Takushi Kaneko

Takushi Kaneko is a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development since October 2007, focusing on the discovery and development of novel tuberculosis drugs through collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and academic laboratories. Prior to this, Takushi served as a Senior Project Leader at the same organization and held various positions at Pfizer Global Research and Development from 1989 to 2007, including Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases and Principal Research Investigator. Takushi's career began at Bristol-Myers Squibb from 1977 to 1989, where significant contributions were made to Antitumor Chemistry. Academic qualifications include a post-doctoral fellowship in synthetic organic chemistry from Harvard University and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.