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Industry-academia Cooperative Projects
The Faculty of Medicine is actively promoting cooperative projects between industry and academia.
A total of 176 joint research and consigned research programs were under way at the school in academic 2023.
Center to support industry-academia cooperative projects
Number of Grants from Outside the University
| Category | Fiscal Year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Joint Research | 25 | 34 | 41 | 30 | 48 | 40 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 47 |
| Consigned Research | 93 | 124 | 115 | 98 | 105 | 88 | 113 | 108 | 122 | 129 |
| TOTAL | 118 | 158 | 156 | 128 | 153 | 128 | 147 | 149 | 171 | 176 |
Endowed Departments
(Data as of April 1, 2024)
| 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, 2024 | Win International Co., Ltd. Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd. |
| Innovative Heart Failure Telemedicine | Sep. 1, 2018 - Aug. 31, 2024 | Terumo Corporation Biotronik Japan, Inc. |
| 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. Bathclin Corporation |
| Advanced Stroke Medicine and Healthcare Economics | Apr. 1, 2023 - Mar. 31, 2025 | Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Japan Ltd. |
| Advanced telemedicine for future clinical field | Jun. 1, 2023 - May. 31, 2025 | Hokkaido Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives |
| Biological Response and Regulation | Jan. 1, 2024 - Sep. 30, 2024 | Koken Co., Ltd. |
Industry Creation Departments
(Data as of April 1, 2024)
| Department | Period | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Research for Locomotor System | Apr. 1, 2019 - Mar. 31, 2025 | Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation |
| Functional Reconstruction for the Knee Joint | Jun. 1, 2019 - May 31, 2025 | Olympus Terumo Biomaterials Corp. |
| Biomaterial Function Regeneration | Jul. 1, 2019 - Jun. 30, 2025 | Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
Patents Owned by Juridical Persons, Etc.
Patents
Numbers based on lead inventor affiliation
(Data as of April 1, 2024)
| Department | Patent Possession | |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Overseas | |
| Faculty of Medicine | 28 (17) | 38 (28) |
(Breakdown of Overseas Patents)
| Country/Region | Patent Possession | |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | China | 2 ( 1) |
| Korea | 1 ( 0) | |
| Europe | ||
| France | 6 ( 5) | |
| Germany | 7 ( 6) | |
| Italy | 1 ( 1) | |
| Spain | 1 ( 1) | |
| Switzerland | 2 ( 1) | |
| U.K. | 7 ( 6) | |
| North America | Canada | 1 ( 1) |
| U.S.A. | 9 ( 5) | |
| Central and South America | Brazil | 1 ( 1) |
| TOTAL | 38 (28) | |
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 | 1 | |
| PD | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 6 | |