Japan’s Optometry Device Maker Nidek Invests In Biopharma Ventures
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Japan Science and Technology Agency announced the establishment of Bioresource Application Institute. With a capital of ¥200 million ($2.0 million), BRA Institute is funded by Aichi, Japan-based ophthalmology and optometry device maker Nidek and Kitasato University professor Noruo Sakuragawa. The new company will utilize Sakuragawa's research on amniotic cells, which found a site population cell with stem-cell functions; the cell is expected to be used in gene therapy and to treat infertility. (Click here for more - Japanese language