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Global Venture Forum

• -the most effective way to find business partners
  in Japan-

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BIO Industry in Japan
Market Size
12.5 billion USD
(2001)
240.3 billion USD (2010)
Worldwide 2211.5 billion US
Source Overview of Biotechnology Strategy Council
USA 2884.6 billion US
USA 28.8 trillion US
Japan 240.3 billion US
Europe 115.3 billion US
Europe 19.2 trillion US
Japan 16.3 billion US
Japan 12.5 billion US
2001
2005
2010
2025
2003
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The Bio Clusters in Japan

Source The number of bio- venture companies in
2003 by Japan Bioindustry Association

Hokkaido the number of bio-ventures 45
Kanto Region the number of bio-ventures 194
Kansai Region the number of
bio-ventures 77
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Biotechnology Industry in the Kansai Region

• Key Sectors
• Pharmaceuticals
• Medical Instruments
• Functional Food

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Potential for the Pharmaceutical Sector in Kansai

• Pharmas in Kansai are concentrated in Osaka
  Doshomachi, the center of Osaka City.
• 30 of Japans pharmaceutical-related companies
  and employees are concentrated in Kansai.
• Number of pharmas in Kansai, are equivalent to
  that of U.K. or France.
• Among the top 18 pharmas for sales in Japan, 8
  have their headquarters in Kansai.

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The Top 18 Pharmas in Japan
By Amount of sales for drugs2003

• 13. Ono Pharmaceutical
• 14. Mitsubishi Pharma
• 15. Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals
• 16. GlaxoSmithKline
• 17. Dainippon Pharmaceutical
• 18. TAIHO Pharmaceutical

• 1. Takeda Pharmaceutical
• 2. Astellas (Yamanouchi Fujisawa)
• 3. Sankyo Daiichi
• 4. Eisai
• 5. Shionogi
• 6. Chugai Pharmaceutical
• 7. Taisho Pharmaceutical
• 8. Banyu Pharmaceutical
• 9. Tanabe Seiyaku
• 10. Otsuka Pharmaceutical
• 11. Novartis Pharma
• 12. Kyowa Hakko Kogyo

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Foreign Affiliated Bio-related companies in Kansai

• AstraZeneca Japan
• Eli Lilly Japan
• Schering-Plough K.K.
• Bayer Japan
• Boehringer Ingelheim
• Schering
• Organon Japan
• Nihon Medi-Physics
• Proctor Gamble

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Concentration of Bio Research Institutions

• Osaka University
• (2,100 science researchers)
• Osaka University Hospital and Faculty of
  Medicine
• (advanced medical care1,000beds)
• National Cardiovascular Center
• (100 researchers, 700beds)
• Osaka City University Medical School
• Osaka City University Medical School Hospital
• Osaka Bioscience Institute
• (40 researchers)
• Biomolecular Engineering Research Institute
• (60 researchers)
• Fundamental Technology Research Center for
• Studies on the Creation of New Medicines
• (more than 50 researchers)

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High-leveled Researches

• 1. Osaka University
• 2. Kyoto University
• 3. Okazaki National Research Institutes
• 4. Kobe University
• 5. Nagoya University
• 6. National Institute of Genetics
• 7. Tokyo University
• 8. Kyushu University
• 9. JICHI Medical School
• 10. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

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Distinguished Researchers in Osaka

• ltImmunology, Oncologygt
• Tadamitsu KISHIMOTO, Osaka University
• Toshio HIRANO, Osaka University
• Shigekazu NAGATA, Osaka University
• ltBiochemistry Neurosciencegt
• Shigetada NAKANISHI, Kyoto University
• ltBiochemistrygt
• Yasutomi NISHIZUKA, Osaka University
• Masashi YANAGISAWA, Texas University (former
  Kyoto University)
• ltImmunology Molecular Cellgt
• Tetsuya TAGA, Kumamoto University (former
  Osaka University Professor)
• ltPharmacology Physiologygt
• Tomoh MASAKI, Tsukuba University (former
  Kyoto University)

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Focused Diseases

• Arterial sclerosis
• Ischemic heart disease
• High-blood pressure
• Arthritis rheumatoides
• Asthma
• Atopic dermatitis
• Obesity
• Diabetes

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Market for the Medical Instrument Sector
Source Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

• Market Size in Japan
• 20 billion US (year 2002)
• ? 2nd largest market in the world.
  
