Daisuke Yamashita

Daisuke Yamashita is a seasoned professional in the pharmaceutical industry with extensive experience in quality assurance and clinical operations. At Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Daisuke held multiple leadership roles, including Senior Director and Head of Quality Assurance, overseeing Clinical Quality Assurance, Pharmacovigilance Medical Quality, and Quality Compliance & Systems groups. Daisuke was responsible for ensuring Japan GxP quality across various compliance areas, including GCP, GVP, and GMP. Prior to Takeda, Daisuke served at ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., where roles included Chief of the Clinical Planning Department and involvement in multiple therapeutic projects in Oncology and Neuroscience. Daisuke holds an MBA from Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business and a Master of Science degree in Molecular Biology and Neuroscience from Kyoto University.