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Outline of the Organization

Outline of the organization of the NPTE Institute is as follows:

 

Chairperson	Steering Committee member elects a chairperson with a term of 2 years from its steering committee member.
Steering	Initial steering committee members are selected based on candidacy. The term of the committee is 2 years. After that, additional committee members may be added/filled as needed. Appointment and retirement of the committee member requires an approval of the steering committee.
Committee Member
Steering Committee	The steering committee consists of steering committee members and a secretary general. The steering committee resolves following topics.
	1. appointment/retirement of the steering committee and the advisory committee
	members.
	2. an activity report of the current year
	3. an activity plan for the next year
	4. programs of NPTE Conference and Pharmaceutical Technology Conference
	5. plans for pharmaceutical plant visit tour
	6. others
	A regular steering committee will be basically held in December every year, based on a summon by the chairperson. A special steering committee and/or a special advisory committee will be held as needed.
Advisory Committee Member	The steering committee entrusts/appoints advisory committee members. By request from the steering committee, advisory committee members holds a meeting to discuss how to enrich programs/contents of conferences and make a proposal to the steering committee reflecting industry trends/needs. The term of advisory committee member is one year.
Advisory Committee	Advisory committee is a meeting to discuss detailed program for conferences and plant visit tours and makes a proposal to the steering committee.
Secretariat	NPTE Secretariat has a Secretary General. The Secretary General can appoint several secretariat staffs who carry out activities based on an instruction by the steering committee.
Business Year	The business year begins on January 1st and finishes on December 31st.

Steering Committee & Advisory Committee

Outline of the organization of the NPTE Institute is as follows:

　

Chairperson	Hirofumi Takeuchi, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor, Gifu Pharmaceutical University
Chairperson emeritus	Yoshiaki Kawashima, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor, Gifu Pharmaceutical University Specially Appointed Professor, Aichi GAKUIN University
Honorary member	Hisakazu Sunada, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, MEIJO University
Honorary member	Takeshi Takashima Advisor, Powrex Corporation
Steering Committee & Advisory Committee Members	Katsuhide Terada, Ph.D. Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare
	Makoto Fukuta, Ph.D. CTO (Chief Technology Officer), SPERA PHARMA, Inc.
	Yasuyuki Ikematsu, Ph.D. Executive Director, CMC Regulatory, Global head Pharmaceutical Science and Technology CFU, Medicine Development Center, Eisai Co., Ltd.
	Etsuo Yonemochi, Ph.D. Dean and Professor School of Pharmacy at Narita Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences International University of Health and Welfare
Advisory Committee Members	Kenji Nozawa, Ph.D. Senior Manager, Pharmaceutical Development Department Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
	Hiroyuki Kojima Ph.D, R.Ph Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Labs, CMC Development Astellas Pharma Inc.
	Susumu Hasegawa, Ph.D. Vice President, Formulation Technology Research Laboratories Technology Development Department, Technology Unit Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
	Masahiro Niwa, Ph.D. Head of Drug Product and Device Development Japan, Pharmaceutical Sciences Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Committee & Secretary General	Koji Hasegawa President＆CEO, Powrex Corporation