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Why Does Drug Loss Occur? Challenges to be Addressed for Patients, and Japan's Contribution to Globalized Drug Development
Wednesday June 18, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
TBD
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate

This forum will address need for a global development strategy aimed at enhancing patient access to new drugs and maximizing business opportunities in Japan. The panelists will consist of members from pharma industry associations, agency and academia

Learning Objectives

Discuss maximizing value of innovative products for the global market including Japan; Apply learnings to clinical development strategy to expand target patients and market effectively; Describe need to enhance access to innovative drugs for children and patients with rare diseases; Discuss influencing regulators, industry, and trial sites to improve the local environment and reduce burdens in global simultaneous development.

Chair

Toshiharu Sano, RPh

Speaker

Initiatives of Medical Institutions - Introduction to High-Quality Trials Using Networks
Kenichi Nakamura, DrMed

What is Drug Lag and Loss: Challenges for Globalization in Japan
Nobutaka Kobayashi, MPharm


Speakers
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Nobutaka Kobayashi

Deputy Director, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Japan
Kobayashi was engaged in medicinal chemistry as a research scientist in the pharmaceutical company for 13 years. After that, he was engaged in medical policy, drug price application, and management planning for 13 years.
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Kenichi Nakamura

Director, Department of International Clinical Development, National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan
Dr. Nakamura is the Director of the Department of International Clinical Development at the National Cancer Center Hospital. He completed his degree at Kyoto University in 1999. After spending seven years training as a general surgeon, he joined the National Cancer Center to participate... Read More →
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Toshiharu Sano

Associate Vice President, MSD, Japan
Toshiharu Sano has over 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry and has broad experiences in Clinical Research, R&D planning and Business Operations for Clinical Development in Japan. He also worked as several initiative’s leads and change manager through his career in... Read More →
Wednesday June 18, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
TBD Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Allen Y. Lew Place, NW Washington, DC 20001-3614 USA
  07: ProjectManagement-StrategicPlanning, Forum

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