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Dr. Yuji Iizawa is Senior Investment Director at Takeda Ventures, Inc.
Dr. Iizawa joined TVI as Vice President in April 2011 with more than 28 years R&D experience at Takeda.
Prior to joining TVI, he was Senior Director of Strategic Research Planning Department and Global Research Management Department in Pharmaceutical Research Division, with responsibility for the strategic oversight of Takeda research affiliates Worldwide.
Prior to this, he spent 2 years with TVI when it was Takeda Research Investment, Inc..
During his tenure in Takeda’s Pharmacology Research Laboratories, he assumed responsibility for anti-infectives drug discovery, and spent one year on sabbatical in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Iizawa joined Takeda, in 1983 with a D.V.M.
from Tokyo University, obtaining his Ph.D.
from the same institution in 1990.
Former positions of Yuji Iizawa
| Companies | Position | End |
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Takeda Ventures, Inc.
Takeda Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Takeda Ventures invests in companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on high-caliber, therapeutic, platform-based companies. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements. | Private Equity Investor | 01/08/2015 |
| TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/03/2011 |
Takeda Ventures, Inc.
Takeda Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Takeda Ventures invests in companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on high-caliber, therapeutic, platform-based companies. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements. | Chief Investment Officer | 31/03/2007 |
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| Private companies | 3 |
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Engages in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products | Health Technology |
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Takeda Ventures, Inc.
Takeda Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Takeda Ventures invests in companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on high-caliber, therapeutic, platform-based companies. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements. | Finance |
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