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K Pharma

Tokyo-based Keio University medical-school spinout founded in November 2016 that develops drugs and regenerative cell therapies for neurological disease. It uses patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells to reproduce disease biology and screen or repurpose medicines for conditions including ALS and Alzheimer’s disease. Its regenerative-medicine programs develop iPS-derived neural cells for spinal cord injury and stroke; its KP8011 spinal-cord program was preparing for company-sponsored clinical trials in February 2026. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in October 2023.

Founded 2016

Team

Akiko IsohataOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Atsushi NakanishiScientific Advisor
Hideyuki OkanoDirector & CSO
Komei FukushimaPresident & CEO
Masato MatsumotoManaging Director & CFO
Masato YanoScientific Advisor
Masaya NakamuraDirector & CTO
Miho YamadaOutside Director
Shunsuke ToyokawaOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time)
Yasutaka NishidaOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

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