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Principal

ATSUSHI SHIMADA

  • PROFILE
  • CAREER
● Atsushi Shimada focuses on identifying and evaluating new life sciences technologies and also provides operating assistance including BDL and IP to early-stage portfolio companies. He joined UTEC in 2018 after working for Bayer Pharmaceuticals Japan from 2014 to 2018.

● Atsushi has more than 20 years experiences in business development and licensing in the pharmaceutical industry with diverse experiences in intellectual property work as a Patent Attorney. As a business development executive, he has lead triple-digit-value deals locally and globally managing multi-disciplinary teams.

● He worked for Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA and Japan as a director and Bayer Pharmaceuticals Japan where he led in/out licensing, strategic pipeline development, and alliance management work. He also engaged in the M&A deals with Amgen Japan KK and Nycomed at Takeda Japan.
Atsushi started his career in a IP Law Firm in 2001 and then joined Takeda Pharmaceutical company Japan in 2006 where he spent three years from 2011 to 2014 in the international HQ of Takeda Pharmaceutical International in Illinois USA. He joined UTEC in 2018 after working for Bayer Pharmaceuticals Japan from 2014 to 2018. He graduated from Osaka University (Engineering) and IE business school (Madrid, Spain) and is a registered Patent Attorney.

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