Planetary Health Innovation Center (Phic) is a research support/innovation consultancy/entrepreneurship acceleration team focusing on the life science & bio-science, established under the Institut Pasteur du Japon (IPJ), based on the agreement between the Institut Pasteur and the University of Tokyo in accordance with the France-Japan Special Partnership Declaration.
Through combining the brains of top researchers from the Institut Pastteur and the University of Tokyo with the business incubation & consulting methods developed by Exa Innovation Studio, Phic provides real and meaningful value and business opportunities to the society and the key industry players.
Our
Expertise
As a team of leading scientists, we develop and contribute our expertise, researches and talents beyond our respective fields of expertise to solve problems related to planetary health.
GLOBAL RESEARCH ACCELERATION
Support for organizing global project teams & applying to grants
Financial support to global researchers
INNOVATION CONSULTING
Bioscience innovation strategy & execution consulting
Scientific due difigence for M&A projects
New business R&D & implementation
TALENT & CARRER DEVELOPMENT
France-Japan post-doc exchange program
Recruitment services for bioscience talents
INCUBATION
Mentorship to facilitate university spin-offs
Support for start-up, fundraising and team recruitment, seed funding
INVESTMENT FUND
Formation and management of investment funds for bioscience innovations
Hands-on support for cross-border and growth of bioscience ventures
Managing Directors
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Anavaj Sakuntabhai
Co-President & Managing Director, Phic Executive Director, Institut Pasteur du Japon Head of Ecology and Emergence of Arthropod-Borne Pathogens, Institut Pasteur
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Kiyohiko Igarashi
Co-President & Managing Director, PHIC Professor at Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Special Assistant to the President (Financial Strategy, Social Cooperation & Academia-Industry Collaboration)
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Kentaro Kata
Managing Director, PHIC, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Exa Innovation Studio Board member of Le Comité d’Echange Franco-Japonais
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Osamu Matsuda
PR Director
Our Innovation Leaders
Context
Today, global environmental issues such as climate change, ocean pollution, loss of forests and biodiversity and pandemics of infectious diseases on a global scale make 'Planetary Health' the most pressing issue for our life
In order to tackle such challenges, it is essential that industry, government and academia in each country research and promote bioscience beyond the borders of traditional research and industrial fields
With its excellent universities, companies, research institutions and researchers, Japan has the potential to lead the world in bioscience, but has yet to make a sufficient contribution.
Latest
Updates
JUNE 24, 2024 I INNOVATION
Launch of the Planetary Health Industry-Academia Collaboration Initiative
We are pleased to announce that PHIC, a collaboration between Keidanren, the Institut Pasteur and the University of Tokyo,will launch …
JUNE 24, 2024 I INNOVATION
Launch of Institut Pasteur Japan
Institut Pasteur (Headquarters: Paris, Director: Yasmin Belkaid) is an independent, non-profit international research institute with offices…
OCTOBER 3, 2023 I INNOVATION
The University of Tokyo signed LOI with Institut Pasteur, France
Dr. Kohl, Director of the Institut Pasteur de France, and Dr. Fujii, President of the University of Tokyo, signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) …
