List of Board Members
As of 05/21/2026
| Chairman | Miyabashira Asuka(President. Japan Pharma Business Unit, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) |
|---|---|
| Vice Chairman | Osamu Okuda, Ph.D.(Representative Director, President, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
Yasukawa Kenji, Ph.D.(Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Astellas Pharma Inc.) Naito Keisuke(Representative Corporate Officer, Executive Vice President COO, Eisai Co., Ltd.) Teshirogi Isao, Ph.D.(Representative Director, President and CEO, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.) Kimura Toru, Ph.D.(Representative Director, President and CEO, Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.) Manabe Sunao, Ph.D.(Executive Chairperson, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.) |
| Executive Director | Andy Barnett(Representative Director and President, AstraZeneca K.K.)
Hiromichi Shirasawa, MD(Chairman and Representative Director Head of Japan Development, MSD Co., Ltd.) Matsuo Yoshirou(Vice President and Representative Director, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) Takehana Yasuo, Ph.D.(President and COO, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) Miyamoto Masashi, Ph.D.(Chief Executive Officer(CEO)and Region President, JPAC, Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.) Paul Lirette(President & Representative Director, GlaxoSmithKline K.K.) Iwaya Takahiko(President, Sanofi K.K) Harada Akihisa(Chief Executive Officer, Tanabe Pharma Corporation) Igarashi Hiroo(President & Representative Director, Pfizer Japan Inc.) |
| Director | Yoshikazu Aoki (Chairman, Asahi Kasei Therapeutics Corporation)
Hiroyuki Horiuchi (President, KAKEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.) Yutaka Ogihara (President and CEO, KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.) Yoshihiro Miwa (Chairman and President, Kowa Company, Ltd.) Takeshi Ito (President and CEO, SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.) Shigeru Uehara (President, TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.) Masayuki Kobayashi (President, TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.) Masaki Taneda (President, TEIJIN PHARMA Limited) Simone Thomsen (President, Eli Lilly Japan K.K.) |
| Yamaguchi Sohta(President, ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
Ibe Mitsuhiro(President and COO, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) | |
| Director General | Kenshi Kinoshita |
| Senior Managing Director | Yasunori Yoshida |
| Managing Director | Yoshiyuki Ishida
Go Takahashi |
