LakePharma Inc. has hired Hajime Tada as general counsel, the company announced this week. Tada comes to the biologics company from Agilent Technologies, where he most recently served as lead counsel to the company's life sciences group.

In a company statement, Tada predicted an “exciting journey of growth and success” for his new company.

“I had the tremendous opportunity of supporting Agilent on its long road from [Hewlett-Packard] spinoff to becoming an industry-leading life-sciences company,” he said. “The same great future lies before LakePharma, but on a much quicker trajectory.”