Masanori Yokono

Masanori Yokono is currently serving as the General Manager of Basic Research Laboratories within the R&D Division at Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. since April 2023. Prior to this role, Masanori was a Portfolio Manager in Global Drug Development Japan at Novartis from April 2022 to April 2023, and spent 24 years at Astellas Pharma in various positions including Associate Director of Portfolio Strategy and Research Fellow in Drug Discovery Research, focusing on areas such as Science Intelligence, Urology, Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Diabetes, Metabolic disease, and Muscle disease. Masanori holds a PhD in Medicine from Juntendo University and a Master's degree in Pharmacy from Kyoto University, where also earned a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy.