Katsuto Motoda

Part of Asahi Kasei Corp., Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. is a pharmaceutical and diagnostic company based in Tokyo, Japan. Asahi Kasei Pharma operates in the healthcare business unit of the Asahi Kasei Group, with a mission to sincerely care for each individual life and solve their unmet medical needs with a wealth of ideas and solid science. Asahi Kasei Corp. is a US $20 billion Japanese technology company that provides innovative, science-based solutions to a diverse range of markets including healthcare, chemicals and fibers, housing and construction materials, and electronics. Founded in 2003, the company has developed innovative drugs in the fields of orthopedics, acute care, neurology (including pain), and immunology.

Artisan Pharma, Inc. provides critical-care and hospital-based therapeutics to patients. The firm focuses on the clinical development of drugs in the field of critical care therapeutics throughout the world. The company was founded by Kazuhisa Tsuruta in 2006 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.