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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Focus is on nonnatural amino acids, amino acid derivatives, and small
peptides for pharmaceutical applications (peptides, peptidomimetics, small
molecules, etc.)
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: Peptide building blocks--more than 400 products on market in 22 countries
Wide range of amino acid derivatives, amino alcohols, and specialty amino
acids--capacity from kilos to tons
Synthetic Genomics Inc.
9601 Blackwell Road, Ste. 200
Rockville MD 20850, US
Phone: (240) 238-0800; Fax: (240) 238-0888
Web: www.syntheticgenomics.com
E-mail: info@syntheticgenomics.com
KEY PERSONNEL: J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.; Chairman, CEO and Co-CSO
Aristides Patrinos, Ph.D.; President
Hamilton O. Smith, M.D.; Exec. VP and Co-CSO
David Kiernan, M.D.; Exec. VP and General Counsel
EMPLOYEES: 5 employees
HISTORY: Founded in June 2005
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Privately held
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Develop and commercialize recently discovered and potentially worldchanging
genomic synthesis technologies
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Initial focus is on ethanol and hydrogen production
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
1-1, Doshomachi 4-chome, Chuo-ku
Osaka 540-8645, Japan
Phone: +81 6-6204-2111; Fax: +81 6-6204-2880
Web: www.takeda.co.jp
KEY PERSONNEL: Kunio Takeda; Chairman
Yasuchika Hasegawa; President
Hiroshi Akimoto, Ph.D.; Managing Director
Makoto Yamaoka; Sr. Managing Director and GM, Pharmaceutical
Marketing Division
Kiyoshi Kitazawa, Ph.D.; Managing Director and GM, Strategic Product
Planning
Hiroshi Shinha; GM, Legal
Toyoji Yoshida; GM, Corp. Communications
Hiroshi Takahara; GM, Finance and Accounting
Hiroaki Ogata; GM, Business Development and Global Licensing
EMPLOYEES: 14,510 employees; 7,345 in parent company
HISTORY: Founded in June 1781
Incorporated in January 1925
FACILITIES: ¥53M Tsukuba Research Laboratories, a biotechnology research center in
Tsukuba Science City
Branches in Sapporo, Tohoku, Kitakanto-Koshinetsu, Tokyo, Yokohama,
Chiba-Saitama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Shikoku, Chugoku, Fukuoka
Plants in Osaka, Shonan, Hikari, Takasago, Kashima, Shimizu and
Tokuyama
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