Sumitomo Corporation  
With assets exceeding $40 billion and offices in 67 countries, Sumitomo Corporation is one of Japan's leading traders and distributors of commodities, industrial products and consumer goods. In addition to being a channel for pharmaceuticals and medical devices, Sumitomo can make direct equity investments in emerging life science companies and has participated in biotechnology venture capital funds.

www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/english

 
Summit Pharmaceuticals International  
Summit Pharmaceuticals facilitates strategic and commercial relationships between U.S. and Japanese life science companies, arranging licensing, production, and import and export of new drugs and diagnostic products. They produce chemicals and compounds required to manufacture drugs, as well as manufacture finished biologic products. They also invest in select mid- to late-stage pharmaceutical companies.  With more than 60 clients in Japan, Summit Pharmaceuticals' major accounts include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.

www.summitpharma.co.jp/english/