Hikaru Saito

Biography

 Dr. Saito joined AVM in April 2017. Prior to AVM, he worked in Innovation Management at Astellas Pharma Inc. based in Tokyo HQ since October 2015, in charge of due diligence activities for potential business partnerships. From April 2010 to September 2015, he worked as a research scientist, Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Labs. at Astellas Pharma Inc. in the field of drug formulation of oral and parenteral dosage forms. In his research position, he dedicated to formulation development including novel drug delivery system and manufacturing process development of drug products for the commercialization and also responsible for a technology development for in-house program in the field of new business beyond therapeutics through combination of drugs and medical devices. Dr. Saito received his Ph.D. in Biomolecular Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Biotechnology from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Research Interest

 Dr. Saito joined AVM in April 2017. Prior to AVM, he worked in Innovation Management at Astellas Pharma Inc. based in Tokyo HQ since October 2015, in charge of due diligence activities for potential business partnerships. From April 2010 to September 2015, he worked as a research scientist, Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Labs. at Astellas Pharma Inc. in the field of drug formulation of oral and parenteral dosage forms. In his research position, he dedicated to formulation development including novel drug delivery system and manufacturing process development of drug products for the commercialization and also responsible for a technology development for in-house program in the field of new business beyond therapeutics through combination of drugs and medical devices. Dr. Saito received his Ph.D. in Biomolecular Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Biotechnology from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.