News Release
April 27, 2021
JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
Translation
Notice Regarding Change of Directors and Nomination of Candidates for New
Members of the Board of Directors
Apr. 27, 2021 -- JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (TSE 4552; Chairman and President: Shin Ashida; "JCR") announced that its Board of Directors resolved at a meeting held today to submit a proposal regarding the change of Directors and nomination of candidates for the Board of Directors to be presented before JCR's Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled in June, 2021.
The change of Directors and appointment of the new Members of the Board will be subject to approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
1. Promoting Director | |
Senior Vice President | Toru Ashida (Current Vice President) |
Vice President | Mathias Schmidt, PD, Ph,D. (Current Senior Executive Director) |
Vice President | Hiroyuki Sonoda, Ph.D. (Current Senior Executive Director) |
2. Assignment of Responsibility to Director
Name | New Areas of responsibility/ | Current Areas of responsibility/ | ||
Concurrent position | Concurrent position | |||
Sales and Administration | Corporate Strategy and Sales | |||
Toru Ashida | Division | |||
Executive Director, Sales Division | ||||
Executive Director, Sales Division | ||||
Clinical | Development, | Global | ||
Mathias | Business | Strategy and | Business | Global Strategy |
Schmidt, PD, | Development | ArmaGen, Inc. CEO | ||
Ph,D. | ArmaGen, Inc. CEO | JCR USA, Inc. President and CEO | ||
JCR USA, Inc. President and CEO | ||||
Hiroyuki | Research and Development Division | |||
Research and Corporate Strategy | Executive Director, Research Division | |||
Sonoda, | ||||
Executive Director, Research Division | Director, Drug Discovery Research, | |||
Ph.D. | ||||
Research Division | ||||
3. Candidates for New Directors
Name | Yoshio Hiyama, Ph.D. |
Career | Apr. 1998 Entered Daiichi Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (currently Daiichi |
Sankyo Co., Ltd.) | |
Oct. 1999 PMD-VAC Co., Ltd (secondment), Manager, Regulatory Affairs Group
Apr. 2005 (ditto) Marketing Supervisor General and General Manager Oct. 2011 Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd (returned), Group Manager,
R&D Group in Vaccine Planning Dept.
Jul. 2012 Japan Vaccines Co. Ltd. (secondment), Marketing Supervisor General and Quality and Safety management director
Mar. 2019 Dissolution of Japan Vaccines Co, Ltd.
Apr. 2019 Entered JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. Assistant director, Production Division
Apr. 2020 Marketing Supervisor General (current post), Pharmacovigilance Dept. director and PMS office manager
Sep. 2020 Corporate Planning Division director (Vaccine Business), and Pharmacovigilance Dept. assistant director (current post)
4. Retiring Director
Hiroshi Yoshimoto (current position: Representative Director, Senior Vice President, Head of Production Division and Executive Director, Production Division)
Mr. Yoshimoto will be appointed "Senior Advisor" at a Board Meeting as scheduled on June, 2021.
Members of the Board of Internal Directors (Planned after a Board Meeting on June, 2021)
Title | Name | Areas of responsibility/ | |
Concurrent position | |||
Representative | Director | Shin Ashida | - |
and Chairman, | President | ||
& CEO | |||
Senior Vice President | Toru Ashida | Sales and Administration | |
Executive Director, Sales Division | |||
Vice President | Mathias Schmidt, | Clinical Development, Global Business | |
PD, Ph.D. | Strategy and Business Development | ||
ArmaGen, Inc. CEO | |||
JCR USA, Inc. President and CEO | |||
Vice President | Hiroyuki Sonoda, | Research and Corporate Strategy | |
Ph.D. | Executive Director, Research Division | ||
Senior Executive Director | Yoshio Hiyama, | Production and Quality Assurance | |
Ph.D. | Executive Director, Production Division | ||
About JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (TSE 4552) is a global specialty pharmaceuticals company that is redefining expectations and expanding possibilities for people with rare and genetic diseases worldwide. We continue to build upon our 45-year legacy in Japan while expanding our global footprint into the US, Europe, and Latin America. We improve patients' lives by applying our scientific expertise and unique technologies to research, develop, and deliver next-generation therapies. Our approved products in Japan include therapies for the treatment of growth disorder, Fabry disease, acute graft-versus host disease, and renal anemia. Our investigational products in development worldwide are aimed at treating rare diseases including MPS I (Hurler, Hurler- Scheie and Scheie syndrome), MPS II (Hunter syndrome), Pompe disease, and more. JCR strives
to expand the possibilities for patients while accelerating medical advancement at a global level. Our core values - reliability, confidence, and persistence - benefit all our stakeholders, including employees, partners, and patients. Together we soar. For more information, please visit https://www.jcrpharm.co.jp/en/site/en/.
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