#601 Nihonbashi Life Science Building, 2-3-11 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023, JAPAN
Date of Foundation
September 12, 2012
Phone Number
+81-3-6262-3322
Fax Number
+81-3-6262-3022
Capital
3.6 billion yen (including capital reserve)
CEO
Takahiro Uchida, MD, PhD, MSc
Core Business
Research and development of medical devices, manufacturing and sales of medical devices
Research and development of care welfare devices and pharmaceutical products
Planning and design of clinical studies for pharmaceutical products, medical devices, and care welfare devices
Medical device incubator
Consulting services for regulatory affairs and quality assurance
Consulting services in accordance with these businesses
Certified type 1 medical device manufacturing and distribution (#13B1X10274)
Certified specially controlled medical device dealership and leasing (#5502155221)
Shareholders
USA local corporation Sanamedi USA, Inc.
Our offices are located within the facilities of Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in medical device accelerator in the United States. *Triple Ring Technologies is a medical device accelerator with a wealth of experience in commercialization, including the sale of SkyBox Imaging to Google for US$500 million.
Address
39655 Eureka Dr, Newark, CA 94560 U.S.A
(Inside of Triple Ring Technologies, INC)
– Board Certified physician in Internal medicine and Cardiology
– Founder of Necess Mediccal, LLC, a Silicon Valley-based consulting firm for start-up medical device companies
– Former Medical Director at Boston Scientific Corporation
– The first Japanese Medical Officer at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US FDA
– Fellow at Harvard Clinical Research Institute/Harvard Medical School in 2002
– Chief Operational Officer at the Center for Clinical Trials of Japanese Medical Association
– M.S. in Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health in 2002
– Certificate in General Management Program from Harvard Business School in 2010
– More than 10years’ experience in medical device development, including regulatory and clinical strategy
DirectorTetsuya Watanabe
DirectorTetsuya Watanabe
– Former Director of Clinical Development at Boston Scientific Japan Co., Ltd.
– Clinical development experience in the company spanning 30 years, including at Baxter, Genzyme Japan
Chief Technology Officer Hiroaki Kasukawa, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer Hiroaki Kasukawa, Ph.D.
– Former Senior Executive Advisor, Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Terumo Corporation
Chief Financial OfficerHiroyuki Morita
Chief Financial OfficerHiroyuki Morita
–Managed new business development and sales planning at Ecolab G.K and Heineken Japan K.K.
–At Combi Corporation, as the head of marketing and business development, engaged in developing partnerships with overseas companies and new businesses. In addition, as an executive officer, managed finance, accounting and corporate planning, leading the group financing and profitability improvement.
Director, AVNeo Business Damon Lawson
Director, AVNeo Business Damon Lawson
–Former Vice President, International Marketing, Hill-Rom,Co.,Inc.
–Former Director, Marketing, ASPJapan, Johnson and Johnson Medical
–Area of Specialization: Global Marketing of Medical Devices
Director, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Tooru Aoki
Director, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Tooru Aoki
– Specializes in clinical development of medical devices, QMS, and regulatory affairs
– Manager of Quality Management System & Good Clinical Practice of Terumo Corporation
– He worked for many years at Terumo Corporation, a major Japanese medical device manufacturer. And he has a wide range of experience, including certification of approval for manufacture and sale for medical devices and regenerative medicine products, design management for catheters and artificial organ-related products, and compliance with ISO and other international standards.
Manager, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Minori Kosuge
Manager, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Minori Kosuge
– 15+ years’ experience at domestic (Japanese) medical device manufacturer
– 1 year experience at SaMD startup company
– US FDA 510k clearance for patient monitor and medical device program
Director, Product Development Satoshi Shimizu
Director, Product Development Satoshi Shimizu
– Former General Manager/Senior Project Manager of Medical Equipment Development Center of Canon Inc.
–– Specializes in management of product development of medical equipment.
– He has wide range of experience in development of new products in radiology and ophthalmology and joint project with international alliance.
7 years in overseas experience including management of R&D division of a subsidiary company in U.S.A..
Adviser, Business Development Takashi Homma
Adviser, Business Development Takashi Homma
– Specializes in research and development, regulatory submissions, and new business development within the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
– At Pharmacia Upjohn, he was responsible for overseeing the physicochemical properties, preclinical and clinical development, and regulatory submission processes.
