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CEO and Partner |
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Dr. Hiromichi Kimura is a
co-founder and CEO of Fast Track Initiative, Inc. He is also the
founder and CEO
of Life Science Management, Inc. and Professor of the Pharmaco-Business
Innovation Course at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
the University of Tokyo. |
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After receiving Ph.D. in pharmaceutical
sciences from the University of Tokyo in 1979, Dr. Kimura joined
the pharmaceutical division of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo in Tokyo as a product
manager with responsibilities including the management of clinical
trials and new drug approval applications to the Japanese government.
As a company-sponsored student from Kyowa Hakko Kogyo, he attended
the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where he
received an MBA in general management and international business.
After returning to Japan in 1985, he became a project Manager responsible
for licensing and strategic alliances with foreign pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies. |
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In 1986 he joined J.P. Morgan
as Vice President, Financial Advisory and Mergers & Acquisitions
Division, Tokyo and New York (1986-1989) with responsibility for
the execution and marketing of cross-border M&A transactions
in the pharmaceutical, high-tech and chemical industries. He also
conducted industry analysis within the pharmaceutical sector. |
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He joined Pharmacia K.K. in
1989 as deputy president, board member and head of the Biotechnology
Division, becoming President and Representative Director of Pharmacia
Biotech K.K. in 1993, and of Amersham Pharmacia Biotech K.K. in 1997.
During this time he was also a Board Member of Pharmacia Biotech
Asia Pacific Ltd., Hong Kong (1995-1997) and a part-time professor
within the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University
of Kyushu, Japan (1994-1998). In the recent past he served as President
and Representative Director of Monsanto Japan Ltd. (1998-2000) and
as CEO of HuBit Genomix Inc. (2000-2002). |
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Aside from his academic and
business interests, he is trustee of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association
of Corporate Executives) . |
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