Masashi Deguchi

Vice President, Research Laboratory for Development, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

Graduated from Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, and joined Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

After engagement in drug discovery research for several years, Deguchi was appointed to Head of Strategic Research Planning in 2010, Head of Innovative Drug Discovery Research Laboratory in 2015, Head of Drug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory in 2016, and Head of Research Laboratory for Development in 2018.