Tak Okada
Pharmaceutics
Cellular Dynamics
United States of America
Biography
Mr. Okada has served as FCDI’s Chief Technology Officer since October 1, 2015. He previously served as manager of FUJIFILM’s Healthcare Business Development Office from 2009 to 2015, where he had responsibility for Intellectual Property (IP) management in the fields of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, functional foods and regenerative medicine. In conjunction with the strategic expansion of FUJIFILM’s business, he was in charge of IP due diligence in mergers and acquisitions and licensing opportunities. Before he joined FUJIFILM in 2006, he worked for Asahi Kasei Corporation, where he was in charge of business development and licensing activities for the pharmaceutical division, technology scouting for its U.S. subsidiary, IP prosecution and legal searching for the IP department and its U.S. affiliated law firm, and manufacturing development of cell culture in its research laboratory. Mr. Okada earned a B.S. in Agriculture from the University of Tokyo and a Bachelor of Laws from Meiji University.
Research Interest
His research interests include fields like pharmaceutical Companies