  
• 80 billion US (year 2010)

• Breakdown
• ?medical-treatment related equipments 44.7
• (PTCA catheter, pacemaker)
• ?diagnostic device 31.3
• (endoscope, CT, MRI)
• ?others 24.0

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Trends for Medical Care

• Changes in the Population Structure
• Aging Society
• Changes in the Disease Structure
• Acute Disease (infection)
• Chronic Disease
• (cancer, cardiac disorder,
• cerebrovascular disease, diabetes)

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Trends in Medical Care

• Changes in the quality of medical care
• examination treatment prevention
  of disease
• curing technology
  Quality of Life

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Focused types of medical instruments
Cardiovascular related
Regeneration related
Minimally invasive treatment
Bio- Imaging
Automotive diagnostic system Medical examination
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Internationalization

• Partnership with overseas companies
• technical tie-ups
• joint research and development

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Application for patents for medical instruments
Number of applications for patents 11,537 (year
2000)
USA 64
Europe 27
Japan 9
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Companies in Kansai

• Nipro Corporation
• SANYO Electric Biomedical
• Toyobo Co., Ltd.
• Teijin
• Kaneka Corporation
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Shimadzu Corporation
• OMRON Corporation
• Kyocera Corporation

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Market for the Functional Food Sector

• Market Size in Japan
• 4.2 billion USD (year
  2003)
• 60 billion USD (year
  2010)
• Source Ministry of
  Economy, Trade and Industry

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Potential Market for the Functional Food Sector
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Companies in Kansai

• Suntory Limited
• Gekkeikan
• Glico
• Ikari Sauce
• Kaneka

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OCCI Activities for promotion of Bio-industry

• Study Group on Development of Functional Food
• Japan Bio-technology Business Competition
• BIO-Business School
• FORUM for Industrialization of Next Generation
  Medical
• Systems, Medical Treatment Systems
• NANO-BIO Industrialization Seminars
• BIO Information Highway Plan-Phase II
• Bio-Delegation to USA (June 20-26, 2005)

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Only Business Partnering event for foreign
companies in Japan
September 12th and 13th
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The Simple Concept
CONNECT
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Business Partnering Service

• GVF Secretariat Pre-Arranges individual business
  meetings before the event.
• Search and contact the best suited company -gt
  division -gt personnel for the presenting
  technology.
• Nation-Wide promotion
• 12. 2 meetings per
• company (8.0 pre-arranged)

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Whos in the Audience?

• 161 Companies, 345 People (2004)

• List of Participants from the past event
• Asahi Chemical Industry Co.,Ltd.
• Shimadzu Corporation
• SUNTORY LTD.
• Sekisui Chemical Co.,Ltd.
• KANEKA Corporation
• Sumitomo Chemical Co.,Ltd.
• Hitachi Chemical Co.,Ltd.
• Toyobo Co.,Ltd.
• Kuraray Co.,Ltd.
• Nippon Paint Co.,Ltd.

• Nippon Shokubai Co.,Ltd
• Takeda Chemical Industries,LTD.
• SHIONOGI Co.,LTD.
• Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.
• Otsuka pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.

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Result of Individual Meetings

• 7 companies concluded or about to conclude
  Contracts.
• ( Technology tie ups, Joint Research, Joint
  
• Development, Finance, etc)
• 10 companies continues their business
  discussions.
• 0 company had no specific result

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Quality First

• Only Companies with excellent technology are
  allowed to participate after the evaluation by
  Nominating Committee.
• Main criteria
• Creativity of Technology and Marketability of
  Products in Japan.

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Success Stories from GVF03

• Software company from USA made a distribution
  agreement with a major software distributor in
  Japan
• Agribio company from Japan, producing UBS Soil
  Activator received investment from an industrial
  promotion organization in Japan.
• A bio-tech company from Japan, developing
  innovative technology to develop oral agents for
  drugs considered difficult for oral absorption,
  received investment from an investment firm.

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Process

• Application Deadline
• Screening Committee Meeting
• Notification to Presenters
• Audience Recruiting
• Payment Deadline for Participation Fee
• Presenters Orientation
• GVF05-BIO

May 20th
June 20th
Mid-July
July 29th
September 11th
September 12th-13th
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Participation Fee

• US1,500-

• ---The Fee Covers----

• Business Match-making Service
• Individual Booth ( W3.0 x L1.5 x H1.5 in meters )
• Simultaneous Interpretation for Presentation
• A Professional Interpreter for business talks for
  2days
• Invitation to all GVF related events
• Nation wide promotion

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Incentives and a 1-Day Industrial Trip in Kansai

• Incentives by the Osaka City Government
  (tentative)
• For companies planning to set up a business
  base in
• Osaka City, there is a chance to receive
  refund of the
• GVF05 Participation Fee from the IBPC Osaka
  Investment
• Promotion Center.
• 1-Day Industrial Trip by METI-Kansai
• (tentative)
• The METI-Kansai is planning to hold another
  industrial trip
• again for the GVF Participants after the
  GVF05-BIO event.

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How to Apply

• Submit necessary documentations to appropriate
  secretariat or coordinator via E-mail
• Template file of Application form can be
  downloaded from the WEB http//www.gvf.ne.jp/
• Attachment of Presentation helps

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Thank you very much!!
For further details and questions Please contact
Ryoichi Nakanotel 81-6-6944-6403e-mail
gvf_at_osaka.cci.or.jp
http//www.gvf.or.jp/e