JSR Corporation

JSR Corporation is a Japanese chemical company supplying semiconductor materials such as photoresists and CMP slurries, positioning it in the upstream global semiconductor supply chain. In 2024, JSR Corporation was acquired by Japan Investment Corporation (JIC), a government-backed investment fund, and became a wholly-owned subsidiary. Its life sciences subsidiary, JSR Life Sciences—formed in 2002—acquired Crown Bioscience in January 2018. Crown Bioscience, founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Diego, California, operates 9 other sites in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, providing preclinical and translational research services, including in vivo, in vitro, ex vivo, and in silico models focused on oncology and immuno-oncology for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients.