Matthias Hackl, CEO/CSO of TAmiRNA, visited Japan between November 11th and 18th to join Summit Pharmaceutical international to introduce TAmiRNA to 12 medium- and large-size pharmaceutical companies. Matthias presented information on microRNA and mRNA biomarker discovery in liquid biopsies using TAmiRNA´s unique miND® pipeline for absolute quantification of microRNAs. In addition, Matthias joined a seminar on “Manufacturing and omic-based characterization of extracellular vesicles as drug products” organized by the local partner Summit Pharmaceutical International. In his talk, Matthias explained to >70 representatives from Japanese Universities and Pharmaceutical industry TAmiRNA’s the advantages of full molecular characterization of exosomes and extracellular vesicles (EVs) to determine EV composition, consistency, and mode-of-action.