The Japanese approach to tissue engineering: the report of the Royal Academy of Engineering mission to Japan, April 2003 ; mission leader: D.F. Williams

The Report of the Royal Academy of Engineering Mission to Japan, April 2003; Mission Leader: Prof. D. F. Williams Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Executive Summary......Page 4 Table of contents......Page 6 1. Introduction......Page 8 1.1. Mission Logistics......Page 9 1.2. Mission Itinerary......Page 10 2. The Infrastructure of Tissue Engineering......Page 11 3.2. Universities......Page 14 3.3. Research Centres......Page 15 3.4. Comment......Page 16 4.2. Government Direction and Incentives......Page 18 4.3. Infrastructure Investment......Page 19 4.5. Industry Representation at Mission Seminar......Page 21 4.6. Company Visits......Page 22 4.7. Prospects for growth in enterprise culture......Page 25 4.8. Barriers to Growth......Page 26 4.9. Comment......Page 27 5.2. Government Initiatives for Investment in Life Sciences......Page 29 5.3. Private Equity, Venture Capital and Corporate Partnering......Page 31 5.4. Comment......Page 33 6.1. Introduction......Page 34 6.2. Reimbursement......Page 35 6.3. Ethics......Page 36 6.4. Regulation......Page 38 Institution Research Source of ESCs......Page 41 7.1. Strategy......Page 44 7.2. Financial Support......Page 45 7.3. Facilities......Page 46 7.4. Cluster Development in Kobe......Page 47 7.5. Venture Capital......Page 50 7.7. Comment......Page 51 8. Conclusions......Page 53 9.1. APPENDIX I PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE CAPITAL PROVIDERS......Page 56 9.2. Appendix II:......Page 57 9.3. Appendix III: Team Members......Page 59 UK Focus for Biomedical Engineering......Page 61