Hamamatsu Pharma Research Employee Directory
PharmaceuticalsCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Hamamatsu Pharma Research, Inc. is a small to mid-sized pharmaceutical research firm based in San Diego, California. It specializes in preclinical efficacy evaluation of novel therapeutics, employing non-human primate disease models to study potential benefits before clinical testing. The scope includes models of pain, such as chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain and osteoarthritis, and models of cerebral ischemia or stroke. This positioning places it within the pharmaceutical research services sector that supports drug development through nonclinical evaluations. Its clients are pharmaceutical and biotech developers seeking preclinical efficacy data on new compounds. The company has engaged in industry collaborations, including a February 2020 partnership with Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals to assess AST-004 in a non-human primate stroke model that simulates transient middle cerebral artery occlusions.