Leadership Team

Strong passion for collaborative success

Braizon brings together innovative delivery technology with the promising developments of external partners to build novel therapeutic options for CNS disorders, founded on strong collaborations. Already operating in Japan and the U.S.A., Team Braizon is expanding our partnerships to facilitate research and development of new CNS therapies globally.

My own strong interest in the biology of aging, and interventions to extend or restore the healthy lives of older adults, attracted me to this company. A research career in bioengineering with a focus on cellular and small molecule translational therapies left me with concerns about the slow pace of development for new therapy options for the brain.

Braizon’s drug delivery system is versatile enough for many modalities of therapy to enter the CNS. We have a collaborative and open approach to development that enables any interested partners in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries to benefit from our highly efficiency portal to the CNS.　The drive to continually innovate, wealth of drug development experience, and passion to help people in need of new and better options gives Team Braizon the strength and confidence to deliver on the promise of our technology.

Deliver medicines for patients

For more than 30 years, I have been working on the discovery and development of new drugs for the treatments of CNS diseases and brain tumors at Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Laboratories in pharmaceutical companies within and outside Japan (Merck Research Laboratories in PA, US; Research Institutes at Banyu and Taiho Pharmaceutical Companies in Tsukuba, JAPAN). As fascinated by Braizon’s breakthrough technology conferring the ability of brain penetration to the drugs which otherwise cannot pass through blood brain barrier (BBB), I left the pharmaceutical company to join Team Braizon with the enthusiasm and passion to bring novel technology to clinical application. Data for the efficacy to the target inside brain by non-brain-penetrable compounds crossing BBB through our technology have been accumulated every day at Braizon. We have been dedicated to bringing our innovative drug delivery system based on transcytosis of glucose-conjugated micelle incorporating non-brain-penetrable pharmaceutical ingredients with different modality to the patients suffering from brain disease as soon as possible!

Technological capabilities to respond to diversifying modalities and needs

Our platform technology, Brain Access®, is an active targeting drug delivery system that delivers drugs across the blood-brain barrier to the central nervous system. By using nano micelles optimized for social implementation, it is possible to respond to a variety of modalities.

In recent years, knowledge based on biological findings has deepened, expanding the possibility of treating diseases and creating various hypotheses and needs. Team Braizon have DDS development expertise and cultivated know-how are steadily driving research and development, allowing us to respond quickly and accurately to rapidly changing needs.

I have been engaged in research on intracellular transport, neurogenesis, and pathology, in addition to a wide range of modalities from peptides to stem cells, and I have become interested in and researched events related to neurodegeneration and regeneration. My mission is to maximize the various capabilities of our Braizon team members, including their expertise. Through this, we aim to continue expanding the design of Brain Access® into the future.