Advanced health industry accumulation project at the foot of Mount Fuji (Shizuoka Pharma Valley Project)

・Discussion on the Pharma Valley Project

On December 22, 2025, a meeting was held in Tokyo to exchange opinions on the Pharma Valley Project. Representing Keio University as a collaborating partner were Dr. Kenji Konomi, deputy director of the Clinical and Translational Research Center at the Keio School of Medicine, and Professor Satoko Nagata, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care. The meeting opened with greetings from the governor of Shizuoka, Yasutomo Suzuki, and a briefing on the current status of the project by Dr. Ken Yamaguchi, president emeritus and director of the Shizuoka Cancer Center. This was followed by an exchange of views on the project. Deputy Director Konomi introduced initiatives under the medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and engineering collaboration agreement with Shizuoka Prefecture, while Professor Nagata discussed possibilities for joint research involving robotics, ICT, and other technologies.

Shizuoka Prefecture

December 16, 2010 - present

富士山麓先端健康産業集積プロジェクト「ファルマバレープロジェクト」

ファルマバレーセンター | 創薬探索プロジェクト：概要

Agreement concerning project collaboration between Shizuoka Prefecture and Keio University (promotion of the "Advanced health industry accumulation project at the foot of Mount Fuji (Pharma Valley project)")

Shinanomachi

School of Medicine Office of General Affairs