Print（PDF/176KB） Mar. 05, 2024 Corporate

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

Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Representative Director, President and CEO: Hiroshi Nomura) today announced the following organizational realignment and changes in Executive Officers and other key positions, effective April 1, 2024.

I. Organizational Realignment (effective April 1, 2024)

Sales & Marketing (Division)
CNS Sales Department is dissolved and Psychiatry Groups belonging to CNS Sales Department are transferred to Branches.

II. Changes in Executive Officers

1.New Executive Officer (effective April 1, 2024)

Yutaka Wakemi (currently Vice President, Head of Global Corporate Strategy)

2.Departing Executive Officers (effective March 31, 2024)

Takuya Taguchi (currently Managing Executive Officer)
Myrtle Potter (currently Executive Officer)
Armin Szegedi (currently Executive Officer)

3.Changes in the Positions Assumed by Executive Officers (effective April 1, 2024)

Position as of April 1, 2024	Current position	Name
Member, Board of Directors, Managing Executive Officer Business Development & Management Vice President, Head of Business Development & Management	Member, Board of Directors, Managing Executive Officer Business Development & Management	Shigeyuki Nishinaka
Executive Officer Drug Development Division Senior Vice President, Head of Drug Development Division Chief Development Officer, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	Executive Officer Drug Development Division Senior Vice President, Head of Drug Development Division CNS Strategic Alliance, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	Yumi Sato
Executive Officer President and CEO, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	Executive Officer Chief Strategy Officer, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	Tsutomu Nakagawa
Executive Officer Vice President, Head of Global Corporate Strategy	Vice President, Head of Global Corporate Strategy	Yutaka Wakemi

III. Changes in Personnel (effective April 1, 2024)

Corporate Departments

Position as of April 1, 2024	Current position	Name
Senior Business Development Officer	Senior Alliance Officer	Hiroko Yuasa
Vice President, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	Vice President, Head of Development Regulatory Affairs	Kenichi Otani
Vice President, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	Vice President, Head of Clinical Operation	Taiji Ono

Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance (Division)

Position as of April 1, 2024	Current position	Name
Vice President, Head of Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Management	Senior Director, Research & Pharmacovigilance QA Group, Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Management	Kaori Kato
Vice President, Head of Pharmacovigilance	Senior Director, Medical Governance Group, Medical Science	Ikuko Harada

Drug Development (Division)

Position as of April 1, 2024	Current position	Name
Vice President, Head of Development Regulatory Affairs Senior Director, Development RA Group, Development Regulatory Affairs	Senior Director, Development RA Group, Development Regulatory Affairs	San Go
Vice President, Head of Clinical Operation	Clinical Development Officer, Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office	Hideaki Takahashi

Sales & Marketing (Division)

Position as of April 1, 2024	Current position	Name
Sales & Marketing Division Senior Vice President, Head of Sales & Marketing Division Deputy Head of Japan Business Unit	Senior Vice President, Deputy Head of Sales & Marketing Division Vice President, Head of Tokyo Branch	Koji Yamazaki
Distribution Management	Vice President, Head of Distribution Management	Toshinobu Shiina
Vice President, Head of Sales & Marketing Management	Vice President, Head of Sales & Marketing Management Vice President, Head of MarTech Strategy Office	Yasutoshi Araki
Vice President, Head of MarTech Strategy Office	Senior Director, Analysis Group, Sales & Marketing Management	Kota Nishiyama
Vice President, Head of Distribution Management	Vice President, Head of Kyushu Branch	Manabu Tatsukawa
Vice President, Head of Tohoku Branch Senior Director, Wholesaler Service Group, Tohoku Branch	Senior Director, Miyagi Group, Tohoku Branch	Hirofumi Sugii
Vice President, Head of Kita-Kanto-Koshinetsu Branch	Senior Director, CNS Product Group Ⅱ, CNS Product Marketing	Hiroshi Ogawa
Vice President, Head of Tokyo Branch	Vice President, Head of Tohoku Branch	Katsuhiko Nishida
Vice President, Head of Tokai Branch Senior Director, Wholesaler Service Group, Tokai Branch	Vice President, Head of Kita-Kanto-Koshinetsu Branch	Satsuki Otani
Vice President, Head of Kyushu Branch	Vice President, Head of Tokai Branch	Hiroshi Takaoka

Manufacturing (Division)

Position as of April 1, 2024	Current position	Name
Vice President, Head of Manufacturing Technology Senior Director, Packaging Technology Group, Manufacturing Technology	Vice President, Head of Quality Assurance, Suzuka Plant	Takahiro Jikihara
Vice President, Head of Quality Assurance, Suzuka Plant	Senior Director, Quality Assurance Group, Quality Assurance, Suzuka Plant	Tadashi Nobata
Vice President, Head of Manufacturing Department Ⅰ, Suzuka Plant	Senior Director, Narcotics Manufacturing Section, Manufacturing Department Ⅱ, Suzuka Plant	Satoshi Nakao