Dealing With Powerful ‘Vaders’ A Lingering Challenge For Japan’s AMED

Some three and a half years after its formation, Japan’s Agency for Medical R&D (AMED) is continuing its efforts to “de-Balkanize” academic research in the country, and to foster closer health research cooperation between government, academia and industry. While progress has been made, particularly in the genomics area, challenges still linger, its president concedes.