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Mari Arakawa

Mari Arakawa focuses her practice on finance, financial regulatory, general corporate and gaming regulations.

Prior to join Greenberg Traurig’s Tokyo Law Office, she was a legal apprentice at the Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan.

The Japanese government is aware of the challenges in securing funds for drug development within Japan’s biopharmaceutical startup ecosystem, especially compared to Europe and the United States. The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development has established a program to support biopharmaceutical startups involved in developing patentable pharmaceuticals and regenerative medicine products and therapeutics.
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