Print（PDF/175KB） Mar. 01, 2018 Corporate

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma announces Organizational Realignment and Changes in Executive Officers and Other Key Positions

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Representative Director, President and CEO: Masayo Tada) today announced that the following organizational realignment and changes in Executive Officers and other key positions, effective April 1, 2018:

I. Organizational Realignment (effective April 1, 2018)

Corporate Departments

Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Manufacturing Plant is established.

To coincide with the commencement of operations of an iPS-cell-derived cellular medicine manufacturing facility within Central Research Laboratories (Suita, Osaka) in March of 2018, Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Manufacturing Plant is established to supervise the facility. The organizations related to the business of regenerative and cellular medicine (Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office, Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Kobe Center, Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Manufacturing Plant) promote early commercialization of the business through close coordination.

Furthermore, Japan Business Unit is established as a virtual organization, effective April 1. We aim to increase the business profitability in Japan through integrated operation of the Japan business by devising strategic units and investment units designed specifically for it. Japan Business Unit is comprised of the following organizations and consolidated subsidiaries.

II. Changes in Executive Officers

(1) New Executive Officer (effective April 1, 2018)
Kazuhiro Takada (currently Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.)

(2) Retiring Executive Officer (effective March 31, 2018)
Hajime Kinuta (currently Executive Officer Senior Director, Corporate Governance; Corporate Service Center)

(3) Changes in the positions assumed by Executive Officers (effective April 1, 2018)

Position as of April 1, 2018	Current position	Name
Member, Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer Executive Director, Sales & Marketing Division Head of Japan Business Unit	Member, Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer Executive Director, Sales & Marketing Division	Hitoshi Odagiri
Member, Board of Directors, Executive Officer Senior Executive Research Director, Drug Research Division Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office; Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Kobe Center; Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Manufacturing Plant	Member, Board of Directors, Executive Officer Senior Executive Research Director, Drug Research Division Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office; Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Kobe Center	Toru Kimura
Member, Board of Directors, Executive Officer Executive Director, Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Division; Regulatory Affairs; Medical Information; Medical Affairs; Drug Development Division Deputy Head of Japan Business Unit	Member, Board of Directors, Executive Officer Executive Director, Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Division; Regulatory Affairs; Medical Information, Medical Affairs; Drug Development Division	Nobuyuki Hara
Senior Executive Officer Executive Director, Manufacturing Division; Technology Research & Development Division Deputy Head of Japan Business Unit	Senior Executive Officer Executive Director, Manufacturing Division; Technology Research & Development Division	Yoshiharu Ikeda
Executive Officer Global Corporate Planning; Legal Affairs; Intellectual Property; IT Management & Digital Transformation	Executive Officer Senior Director, Global Corporate Planning; Legal Affairs; Intellectual Property; IT Management & Digital Transformation	Hiroyuki Baba
Executive Officer Corporate Governance (External Communications); Human Resources	Executive Officer Corporate Governance (External Communications); Personnel (Diversification)	Atsuko Higuchi
Executive Officer Global Business Development; International Business Management	Executive Officer Senior Director, Global Business Development; International Business Management	Shigeyuki Nishinaka
Executive Officer Senior Director, Corporate Governance; Corporate Service Center	Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.	Kazuhiro Takada

III. Changes in Personnel (effective April 1, 2018)

Corporate Departments

Position as of April 1, 2018	Current position	Name
Senior Strategic Officer - Management Accounting	Strategic Officer - Management Accounting, Global Corporate Planning	Yasushi Yukumatsu
Senior Director, Global Corporate Planning	Senior Director, Clinical Research	Yumi Sato
Senior Director, Global Business Development	Senior Strategic Officer	Ryoichi Urushihara
Senior Digital Officer	Senior Director, IT Management & Digital Transformation	Kyoichi Yokota
Senior Director, IT Management & Digital Transformation	Director, IT Governance Group, IT Management & Digital Transformation	Michio Nishida
Senior Director, Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Manufacturing Plant	Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office	Kenji Komeda

Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance (Division)

Position as of April 1, 2018	Current position	Name
Senior Medical Officer, Safety Physician	Senior Advisor, Pharmacovigilance	Chie Kuragaki
Senior Director, Clinical & Research Quality Assurance	Director, Safety Coordination Group, Pharmacovigilance	Michie Kuroda

Drug Development (Division)

Position as of April 1, 2018	Current position	Name
Senior Fellow, CNS Clinical Development	CNS Fellow, Clinical Research	Kazuki Yabuuchi
Senior Director, Development Planning & Management	Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Itaru Shinohara
Senior Director, Clinical Research	Director, Project Management, Development Planning & Management	Katsunori Maruta

Sales & Marketing (Division)

Position as of April 1, 2018	Current position	Name
Senior Director, Product Management & Promotion Planning	Senior Director, Kobe Branch	Masayuki Mukai
Senior Director, CNS Product Management & Promotion Planning	Senior Director, Chiba Branch	Tsuneharu Inoue
Senior Director, Sapporo Branch	Director, Wholesaler Service Group, Chugoku Branch Director, Wholesaler Service Group, Shikoku Branch	Manabu Tatsukawa
Senior Director, Tohoku Branch	Senior Director, Saitama Branch	Haruo Kusakabe
Senior Director, Koshinetsu Branch	Sales Officer, Tokyo Branch	Katsuhiko Nishida
Senior Director, Chiba Branch	Senior Director, Koshinetsu Branch	Yoshito Yamashita
Senior Director, Saitama Branch	Director, Nagoya Group Ⅱ, Hospital Promotion, Tokai Branch	Yasunori Shiroyama
Senior Director, Tokyo Branch	Senior Director, Tokyo Branch Deputy Senior Director, Hospital Promotion, Tokyo Branch	Motohide　Takahara
Senior Director, Tokai Branch	Senior Director, Shikoku Branch	Yasushi Miyauchi
Senior Director, Osaka Branch	Senior Director, Osaka Branch Deputy Senior Director, Hospital Promotion, Osaka Branch	Masaichi Fujimoto
Senior Director, Kobe Branch	Director, Planning & Management Group, Distribution Management	Noboru Hirata
Senior Director, Chugoku Branch	Deputy Senior Director, Hospital Promotion, Tokai Branch	Hidekatsu Kuroda
Senior Director, Shikoku Branch	Director, Product Group Ⅰ, Product Management & Promotion Planning	Takafumi Ishibashi
Senior Director, Kyushu Branch	Senior Director, Kyushu Branch Deputy Senior Director, Hospital Promotion, Kyushu Branch	Koji Yamazaki

Manufacturing (Division)

Position as of April 1, 2018	Current position	Name
Deputy Executive Director, Manufacturing Division Senior Director, Suzuka Plant Deputy Senior Director, Quality Assurance, Suzuka Plant	Deputy Executive Director, Manufacturing Division Senior Director, Suzuka Plant	Hotaka Hashimoto