Abstract
Japanese Government announced New Growth Strategy for “Life Innovation” to lead sustainable growth, international contribution and creation of ¥4.5 trillion market and, 2.8million jobs by 2020 in Japan, while net import surplus of pharmaceuticals & medical devices exceeded ¥2.56 trillion in FY2009. This aggressive strategy has to be translated into challenging actions by newly set up Medical Innovation Promotion Office. EU and the United States have already been taking timely actions to establish brand new development framework for advanced therapy such as regenerative medicine which framework vision is still missing in Japan. By observing innovative progress of “Cell Sheet Engineering” regenerative medicine and newly established industry consortium in Japan, FIRM(Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine), I would like to discuss essential actions in this country to create self-disciplined development framework for bringing world class advanced therapy to bedside in the World.
