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As of December 2002 |
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I hope Shimadzu continues to have a high regard for this corporate philosophy. |
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| Hidetoshi Yajima President and Chief Executive Officer of Shimadzu Corporation |
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| I was in the USA when news first broke of the Nobel Prize award to Koichi Tanaka. The award concerns the work on matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), a technology for analyzing proteins, which is useful in early diagnosis and treatment of illnesses such as cancer and immunological disease as well as the development of new medicines. This is none other than the embodiment of Shimadzu's corporate philosophy: Contributing to Society through Science and Technology, a fact that swells my heart with profound joy. Koichi Tanaka made public the method and principle behind the MALDI technology in order that the world could share in its benefits. As a result, researchers around the world have been able to further exploit the developments in various ways, such as for the development of new medicines, to contribute to society through science. For this reason, naturally, I am immensely happy for Koichi Tanaka. But I am also overjoyed because this award is further proof of the vision handed down from our founder Genzo Shimadzu, who wished to see outstanding scientific technology spreading its way across the globe. | |