- CEO
- Tsuyoshi Miyamura
- Full Time Employees
- 1,838
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Address
- 7-4-38 Nojihigashi Kusatsu SH Japan 525-0058
- IPO Date
- Apr 27, 2020
- Business
- Takara Bio Inc. (TKBIF) develops, manufactures and markets reagents, scientific instruments, contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) services and gene therapies for life science research, drug discovery and regenerative medicine. The company offers research reagents including PCR kits, reverse transcriptases, polymerases, ligation kits, RNA cleanup and DNA purification products, competent cells, NGS library construction kits and immune profiling tools under brands such as Takara, Clontech and Cellartis; scientific instruments for qPCR, cell automation and genetic analysis; CDMO services for viral and plasmid vectors, gene and cell therapy products, quality and safety testing; and proprietary gene therapies like NY-ESO-1 siTCR for cancer, SonuAAV for inner ear delivery and CAR-T technologies including CD19 JAK/STAT and siTCR platforms. Takara Bio operates globally with manufacturing and sales in Japan, the United States, China, Europe, India and other Asian regions, targeting academic institutions, corporate researchers, clinical laboratories and pharmaceutical companies. Founded in 2002 as a spin-off from Takara Shuzo Co. Ltd. (established 1925) and headquartered in Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan, the company maintains subsidiaries including Takara Bio USA Inc. in San Jose, California; Takara Bio Europe; Takara Biotechnology (Dalian) Co. Ltd.; and Takara Bio India. Recent developments include the January 2025 acquisitions of Curio Bioscience Inc. to enhance spatial genomics and single-cell omics capabilities and ViSpot Inc. to expand its subsidiary portfolio; a June 2024 business partnership with Gap Junction Therapeutics for AAV gene therapy targeting hereditary hearing loss; completion of clinical trial notification in September 2025 for confirmatory studies of NY-ESO-1 siTCR gene therapy in Japan; announcement of the Takara Bio Group Long-Term Vision 2050 in September 2025; redesign of regulatory strategy for NY-ESO-1 siTCR in Japan in June 2025; and revisions to financial results forecasts in November 2025 reflecting no dividends and partial executive remuneration return.