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Interview: New Chugai CEO Lays Course As He Takes Reins

 
• By Ian Haydock

Chugai's new CEO Tatsuro Kosaka took up his position in March and is charged with taking the major Japanese company through the next stage of development as key products reach the global market and others begin to face biosimilar competition. In this first part of a two-part exclusive interview, he outlines the firm's vision, approach to R&D and how the strategic alliance with Roche is playing out. 

Tatsuro Kosaka
CHUGAI PRESIDENT AND CEO TATSURO KOSAKA • Source: Chugai

Tatsuro Kosaka was named CEO of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  last December and took up the post at the end of March, after serving most recently as president and chief operating officer. He joined the company in 1978 and has been deputy president since 1989, with a mainly commercial background including in sales and marketing, lifecycle management and development planning. His positions have included several years in the UK as deputy president of Chugai Pharma Europe.

Scrip spoke to him exclusively at Chugai’s headquarters in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo about some of the major commercial...

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