Koichiro Tsujimaru

AQUA Therapeutics Co., Ltd. develops therapeutic drugs focused on the treatment of ophthalmological diseases. It uses a nucleic acid interference platform aimed at gene targets of select diseases. The firm's technologies include diabetic retinopathy, Periostin, and Bonac nucleic acid. It also offers research, development, manufacture, and marketing of other pharmaceuticals; non-medicinal products and cosmetics; and medical devices, instruments, and equipment. The firm also conducts medical research and consulting services. The company was founded by Kazunori Yoshikawa on March 19, 2012 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.

DNAFORM KK provides research and development for transcriptome analysis and cloning. Its products and services include solutions for gene expression analysis, DNA/RNA amplification, custom eprobe/eprimer, cDNA clones and other genetic resources. The company was founded in September 1998 and is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan.