Management Team

Directors

President & CEOKiichi Adachi, Ph.D.

Department
Corporate Strategy Office
Internal Auditor
Regulatory Affairs
Biography
April 1995
Postdoctoral Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
May 1996
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Purdue University, IN, U.S.A
March 1999
Research Scientist,
Paradigm Genetics, Inc., NC, U.S.A
September 2002
Joined Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute Senior Researcher, Biotechnology Center
April 2004
General Manager, Research & Development Department, the Company
December 2004
Director and General Manager, Research & Development Department
December 2005
Director and Executive Vice President
December 2010
Director and General Manager, Business Development Department
April 2011
Invited Associate Professor, Osaka University
December 2016
President & CEO, the Company (current position)

DirectorKoichi Murakami

Department
Corporate Planning Management
Biography
April 1983
Joined Japan Recruit Center, Inc. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.)
October 1992
Director, FLEX, Inc.
November 2000
Joined Advance Create Co., Ltd.
February 2002
Director and Office Manager of Corporate Planning Office
October 2007
Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Administration Division
October 2011
Director, Managing Executive Officer, and General Manager, IT Division
December 2014
Director, Senior Executive Officer, and Officer Manager, Internal Audit Office
October 2015
Director, Managing Executive Officer, and General Manager, Compliance Division
October 2015
Director, Advance Create Reinsurance Incorporated
December 2017
Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Administration Division, Advance Create Co., Ltd.
December 2019
Joined Etvos Co., Ltd. Executive Officer and General Manager, Administration Department
August 2020
Joined NHS Insurance Group Inc. Executive Officer and CFO
December 2021
Director and General Manager, Corporate Planning Management Department, the Company (current position)

DirectorDaichika Hayata

Department
Pharmaceutical Development Department, Regulatory Affairs Department
Biography
May 2004
Joined the Company Researcher, Research & Development Department
December 2016
Manager, Pharmaceutical Development Department
January 2018
Senior Manager, Pharmaceutical Development Department
June 2021
General Manager, Pharmaceutical Development Department
December 2022
Director and General Manager, Pharmaceutical Development Department, the Company
August 2023
Director and General Manager, Pharmaceutical Development, Regulatory Affairs (current position)

DirectorYoshiyuki Kayano

Department
Quality Assurance
Biography
April 2004
Joined WAKENYAKU CO.,LTD.
October 2005
Researcher, Research & Development Department
January 2011
Joined OKAYAMA TAIHO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
April 2019
Manager, Pharmaceutical Development Department
June 2021
Senior Manager, Pharmaceutical Development Department
January 2023
General Manager, Quality Assurance Department
December 2023
Director and General Manager, Quality Assurance Department (current position)

Part-time Directors

DirectorAkihiro Tomoyasu, Ph.D.

Biography
April 1995
Joined Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd. (currently MEGMILK SNOW BRAND Co., Ltd.)
March 2001
Joined Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
April 2005
Joined UFJ Capital Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., Ltd.)
September 2015
Appointed as a Fellow of Anicom Capital, Inc.
September 2015
Representative Director and President, Tomoyasu Research Institute Co., Ltd. (current position)
January 2016
Director, KinoPharma, Inc. (current position)
May 2016
Part-time Lecturer, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
September 2016
Director, Anicom Capital, Inc.
December 2016
Director, the Company (current position)
April 2017
Part-time Lecturer, Department of Pathophysiology, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University (current position)
July 2018
Outside Director, GenAhead Bio Inc. (current position)
December 2020
Outside Director, PharmaBio Corporation (current position)
March 2022
Outside Director, Bio Matrix Research, Inc. (to present)

Outside DirectorKohichiro Yoshino, Ph.D.

Biography
April 1974
Joined Kanebo, Ltd.
April 1999
Joined Nippon Organon K.K. Chief, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory
April 2003
President and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Director, Carna Biosciences, Inc. (to present)
April 2004
Visiting Professor, Center for Advanced Science Innovation, Osaka University
March 2011
President & CEO, CarnaBio USA, Inc.
October 2013
Representative Director and President, ProbeX, Inc.(currently Carna Biosciences, Inc.)
December 2018
Outside Director, MEDINET Co., Ltd. (current position)
December 2018
Outside Director, the Company (current position)

Outside DirectorMasato Fukui, Ph.D.

Biography
March 2004
Completed Doctoral program, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University
April 2004
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duke University Medical Center, NC, U.S.A
April 2007
Joined Central Research Laboratory, Nippon Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
April 2009
Chief, Central Research Laboratory
December 2012
Research Associate, Fellowship Program, University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medical Center, San Diego / University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, CA, U.S.A
May 2015
Director, Zenoaq Resource Co.,Ltd. (currently ZENOGEN PHARMA CO., LTD.)
May 2018
Senior Managing Director
May 2018
Director, Nippon Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current position)
December 2020
Outside Director, the Company (current position)
July 2021
Representative Director and President, ZENOGEN PHARMA CO., LTD. (current position)

Auditors

Outside AuditorKazuto Ninomiya, Ph.D.

Biography
April 1983
Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.
September 2005
Joined MZ-Science Co., Ltd.
January 2011
Joined Japan Stent Technology Co., Ltd.
June 2015
Joined Advantec Co., Ltd. (currently Advantec Training Center Co., Ltd.)
December 2018
Outside Auditor, the Company (current position)

Outside AuditorMasahiro Motokawa, C.P.A.

Biography
November 2003
Joined Belling Point Co., Ltd.
June 2006
Joined KPMG AZSA & Co., Ltd. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
August 2018
Chief, D&A Accounting Firm (current position)
August 2018
Representative Partner, Shingetsu Audit Firm (current position)
December 2018
Outside Auditor, the Company (current position)
December 2021
Outside Auditor, DoctorsMobile Corporation (current position)

Outside AuditorYosuke Yamaguchi,
Attorney at law

Biography
September 2007
Joined Kitahama Partners Foreign Law Joint Enterprise
July 2011
Seconded to Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (currently Tokyo Stock Exchange Regulation)
August 2016
Joint partner of Iwatani Muramoto & Yamaguchi (current position)
December 2017
Outside Auditor, iCure Technology Co., Ltd.
December 2018
Outside Auditor, the Company (current position)
April 2020
Outside Auditor, MJE Inc.
April 2020
Outside Auditor, akippa Inc. (current position)
June 2021
Outside Director, O.B. System Inc.
December 2021
Outside Auditor, Fitcrew inc. (current position)
July 2022
Outside Auditor, Center Mobile Co., Ltd. (current position)