Takara Bio Inc is a Japan-based company primarily engaged in businesses related to reagents, instruments, contract services and gene therapy. The Company has one business segment. The reagents, instruments and contract services business provides biotechnology-related research reagents, laboratory instruments and contract services to universities, research institutions and corporations, offering products in the fields of molecular and cell biology based on technologies including polymerase chain reaction (PCR), next-generation sequencing, genome editing and stem cells. The Company also promotes its contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) business, which includes contract manufacturing of regenerative medicine products and genetic analysis services. The gene therapy business advances the development of gene therapy drugs including genetically modified T-cell therapies and next-generation chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technologies.