Ono Pharmaceutical Names New President
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Osaka based Ono Pharmaceutical announced Aug. 5 that current VP Gyo Sagara will become president effective Sept. 1, and current president Daikichi Fukushima - who assumed the presidency July 27 - will become chairman. The company commented that Fukushima will lead a new global research strategy planning division and spend time on actively in-licensing new drug candidates from overseas for the company. With an inevitable increase in travel and less time for day-to-day management, the company decided to name Sagara as the new president. Sagara joined Ono in 1978 and became an executive director in 2007 and VP in February. (Click here for more - Japanese language) "Ono Pharmaceutical Names Gyo Sagara New President" - Yakuji News (8/6/08)