Fuminori Yoshida

Biography

Fuminori Yoshida established SymBio Pharmaceuticals Limited, his third company, in March of 2005 in order to address the unmet medical needs of Japanese patients; as founding President of two other major healthcare companies, Nippon BioRad Laboratories (1980) and Amgen Japan (1993), he has earned high visibility and credibility within Japan's healthcare and academic communities. Following his graduation from Gakushuin University in 1971 with a B.S. in Organic Chemistry, he went on to receive an M.S. in Molecular Biology from MIT (1973) and M.S. in Health Policy and Management from Harvard University Graduate School (1975). He possesses dual experience and expertise in the management of major Japanese and American corporations through his work for various companies in the past, such as Mitsubishi Corporation and AHS Japan, Syntex Japan (1993) as President and CEO, serving concurrently at Amgen Japan (presently, Takeda Bio Development Center Ltd.) as President and CEO, and Amgen Inc. as Corporate Vice-President for 12 years until January of 2005. He has retained a high profile within the pharmaceutical industry due to his active involvement in various conferences (e.g. keynote speaker at 1st Bio-Expo), as member of several committees sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, as lecturer at several prestigious colleges (e.g. Waseda University), as author of various publications in reputable pharmaceutical business journals, and as author of two books which were subsequently published in Japan (‘Golden DNA Helix' and ‘A Story of a Biotech Pioneer'). Utilizing his extensive management experience and social network, he has assembled an exceptional management team at SymBio.

Research Interest

Molecular Biology