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Interview: New Chugai CEO Lays Course As He Takes Reins (Part 2).

 
• 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 new products reach the global market and others begin to face generic competition. In this second and final part of an exclusive interview with Scrip, he talks about major mid-term growth prospects, recent pricing reforms in Japan, and how Chugai is tapping into novel disruptive technologies. 

Tatsuro Kosaka
CHUGAI CEO TATSURO KOSAKA • Source: Chugai

Tatsuro Kosaka was named CEO of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  last December and took up the position in March, after serving most recently as president and chief operating officer. He joined the company in 1978 and has held a variety of mainly commercial positions, including several years in the UK as deputy president of Chugai Pharma Europe. 

Scrip spoke to him exclusively at the company's headquarters in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo about a broad range of...

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