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At St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital he worked on collaborative research with Genentech and Curis that led to a medicine launched by Roche\/Genentech.<\/p><p class=\"ptext\">He went on to lead global R&amp;D, business development and M&amp;A\/PMI at Takeda, Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Astellas, where he headed the corporate venture capital arm in San Francisco. During his tenure, the unit ranked 7th among pharma CVCs worldwide in Silicon Valley Bank\u2019s report. He also helped establish a drug discovery incubator at Kyoto University and has taught at the University of Tokyo.<\/p><div class=\"links\"><a class=\"inl\" href=\"\/en\/hiro-profile\/\">Full profile \u2192<\/a><a class=\"inl\" href=\"\/en\/founder-message\/\">Founder\u2019s Message \u2192<\/a><a class=\"inl\" href=\"\/en\/people\/founder-philosophy\/\">Founder Philosophy \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sec\"><p class=\"eyebrow\">Advisors<\/p><h2 class=\"sh\">Advisors<\/h2><p class=\"lead\">Senior advisors from the U.S. and Japan who support Bloom X\u00b3.<\/p><div class=\"ppl\"><a href=\"\/en\/tom-curran-ph-d-frs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/TomCurranConstructionImage-295k-954x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Tom Curran, Ph.D., FRS\" loading=\"lazy\"><p class=\"an\">Tom Curran, Ph.D., FRS<\/p><p class=\"at\">Royal Society Fellow<\/p><p class=\"ax\">A world authority in cancer biology. Former President of the AACR; Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine.<\/p><\/a><a href=\"\/en\/joe-bolen-ph-d\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Joe-Bolen.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Bolen, Ph.D.\" loading=\"lazy\"><p class=\"an\">Joe Bolen, Ph.D.<\/p><p class=\"at\">Drug Discovery Leader<\/p><p class=\"ax\">President of R&amp;D at Moderna; led oncology research at Takeda and Millennium. Discoverer of tyrosine-kinase oncogenes.<\/p><\/a><a href=\"\/en\/guanghui-hu-ph-d\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Guanghui-Hu.jpg\" alt=\"Guanghui Hu, Ph.D.\" loading=\"lazy\"><p class=\"an\">Guanghui Hu, Ph.D.<\/p><p class=\"at\">Serial Entrepreneur<\/p><p class=\"ax\">EY Entrepreneur of the Year; a serial entrepreneur who has founded biotech VCs and incubators.<\/p><\/a><a href=\"\/en\/karuppiah-kannan-ph-d\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Kannan_square_background-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Karuppiah Kannan, Ph.D.\" loading=\"lazy\"><p class=\"an\">Karuppiah Kannan, Ph.D.<\/p><p class=\"at\">Oncology Drug Discovery<\/p><p class=\"ax\">An oncology drug-discovery veteran behind four FDA-approved medicines (Ninlaro, Adcetris and more).<\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"links\" style=\"margin-top:18px\"><a class=\"inl\" href=\"\/en\/advisors\/\">Meet our advisors \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People \u2014 Bloom X\u00b3 People Founder &amp; Advisors Hiro KimuraPh.D., R.Ph. 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