Hiroaki Sagawa,
Senior Manager
Dr. Sagawa started his career as a scientist for reagent development in life science research area at Bio Products Development Center at Takara Shuzo Co. Ltd. (currently, a part of Takara Bio, Inc.). Subsequently he worked on new product development and new business initiation. Dr. Sagawa led technology and product development projects, in areas such as T cell expansion methods, and insertion sites and clonality analysis system of gene modified cells for gene and cell therapy. Several technologies developed in these projects have been applied to clinical studies. After the acquisition of Clontech Laboratories, Inc. by Takara Bio, Dr. Sagawa joined Clontech in the US as Vice President of R&D. He was at Clontech from January 2006 to March 2012 where he developed a comprehensive R&D strategy and strategic project integration plan. Dr. Sagawa has also held an endowed associate professor at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine from 2012 to 2013 and an associate professor at United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kagoshima University from 2005 until 2010. Dr. Sagawa joined JSR in 2013. He has been working on business expansion in Life Science Research and In Vitro Diagnostics. He has worked on the establishment and execution of strategic project plans for Technology and Business Development in Life Science Research and In Vitro Diagnostics, especially in Liquid Biopsy area. Hiroaki Sagawa has a Ph.D. from Osaka Prefecture University.
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