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Cooperative Projects between Industry and Academia

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Industry-academia Cooperative Projects

The Faculty of Medicine is actively promoting cooperative projects between industry and academia.
A total of 204 joint research and consigned research programs were under way at the school in academic 2024.

Center to support industry-academia cooperative projects

Research Center for Cooperative Projects

Research Center for Cooperative Projects

Interprofessional Education and Research Building

Interprofessional Education and Research Building

Number of Grants from Outside the University

Category Fiscal Year
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Joint Research 34 41 30 48 40 34 41 49 47 67
Consigned Research 124 115 98 105 88 113 108 122 129 137
TOTAL 158 156 128 153 128 147 149 171 176 204

Endowed Departments

(Data as of April 1, 2025)

Department Period Endower
Transplant Surgery Jan. 1, 2011 - Dec. 31, 2025 Medical System Network Co., Ltd.
Mutoh Co., Ltd.
Minimally Invasive Advanced Heart Failure Therapeutics Sep. 1, 2018 - Aug. 31, 2027 Win International Co., Ltd.
Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd.
Hokuyaku Takeyama Holdings, Inc.
Innovative Heart Failure Telemedicine Sep. 1, 2018 - Aug. 31, 2027 Biotronik Japan, Inc.
SMC Corporation
Respiratory and Cardiovascular Innovative Research Apr. 1, 2020 - Mar. 31, 2026 Medical System Network Co., Ltd.
Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
TAKEYAMA Co.,ltd.
Kaneka Medix Corporation
Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Development Apr. 1, 2020 - Mar. 31, 2026 Philips Japan, Ltd.
Advanced telemedicine for future clinical field Jun. 1, 2023 - May. 31, 2026 Hokkaido Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives

Industry Creation Departments

(Data as of April 1, 2025)

Department Period Enterprise
Functional Reconstruction for the Knee Joint Jun. 1, 2019 - May 31, 2026 Olympus Terumo Biomaterials Corp.
Biomaterial Function Regeneration Jul. 1, 2019 - Jun. 30, 2027 Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Patents Owned by Juridical Persons, Etc.

Patents
Numbers based on lead inventor affiliation

(Data as of April 1, 2025)

Department Patent Possession
Domestic Overseas
Faculty of Medicine 15 (10) 14 (12)

(Breakdown of Overseas Patents)

Country/Region Patent Possession
Europe
France 3 ( 3)
Germany 3 ( 3)
U.K. 3 ( 3)
North America Canada 1 ( 1)
U.S.A. 4 ( 2)
TOTAL 14 (12)

The number of joint applications indicated in parentheses ( ).

Employment/Hosting of Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

(Data as of April 1, 2024)

Category Position Number of Researchers
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
(JSPS) 		DC1 2
DC2 3
PD 1
TOTAL 6