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Hirotaka Mizuno
President
Hirotaka Mizuno is the President of the Ono Pharma Foundation. He holds a Master’s degree in Life Sciences from Hokkaido University in Japan, where he also completed his undergraduate studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
With over two decades of experience in pharmaceutical research, Hirotaka has made significant contributions to drug discovery and in vitro assay development for high throughput screening. His career began at Ono Pharmaceutical, where he was involved in discovering new drug candidates for various therapeutic areas. He expanded his research by working as a Professional Scientific Collaborator at the Scripps Research Institute and the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, California.
He continues to drive innovation in the field of Chemical Biology, leveraging his extensive experience and expertise to accelerate novel scientific solutions that have the potential to transform patient care.