Takashi Kanda

Biography

 akashi Kanda is a over 30-years veteran working for Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim and GlaxoSmithKline. He held managerial & executive positions at Pharmaceutical Sales & Marketing , International Pharmaceutical Business, Corporate Strategy, and Consumer Healthcare Business. Takashi comprehends in-depth pharmaceutical business both in Japan and US. During his tenure at Takeda, he engaged in detailing activities, trade relations, and divisional & corporate planning in Japan. He played an instrumental role in setting up Takeda’s new US operations, and growing Takeda-Abbott joint venture, TAP Pharmaceutical Products as EVP. Then, he was in charge of consumer healthcare business, and gained new insight and business mind of non-prescription drug. For Boehringer Ingelheim and GlaxoSmithKline , he supervised business of prescription medicines or vaccines as a representative director or as a senior managing director, respectively. Takashi graduated with a degree in a political science from Waseda University, and holds a M.B.A. from Northwestern University.

Research Interest

 pharmaceutical