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Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma announces Organizational Realignment and Changes Related to Officers and Other Key Positions

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; President: Masayo Tada) today announced that the following organizational realignment and changes related to its officers and other key positions, effective December 1, 2016:

I. Organizational Realignment (effective December 1, 2016)

Corporate Departments

Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Kobe Center is created.

The facility name “Kobe Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Center” is renamed to “Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Kobe Center” in accordance with the creation of Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Kobe Center.

II. Changes in Executive Officers

Changes in the posts assumed by Executive Officers (effective December 1, 2016)
Post as of December 1, 2016 Current post Name
Member, Board of Directors, Executive officer Senior Director, Global Corporate Planning; Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office; Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Kobe Center Member, Board of Directors, Executive officer Senior Director, Global Corporate Planning; Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office Toru Kimura

III. Changes in Personnel (effective December 1, 2016)

Corporate Departments
Position as of December 1, 2016 Current position Name
Senior Director, Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Kobe Center Director, Tissue Engineering Group, Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office Akiyoshi Kishino
Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance (Division)
Position as of December 1, 2016 Current position Name
Senior Director, Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Management Senior Director, Technology Research & Development Management Yuko Uenishi
Technology Research & Development (Division)
Position as of December 1, 2016 Current position Name
Deputy Executive Director, Technology Research & Development Division
Senior Director, Technology Research & Development Management
Deputy Executive Director, Technology Research & Development Division Kazuhiko Takahashi

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