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Corporate InformationCorporate Profile
Name
Human Life CORD Japan Inc.
Incorporation
April 5, 2017
Address
[Headquarters] 1-9-10, Nihonbashi-horidomecho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Nihonbashi Life Science Building 7, 5F
[TIP lab] Institute of Science Tokyo 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
Executives
President and Representative Director (CEO) Masamitsu Harata
Director Nobutoshi Matsushita
Outside Director Tetsuo Yamanaka
Outside Director Hiroshi Ishiai
Outside Director Misao Konishi
Outside Director Takaaki Nakajima
Outside Auditor (Full time) Hiroshi Nakamura
Outside Auditor (Part-time) Daisuke Fujioka
Outside Auditor (Part-time) Maya Ito
Senior Advisor
Kazuo Asakawa (Corporate Strategy)
Yoshihiro Kidachi (Corporate Strategy)
Hirotaka Yabuki (Corporate Strategy)
Andy C. Ye (Global Strategy)
Keiya Ozawa (Medical)
Satoshi Teramukai (Biostatistics)
Number of employees (including temporary staff)
24 (as of January 2024)
Business Activities
R&D, manufacturing, and sales of regenerative medicine products
Capital accounts
2.07 billion yen
Cooperative organizations
◆Academia
The Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo
Institute of Science Tokyo
Jichi Medical University
Mizuho Bank, Marunouchi Chuo Branch
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nihonbashi Branch
Kiraboshi Bank, Shinbashi Branch
Corporate InformationHistory
2017
Human Life CORD Japan Inc. established in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Entered into a business alliance with Tissue Genesis Concluded a joint research agreement with the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo Concluded a joint research agreement with Kansai Medical University Began sales of Tissue Genesis products
2018
Transfer offices to Chuo-ku, Tokyo. (LINK-J member) First employee joined the company Concluded an exclusive sales agent agreement with Inabata & Co., Ltd.
2019
Concluded a license agreement with the University of Tokyo First-class medical device manufacturing and sales business license obtained Concluded a joint R&D contract with StemMed Entered into a capital and business alliance with Alfresa Holdings Corporation Entered into a capital alliance with Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Received Tokyo Metropolitan Governor's Award for Excellence at the Tokyo Venture Company Championship
2020
Procured a total of ¥1.1 billion through a capital increase through a third-party allocation of shares Transitioned to a company with statutory auditors Study initiation for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated with COVID-19 Selected for AMED "Therapeutic Drug Development for COVID-19" Established "Human Life CORD Applied Cellular Medicine Laboratory" at Nagoya University Concluded a joint research agreement with the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo regarding the establishment of a stable supply system
2021
Concluded a joint research agreement with the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo for the treatment of progeria (Werner's Syndrome) Launch of IMSUT-HLC Cell Processing Facility, a cell processing manufacturing facility
2022
Procured a total of 854 million yen through a third-party allocation of shares Concluded a manufacturing outsourcing agreement with Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. End of "Human Life CORD Applied Cellular Medicine Laboratory" at Nagoya University Initiation of clinical trials for non-infectious pulmonary complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
2023
Awarded by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare by the Cabinet Office for the 5th Japan Open Innovation Award. Concluded a joint business agreement with Mochida Pharmaceutical “HLC-001” Co., Ltd. on “HLC-001” Selected as a startup support program "J-Startup" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Concluded a joint research agreement with Institute of Science Tokyo on recalcitrant autoimmune diseases