MediBIC CEO, Dr. Hashimoto was awarded "Minister's award" in entrepreneurship by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. "Minister's award"  "This award is a recognition of excellence in his highly specialized consulting business and in recognition of his leading research in genome drug discovery field. The informatics support MediBIC provides is in large part due to his knowledge of the field and his focus on applications and users. Dr.Hashimoto's vision has enabled MediBIC to get to its IPO in only three years after company founding." 1/28/2004 Nikkei Business Daily, Japan