Professor Toshikazu Nakamura of the Graduate School of Medicine at Osaka University and adviser to Kringle Pharma, was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Japanese Government on November 3, 2006, for his lifetime scientific contribution to biochemistry.

Professor Toshikazu Nakamura of the Graduate School of Medicine at Osaka University and adviser to Kringle Pharma, was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Japanese Government on November 3, 2006, for his lifetime scientific contribution to biochemistry. Professor Nakamura is a pioneer in biochemical research on HGF (hepatocyte growth factor) and is well known not only in Japan, but also throughout the world.