Dr. Hiromichi Kimura

Biography

Dr. Hiromichi Kimura is a co-founder and CEO of Fast Track Initiative, Inc. He is also the founder and CEO of Life Science Management, Inc. and Professor of the Pharmaco-Business Innovation Course at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Tokyo. After receiving Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Tokyo in 1979, Dr. Kimura joined the pharmaceutical division of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo in Tokyo as a product manager with responsibilities including the management of clinical trials and new drug approval applications to the Japanese government. As a company-sponsored student from Kyowa Hakko Kogyo, he attended the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where he received an MBA in general management and international business. After returning to Japan in 1985, he became a project Manager responsible for licensing and strategic alliances with foreign pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In 1986 he joined J.P. Morgan as Vice President, Financial Advisory and Mergers & Acquisitions Division, Tokyo and New York (1986-1989) with responsibility for the execution and marketing of cross-border M&A transactions in the pharmaceutical, high-tech and chemical industries. He also conducted industry analysis within the pharmaceutical sector. He joined Pharmacia K.K. in 1989 as deputy president, board member and head of the Biotechnology Division, becoming President and Representative Director of Pharmacia Biotech K.K. in 1993, and of Amersham Pharmacia Biotech K.K. in 1997. During this time he was also a Board Member of Pharmacia Biotech Asia Pacific Ltd., Hong Kong (1995-1997) and a part-time professor within the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Kyushu, Japan (1994-1998). In the recent past he served as President and Representative Director of Monsanto Japan Ltd. (1998-2000) and as CEO of HuBit Genomix Inc. (2000-2002). Aside from his academic and business interests, he is trustee of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) and also serving for Stanford Alumni Association Japan as Deputy Chairman.

Research Interest

academic and business interests