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Itochu Corp.
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and perfusion cultures of suspended cells; development of monoclonal
antibodies and antigens from cell culture; development of recombinant
enzymes from animal cells, development of bacterial and viral veterinary
vaccines, subunit vaccines, and human and veterinary recombinant
lymphokines; fuel and environmental biotechnology R&D projects in
petroleum microbiology, biodeterioration, biohydrometallurgy and
bioremediation
Medicinal Chemistry: Therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease; pharmacological
and neuroscience projects include the treatment and therapy of the effects
caused by toxic compounds used in agriculture and industry, prevention,
treatment and therapy of the effects caused by chemical and thermal burns,
ocular studies of chemical and physical injuries to the cornea and retina, and
their prevention and treatment; physiological studies of seizure activity and
prevention of the resulting irreversible brain damage; stress mechanisms
and preventive therapeutic means against aging and stress-induced
neuronal damage; investigation of inflammatory modulators using ex-vivo
and tissue-culture methods; pharmacokinetic studies and investigation of
drug delivery systems, and drug-receptor interactions and physiological
responses mediated by distinct neurotransmitter receptor sub-types; design
and synthesis of biologically active molecules
Environmental Sciences: Air pollution meteorology and risk assessment,
including air pollution measurements on site, occupational air quality
measurements, environmental surveys, meteorological measurements,
granulometric, aerodynamic and image analyses, risk assessment, air
pollution modelling; real time chemical and granulometric analyses--portable
GC, FTIR, MIRAN, Spraytech, Aerosizer, Knollenberg; optics in the
atmosphere; physical protection group; and detectors and biosensors
5-1, Kita-aoyama, 2-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-8077, Japan
Phone: +81 3-3497-7300; Fax: +81 3-3497-7389
Web: www.itochu.co.jp; E-mail: info@itochu.co.jp
KEY PERSONNEL: Uichiro Niwa; Chairman
Eizo Kobayashi; President and CEO
Akira Yokota; Exec. VP
Kouhei Watanabe; Exec. VP
Toshihito Tamba; CFO
Shigeki Nishiyama; President, Aerospace, Electronics & Multimedia
Masahiro Okafuji; President, Textile Company
Yosuke Minamitani; President, Chemicals, Forest Products & General
Merchandise Company
Shigeharu Tanaka; President, Food Company
Takanobu Furuta; President, Machinery Company
Yoichi Kobayashi; President, Energy, Metals & Minerals Company
Takao Shiomi; President, Finance, Realty, Insurance & Logistics Services
Company
Yoshio Akamatsu; President and CEO, Itochu International Inc.
Yoshihisa Suzuki; President, Itochu Canada Ltd.
Toyoshige Yamada; General Manager, Strategic Business Development
Department
Takeyoshi Ide; General Manager, European Operations
Yuji Fukuda; COO, Chemicals Division
EMPLOYEES: 4,133 employees
HISTORY: Founded in 1858
Incorporated in December 1949
Formerly named C. Itoh & Co. Ltd., changed name (10/92)
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