BioJapan 2012 Exhibitor Profiles

YOKOHAMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioJapan 2012 takes place October 10 - 12 at the PACIFICO YOKOHAMA in Yokohama, Japan.

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Listed below are the BioJapan 2012 exhibitor profiles.

Company:	A-HITBio Inc.
Booth:	D608
Web:	http://www.a-hitbio.com
The A-HITBio Inc. has been set up on Feb. 25, 2003 as a start-up company from Hokkaido Univ. casting a bright light on foods and health. We have good experiences on fermentation technology and R&D on novel functional foods. We are running R&D and also production and marketing of functional oligo-saccharides DFAⅢ＝Bonsucre 1, DFAⅣ＝Bonsucre 2）having enhancement of mineral uptake, relieving constipation, non-calorie, and Hanzawa Natto (fermented soybean) made of GM soy bean that are only products labeled as GM food in Japan according to the law. We also run consulting businesses on biotechnology and also collaboration on improvement and novel fermentation technology.
Company:	Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
Booth:	D201
Ticker Symbol & Exchange:	TOKYO:5201
Web:	http://www.agc.com/english/aspex/index.html
ASPEX division　of AGC (Asahi Glass　Co., LTD.) provides three levels of reliable and high-quality biotechnology services: (1) Contract manufacturing with cGMP compliance using 300 L, 400 L and 4,500 L biopharmaceutical plants, (2) Process development for microbial fermentation and purification, and (3) Gene expression using our patented and prolific Asahi glass Schizosaccharomyces pombe expression system (ASPEX) that offers high-yield and low costs. And we will present green and sustainable chemistry.

About BioJapan

BioJapan has played an important role in facilitating interaction between Japanese and global companies/organizations and stimulating new business opportunities. The Japanese and global biotechnology industry's top business development and licensing professionals, alliance management professionals, R&D personnel and biotech company executives will gather in Yokohama for BioJapan 2012. BioJapan has launched a new online partnering system this year which enables you to schedule appointments with participants before the event. By using the system, you can create your profiles, search company profiles, and send requests to meet others and accept or decline requests from others. Meeting times and locations will be automatically assigned by the system. In the 2012 event, 1,000+ professionals from 500+ companies are expected to engage in one-to-one partnering meetings.

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