Information
December 20221

Foundation
The Kinki Bio-industry Development Organization(KBDO) was established in March 1985 by Dr.
Yuichi Yamamura, President of Osaka University,and others in industry and government to promote
bio-industry in the Kansai region more effectively
by bringing industry, academia, and government
together.
Dr. Yuichi Yamamura

About Kansai (Kinki) Region

Since a long time, the Kansai region
has been enriching the lives of people
around the world by combining thepower of its people with a spirit ofchallenge and by pioneering new
industrial fields.
Kansai is home to many of the nation’s
top universities. It has a remarkablehistory of industrial development andof achievements of people andcompanies with advanced knowledge
and technology, making it a worldclass biocluster.
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NameFoundation

Mission
Address
Chairman

NPO Kinki Bio-industry Development Organization（KBDO）
March 1985 (Transitioned to a non-profit organization in April 2003)
We aim to achieve a comfortable and vibrant society by conducting projects
related to bioindustry promotion, maintaining and improving people's health,and protecting the environment of society, and so on.
3F, 4-8-4, Kawaramachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0048, Japan
Dr. Tsuneaki Sakata（Specially Appointed Professor Co-creation Bureau Osaka University）

Board

29 members

Member146 Institutions

ChairmanDr. Tsuneaki Sakata

I am Tsuneaki Sakata, Chairman of the NPO Kinki Bio-industry Development
Organization. For more than 20 years, I have been involved in industrygovernment-academia collaboration projects as a director and vice-chairman of thisorganization, and I have been involved in communication with overseas bio-clusters.
In recent years, I have served as President of the All Japan BioCommunity Liaison
Committee. Biocommunity Kansai(BiocK), established in July 2021, has become
increasingly prominent as a global biocommunity accredited by the cabinet officeand has begun activities toward forming a bioeconomy in the Kansai region. Since
its establishment in 1985, KBDO has formed important networks with industry,government, and academia. We wish to take over this valuable asset and devote
ourselves to the further development of the bio-industry. We look forward to your3
continued support and guidance.

Activities
Industrialization Support

Study Groups (Members Only)◆Biocommunity Kansai（BiocK）◆Industry-academia individual matching◆Study Group on Development of
Functional Foods for Prevention ofLifestyle-related Diseases◆Meeting on the Next Generation ofBiotechnology◆Capillary Laboratory and Social
Implementation Consortium

Venture support

Seminars and Lectures◆Kansai Bio Business Matching◆Life Science Overseas Business
Development Support Project with Osaka
Prefecture◆Support for exhibiting at BioJapan◆Japanese Life Science Startup List

◆Kansai Life Science Leading Scientists
Seminar◆Venue Participation Type Talk Seminar

International Exchange◆New Year's International Exchange Party4

Biocommunity Kansai（BiocK）

https://biock.jp/en/5Matching Business
Kansai Bio Business Matching■ Held since FY2011■ Fully online format to be implemented from FY2020.
Target fields：Biotechnology in general (pharmaceuticals and drug discovery, drug discovery
support, research support, regenerative medicine, healthcare, food, food withfunctional labels,cosmetics, materials, chemistry, analysis, agriculture, fisheries,
livestock industry, environment, energy, digital and AI, etc.)

Method：Online Meeting
Recruitment of overseas participants will be considered from the next fiscal year (FY) onward.

Support for exhibiting at BioJapan■ We will operate a joint exhibition booth to support
exhibits by member companies.

■ FY2022 results: 14 companies

Japanese Life Science Startup List
■ This Japanese Life Science Startup List is edited and managed jointly by Japan Bioindustry Association
and NPO Kinki Bio-Industry Development Organization in cooperation with supporting organizations tobiocommunities and life science startups of each region in Japan.
https://area34.smp.ne.jp/area/table/5697/FDN_H3/M?S=lbsfn2mbnak

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Research meetings, seminars, and lectures
Study Group on Development of Functional Foods for Prevention of Lifestyle-relatedDiseases
Activities were started in 2006 to develop and commercialize functional food products approved by doctors andexpected by consumers.

Capillary Laboratory and Social Implementation Consortium
Activities were started in 2021 to establish capillary imaging as a health indicatorand to implement it in society.

Kansai Life Science Leading Scientists Seminar
Lectures by professors in Kansai who are conducting cutting-edge research in the life science field will be held.

Venue Participation Type Talk Seminar
Mr. Miyata of Miyata Institute of Technologies will be asked to be the coordinator of the organization, which will be
guided by him and top executives of companies

New Year's International Exchange Party
The New Year’s event will promote exchange and information exchange with biotechnology-related organizations andother organizations in various countries
Representatives from 10 countries are scheduled to speak in FY2022

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Aiming to contribute to solving social issues
Seeds
Technology

standardiz
ation

optimization
actual proof

practicalapplication♦Biocommunity Kansai（BiocK）♦Individual Matching♦Kansai Bio Business Matching♦Support for exhibiting at BioJapan♦Capillary Laboratory andSocial Implementation
Consortium♦Japanese Life Science Startup ListSolve thesocialissuecommercialization♦Study Group on Development of
Functional Foods for Prevention ofLifestyle-related Diseases●Extension of healthy life
expectancy●Improvement of food selfsufficiency●Global warming
countermeasures♦New Year's International Exchange Party

Biotech Applications♦Kansai Life Science Leading Scientists Seminar♦Venue Participation Type Talk Seminar

FoodFoods withfunctional claims

cosmetics

MedicalHealthcare
IT、AI
Data linkage

environment

primary
industry

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