Introduction of CEO
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.
Major publications
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
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”