– In the in vitro diagnostics field at bioMérieux and within an analytical science venture, he led initiatives in new business development, business development, and marketing.
– Furthermore, at Konica Minolta, he was instrumental in the establishment and commercialization of new business ventures in the medical device sector.
– He also have 10 years of experience as a Designated Marketing Authorization Holder (DMAH).
Senior Manager, Business DevelopmentTetsuya Tokoro
Senior Manager, Business Development Tetsuya Tokoro
– Former Sales Representative, Vigilance & Safety, Quality Assurance, and Market Development at J&J K.K.
– Specializes in business development based on broad experience in medical device industry
– University of Tsukuba, MBA in International Business
Adviser
Executive AdviserYoshitake Yokokura, MD, PhD
Executive AdviserYoshitake Yokokura, MD, PhD
Dr. Yoshitake Yokokura graduated from the Kurume University School of Medicine in 1969, and worked for the surgery department at the University. After that he worked for the surgery department of the Detmold Hospital in West Germany from 1977 to 1979. Since 1990, he has been President of the Yokokura Hospital.Dr. Yokokura was elected as President of the Japan Medical Association in 2012, served Council Member of the World Medical Association (WMA) from 2010 to 2016, served as both President of the WMA and President of the Confederation of Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania during 2017-18.
– Former President, World Medical Association
– Former President, Confederation of Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania
– Former President, Japan Medical Association
Corporate AdviserMakoto Haruta
– Former Chairman at DeNA Co.,Ltd.
– Former club owner of the YOKOHAMA DeNA BAYSTARS
Senior AdviserMotonaga Tanaka
– Former President at Toray Medical, Co., Ltd.
– Former President at Toray Marketing & Sales
510K Technology GroupKachi Enyinna
– Former FDA medical device reviewer
– Former Biomedical Engineer
– Experience in Regulatory Affairs over 22 years in the medical device industry
– Area of specialization: Regulatory Affairs (U.S.)
Patent AttorneyTakayuki Hirose
– Abe Ikubo Katayama law firm( in charge of the litigation and application)
– President, Hirose International Patent Office
– Area of specialization: intellectual property
Non-clinical study designEnora Rogers
– President, Enora Rogers, Inc.
– Former Neurovascular and Corporate R&D Groups, Cordis Corporation, Johnson and Johnson
– Area of specialization: Medical Device R&D, Quality Assurance
The History of Sanamedi
Sep. 2012
Established Japanese Organization for Medical Device Development, Inc. (JOMDD).
Sep. 2013
Acquired Second class medical devices marketing license.
May. 2014
Started selling “AVNeo™ Sizer System set” in the United States and in Japan.
Jun. 2015
Commissioned The Japan Medical Association program to support medical device development and commercialization.
Jul. 2015
Relocated head office to Nihonbashi Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
Jul. 2015
Started selling “AVNeo™ Sizer System set” in Europe.
Apr. 2016
Adopted as NEDO’s certified VC for Seed-stage Technology-based Startups “STS”.
Jan. 2017
Started selling Single-use products, “AVNeo™ Sizer System set”.
Apr. 2017
Established USA Local corporation.
Dec. 2017
Started selling needle guide for ultrasound-guided puncture “True Puncture®” in Japan.
May. 2018
Established 100% subsidiary “Save Medical Corp. “
Sep. 2018
Acquired First class medical devices marketing license.
Apr. 2019
Mynavi Corporation has acquired and made a subsidiary of exMedio Inc., one of the our portfolio companies.
Feb. 2020
Started selling “3D back scanner™” for scoliosis screening in Japan.
Jun. 2020
Adopted as the business promoter unit of JST’s Program for Creating Start-ups from Advanced Research and Technology “START”.
Nov. 2021
“3D Back Scanner®” won the Special Award in the Product Technology Category at the Tokyo Metropolis Government “Going-Global Innovations Competition”.
Apr. 2023
Change Company name to Sanamedi, Inc.
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#601 Nihonbashi Life Science Building, 2-3-11 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023, JAPAN
Traffic Route
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line “Mitsukoshimae Station” 3-minute walk from Exit-A6
Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line “Mitsukoshimae Station” 3-minute walk from Exit-A6
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line “Kodenma-cho Station” 6-minute walk from Exit-3
JR Sobu Line(Rapid) “Shin-Nihonbashi Station” 3-minute walk from Exit-5
JR Chuo Line “Kanda Station” 10-minute walk from East Exit
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