Foreign pharma presidents in Japan

By P Reed Maurer

There are about 40 foreign pharma companies with integrated operations in Japan, each headed by a president/representative director, says P Reed Maurer, long time pharma industry watcher who is president of International Alliances Limited.

Based on having known hundreds of these people over the past 46 years, I discuss below both the positive and negative outcomes of their presence not only as leaders of their companies but also as spokes-persons for the industry vis-a-vis the government and other stakeholders.