIPO Academy, and contributed to a number of articles.

Hirokazu Yamaguchi

Kazushi Kamitani

JPRO INCUBATION OFFICE, FOUNDER

He worked for domestic & international life science firms in the areas of product development, marketing, PR&IR, international business, and business development. After serving the US subsidiary of a Japanese firm as a board director & CFO and the European startup as CEO, he established the incubation office. He supports oversea startups to explore Japan market from business & administration side, providing info, advisory and functional services.
International MBA, Certified Specialist of Intellectual Property Management, Financial Planner, IT Coordinator

Kazuhiro Kanmuri

Inter-Professional Inc.

He engaged in pharmaceutical research and development for more than 25 years. He has gained experience in Japan and in the US development organization of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Pfizer Inc., and CRO/consulting organizations, and has been deeply involved in strategic/regulaotry planning of clinical developmentincluding overseas organizations. His specialized fields are extensive, which include company clinical trials and investigator-initiated clinical trials, organization management, strategy development, and clinical trial operation/implementation, safety and pharmacovigillance, and he is active in the academic area of regulatory science. Currently, he engages in the consulting business as an expert in clinical development/organization and human resources development through the corporation that he established by himself and specialized CRO. In addition to being the incumbent, he concurrently served as a visiting lecturer of an academia organization, and he belongs to DIA Japan, an industry association of the pharmaceutical industry, and served as the Vice Program Committee Chair of the DIA Japan annual convention in 2018.

Teppei Konishi

Biomy Inc. CEO

He completed his graduate studies at the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University. At NTT DOCOMO, he specialized in big data analysis and AI-driven video analysis research, contributing to new business development. After leaving NTT DOCOMO, he served as CTO at an IT venture before founding Biomy Co., Ltd. There, he led the development of a personalized medical platform utilizing AI technology, collaborating with domestic and international pharmaceutical companies and research institutions. He also secured a Class II medical device manufacturing and sales license.