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Introduction of CEO

CEO's profile

Dr. Tohru Mizushima

Biography

As a scientist, he has guided the company’s development in pharmaceutical research and development, and as CEO, he has developed the company’s business in China. He is also a leading expert in drug repositioning research and has been involved in education, basic research, and social contribution as a university professor.

1990
Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
1992
M.S., Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Joined Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
1994
Assistant professor, Department of Microbiology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
1997
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
1998
Researcher of “PRESTO Research 21”, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2004
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University (renamed Graduate School of Life Sciences in 2010)
2006
First Director of Drug Discovery Research Center, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University
2008
Chairman of the Board, LTT Bio-Pharma Co., LTD.
Vice-Chairman (Vice President), Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co.LTD.(to present)
Director, JAPAN-CHINA MEDICAL COMMUNICATION CENTER (to present)
2011
Professor, Department of Analytical Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University (renamed the Department of Drug Discovery Science in 2015)
2013
Expert Member of the Subcommittee for the Establishment of Universities, Council for University Establishment and School Corporation
2015
Outside Director, SBI Biotech Co., Ltd.
Principal Researcher, KAWASAKI INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION Innovation Center of NanoMedicine
2019
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), LTT Bio-Pharma Co., LTD. (to present)
2024
Specially Appointed Professor, Drug Repositioning Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University (to present)

Major publications

Literary work
How to use NSAIDs, tips and pitfalls

Publisher : Nakayama shoten Co., Ltd.
Publication date : 2006

Basic Pharmacy Textbook Series Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Publisher : Kagaku-Dojin Publishing Company,INC
Publication date : 2008

Experimental Biopharmaceutical Science Course Protein

Publisher : Hirokawa Shoten
Publication date : 2008

HSPs and molecular chaperones

Publisher : Kodansha Blue Backs
Publication date : 2012

Basic Pharmaceutical Textbook Series Biochemistry

Publisher : Kagaku-Dojin Publishing Company,INC
Publication date : 2012

Skin beauty by warming up to 42°C

Publisher : GENTOSHA INC.
Publication date : 2013

Drug Discovery in Danger

Publisher : Kodansha Blue Backs
Publication date : 2015

CEO’s Achievements

CEO’s achievement
1993: Prize for Excellence in Essay Writing, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 70th Anniversary Essay Competition

“Recommendations for Yamanouchi’s Research Policy in the 21st Century.”

1996: Pharmacia Biotech and Science A Prize for Young Scientists in Molecular Biology Award

“Molecular mechanism of cellular stress recognition”

1997: President’s Special Recognition Award, Kyushu University

“Studies on the Stress Response Mechanism of Escherichia coli”

1998: Award for Encouragement, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

“Regulatory Mechanism of Chromosomal DNA Replication Initiation”.

2004: Awarded the Best Teaching Award, Okayama University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

2011: The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for the Promotion of Science

“Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism of Action of Existing Drugs and its Application to Drug Discovery”.

2013: Received the Nagai Award from The Japan society of Drug Delibery System

“Development of lecithinized SOD as a therapeutic agent for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis”.

2014: KIHARA MEMORIAL YOKOHAMA FOUNDATION Applied Science Award

“Establishment and Practice of a Warm and Innovative Drug Discovery Research Foundation”

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