DAISAKU SATO

Councilor for Pharmaceutical Affairs, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Deputy Director-General (Pharmaceutical Affairs), Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
PhD, Pharmaceutical science.

joined the Ministry in 1992, he has held a number of important positions within the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. He has also served as the Director of the Regenerative Medicine Products Review Division of the Pharmaceuticals and Merical Device Agency (PMDA), and has deep insight into regenerative medicine. He has been in his current position since July of this year.

Major past positions

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Director, Office of Safety Use Promotion, Safety Measures Division, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Director, Office of Monitoring and Guidance, Monitoring and Guidance Division, Monitoring and Guidance and Narcotics Control Division, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, MHLW
Director, Drug Safety Division, Pharmaceuticals and Food Safety Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
PMDA Organizational Management
Pharmaceuticals and Public Health Bureau

Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency（PMDA）
Director, New Drug Evaluation Division 5, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
Director, Division of Regenerative Medicine Products Evaluation Department