Venture activities The role of venture companies has become more important in the pharmaceutical industry. Big pharmas depend on venture companies for the creation of new drugs. The pharmaceutical industry is a typical example of an intellectual industry that combines scientific technologies together. Japan, a country poor in natural resources, promotes the industry as a matter of national policy. However, the public budget for the bio-industry is meager, and the private financial environment is poor. In Japan, bio-venture companies are not well nurtured, due to a lack of public aid for clinical tests and research, a difference that stands out in comparison to the US. Japanʼs basic research results are drawing near to clinical applications, so we must decide to invest public funds in clinical research. 医薬品産業におけるベンチャー企業の役割は世界的にみてもますます高まっており,大手製薬企業 の新薬開発の屋台骨を支えているといってもよい.医薬品産業は科学技術を結集した代表的な知的産 業であり,資源の乏しいわが国が得意とし選択すべき分野であるが,日本の現状は公的資金の投入も わずかであり,十分資金調達の環境も整っていない.わが国ではバイオベンチャーがうまく育成され ていないが,その原因は治験,臨床研究への公的補助が欠如していることであり,米国とくらべると この違いは顕著である. 日本の基礎研究成果が臨床応用に近づいているので,臨床研究へ公的資金を思い切って投入するべ きである. ノーベルファーマ株式会社 *1) 代表取締役社長, *2) 開発部 塩村 仁 *1) ,鈴木良一・大関三夫 *2) ベンチャーでの取り組み
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