AGING IN HEALTH
Japanese biotech company NOMON is creating supplements to help society age gracefully and actively. Dr Kei Yamana, its founder, tells us why and how.
NOMON, part of Teijin Limited with over 100 years of history, is a biotech company focused on providing healthcare solutions targeted at healthy aging. Its Chief Executive, Dr Kei Yamana, has over two decades of pharmaceutical research experience and is also the Chief Technology Officer of Teijin’s new healthcare business. The industry veteran and former doctoral researcher at the Harvard Medical School and School of Dental Medicine lets us in on what’s coming out in the field of anti-aging.
HOW DO ANTI-AGING SUPPLEMENTS WORK, AND WHAT ARE THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF YOUR PRODUCT NADaltus?
NADaltus is an NMN (Nicotinamide mononucleotide) supplement. NMN is like an anti-aging vitamin. Human beings have NMN in our body and it is included in vegetables, broccoli and avocado and also mother’s breast milk. NMN is a precursor of NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) which decreases with age and is necessary to produce ATP (adenosine triphosphate, a nucleotide that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells). Supplementation of NMN can keep your NAD level (stable) as you age. NADaltus is produced from yeast under strict quality control in Japan.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF NADaltus?
Supplementation of NMN to keep NAD level leads to stopping aging symptoms in preclinical studies. In human clinical studies, NMN improves diabetes and muscle strength. NMN is also used for conditioning of athletes like players of golf, baseball, volleyball and football. NMN improves muscle strength and enhances recovery from muscle damage. Our NADaltus customers experience improvement in sleep quality and less fatigue.
ARE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS?
There are no report side effects or toxicity from taking NMN and NADaltus. NMN is an endogenous molecule in our body. Supplementation of NMN to keep normal level should be safe.
HOW DO THESE ANTI-AGING DRUGS, LIKE NADALTUS, HELP PEOPLE IN SPORTS LIKE GOLF?
We support many professional athletes including professional golf players by using NADaltus for their conditioning based on monitoring of physical and mental data.
WHAT OTHER EXCITING PRODUCTS ARE IN THE WORKS AT NOMON?
“WASAbis” is an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant product which is produced from Japanese Wasabi. WASAbis decreases muscle damage and also works in the brain to improve cognitive function (proven by human clinical studies).
WHAT IS THE NEXT FRONTIER IN ANTI- AGING FOR PHARMACEUTICALS?
Now we know that there are many kinds of living organisms without aging symptoms like lobsters, some jellyfish and sharks. Their secrets of life without aging are applicable to humans. Cutting-edge science of aging is rapidly growing and we are preparing future products and services based on recent evidence. NOMON/Teijin is focusing on the age-control industry in both science and business.
WHAT LED YOU TO THE FIELD OF ANTI-AGING?
I have been working in drug discovery research for over 25 years. I realised that top scientists in the medical field are focusing on their specific field and diseases and try to develop new drugs. But if you read top journal papers, there is a lot of strong evidence to prevent diseases and aging by the improvement of nutrition and daily lifestyle. There are few companies focused on age-control in the world. We decided to start a company in this area with cutting-edge science five years ago. Now many scientists and companies are interested in this field and now believe we can control aging.
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