In biomedical research and development, research equipment and devices such as stem cell separator devices and DNA and protein analysis apparatuses, play important roles as infrastructure. However, many of those devices are imported foreign products and, as a result, cause research costs in Japan to go up. Of the 2002 total sales results, there was a trend of sales regarding DNA-related analysis apparatuses, reagents and DNA chips to decrease, while those of protein-related analysis apparatuses increased from the previous year.Demand for support services such as genetic and protein consigned analysis, is expected to increase further in the future. Protein Wave Corp., a venture business based in Seika-cho, Kyoto, conducts functional and structural analysis of proteins with the advent of the post-genome science era and is offering equipment and devices as well as services to support pharmaceutical-related companies, universities and public research institutions. |