List of Board Members

As of 05/21/2026


Nakai Toru, Ph.D.(Representative Director, President, Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.)
Ogimura Masataka(Representative Director, President of Human Pharma Business Unit, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd.)
John Paul Pullicino(President and Representative Director, Novartis Pharma K.K)
Ashraf Al-Ouf(President and Representative Director, Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd.)
Nakatomi Kazuhide(President & CEO, Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc)
Katsuma Hidehito(Representative Director and President, Bristol-Myers Squibb K.K.)
Kobayashi Daikichiro(Chairman, Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.)
Mochida Naoyuki(President, Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
Christopher Rieger(President, Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.) Auditors
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

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