Got Sushi ? -- Japanese companies are the largest foreign investors in San Diego the past 30+ years

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But where's the Love for Japan or awareness of their financial influence ?  Duh.


If you add up the biotech deals below, and the salaries paid to 1,000s of American employees, and the taxes paid to the City of San Diego, it amounts to several billions of dollars.  No European nor Asian country comes close to matching Japan's contribution to San Diego's biotech community:

(1) Kirin / Gemini Science [ now Kyowa-Kirin ] & their support for LJIAI (La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology)

(2) Takeda Chemical [ acquired and expanded Syrrx ]

(3) Tanabe Research Labs

(4) Kyorin [ acquired and expanded ActivX Biosciences ]

(5) Japan Tobacco [ spent over US$ 200 million in collaborations with Agouron + other San Diego co.s ]; and

(6) Sankyo / Daiichi-Sankyo [ spent US$ 75 - 100 million in collaborations with Metabasis, Exelixis + other San Diego co.s ]


Plus, add in the extensive local presence of these two high-tech companies the past 30+ years:

Sony, and Kyocera...

...and hands down, Japan is the foreign partner of choice for San Diego biotech & high-tech companies.


So got sushi ?

Probably no.  But it's alllll around you.  Start here:

-->> Japan Biotech/Biopharma Partnering Forum

-->> http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2857975/

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POSTED 03 July 2011 @ 2:00 PM by:


David A. Palella
Founder
BIOSCIENCE VENTURES Inc.
“Global Corporate Development for Biopharmaceuticals since 1991”

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpalella

web site:  http://www.BSVpartners.com

blog:  http://biobizdev.blogspot.com


& Group Founder:

Infectious Disease R&D and Business Network
http://www.linkedin.com/e/-ubgx8c-godydbie-43/vgh/3937807/

Japan Biotech/Biopharma Partnering Forum
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2857975/

Asia Business & Finance Roundup
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3132759/

San Diego Biofuels & Sustainable Chemicals Networking Group
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3891375/

X-tech Roundup(SM) - San Diego
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2836926


& Co-founder:

Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3921448


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