Takara Bio Inc. (4974.T) JPX

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Key Executives

Name	Title	Year Born
Tsuyoshi Miyamura	Chief Executive Officer, President & Representative Director	1963
Akira Kodera	Managing Executive Officer & Head of Sales Division	N/A
Andrew Farmer	Head of Research and Development	N/A
Katsuhiko Kusakabe	Vice President, Executive Officer & Director	1961
Ikuei Nukaya	Managing Executive Officer & Head of Quality Control Headquarters	N/A
Junichi Mineno	Vice President, Executive Officer & Director	1960
Hiroki Tomohisa	Executive Officer	N/A
Kyoko Nakajima	Senior Executive Officer & Head of SCM Division	N/A
Noritaka Nishiwaki	Executive Officer, Deputy GM of Corporate Headquarters & GM of Human Resources Department	N/A
Yoh Hamaoka	Vice President, Executive Officer & Director	1962

Name

Title

Pay

Year Born

Tsuyoshi Miyamura

Chief Executive Officer, President & Representative Director

1963

Akira Kodera

Managing Executive Officer & Head of Sales Division

N/A

Andrew Farmer

Head of Research and Development

N/A

Katsuhiko Kusakabe

Vice President, Executive Officer & Director

1961

Ikuei Nukaya

Managing Executive Officer & Head of Quality Control Headquarters

N/A

Junichi Mineno

Vice President, Executive Officer & Director

1960

Hiroki Tomohisa

Executive Officer

N/A

Kyoko Nakajima

Senior Executive Officer & Head of SCM Division

N/A

Noritaka Nishiwaki

Executive Officer, Deputy GM of Corporate Headquarters & GM of Human Resources Department

N/A

Yoh Hamaoka

Vice President, Executive Officer & Director

1962

Description

Takara Bio Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a biotechnology company in Japan, the United States, China, other Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Bioindustry and Gene Therapy segments. It develops research reagents and scientific instruments; and provides contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) services for academic and corporate life sciences research and development. The company's CDMO services include contract service for developing regenerative medicine products; related services, such as quality and safety testing, and cell banking; and contract services for supporting genetic analysis and testing comprising human genome sequence analysis, analysis of cancerrelated genes, and intestinal flora analysis, as well as support services for genetic engineering research, such as genome editing using the latest technologies and equipment. It also engages in the development and commercialization of various gene therapies, including oncolytic virus utilizing Canerpaturev, which is an attenuated strain of the herpes simplex virus type 1 that exhibits antitumor activity upon local injection into a tumor due to tumor lysis; siTCR gene therapy, which is in Phase I/II clinical trials for the treatment of synovial sarcoma; and CD19 chimeric antigen receptors that is in Phase I/II clinical trial for the treatment of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Additionally, the company offers RetroNectin for gene therapy. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Kusatsu, Japan. Takara Bio Inc. is a subsidiary of Takara Holdings Inc.