The A-LIST
Japan's comprehensive and premier English-language industry listing of who's who in a wide range of sectors providing top quality services, products and solutions online and in print.
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Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences and Healthcare

| Company Name: | Apex K.K. |
| Address: | 8F Shimbashi Kato Building, 5-26-8 Shimbashi, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0004 |
| Contact Person: | Brock Worbets |
| Telephone: | 03-3436-2119 |
| Email: | brock@apexes.co.jp |
| Website: | www.apexkk.com |
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Apex is a healthcare-focused executive search firm specialising in the recruitment of bilingual healthcare professionals from mid- to senior-level management positions for the Japan market.
At Apex, we believe that great personnel are priceless and we are passionate about finding the very best person for your business. We provide clients with a profound advantage because our consultants are experienced healthcare recruiters with an in-depth understanding of the industry, market trends and human capital.
Apex works closely with multinational companies established in Japan, as well as start-ups looking to grow in the Japanese market.
Products/Services:Our industry specialised consultants cover the following areas of recruitment:
• Pharmaceuticals
• Medical devices
• Diagnostics
• Biotechnology
• Life sciences
• Analytical instruments
• Healthcare services
• Chemicals
• Clinical and market research
• Sales
• Marketing
• Regulatory affairs
• Clinical development
• Medical doctors
• Safety & PMS
• Quality assurance
• Medical affairs

| Company Name: | CDS K.K. |
| Address: | New Horizon Ebisu Bldg., 3-14-20 Higashi Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0011 |
| Contact Person: | Stephen L. Irish, Ph.D. |
| Telephone: | 03-4550-6980 |
| Email: | irish@cds-consulting.com |
| Website: | www.cds-consulting.com |
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Since 1998, CDS has offered clients innovative executive search solutions through its retained, contingency and on-site search services.
The Healthcare & Life Sciences team provides retained search and contingency recruitment services to multinational and Japanese organizations in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, life sciences, healthcare services and consultancies.
Our consultants are experienced in the industry and seasoned recruiters in the Japanese market, with a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the complex Japanese healthcare system.
Industry:• Pharmaceuticals
• Biotechnology
• Medical devices
• Diagnostics
• Life sciences
• Healthcare servicesFunction:
• Country management
• Clinical development
• Regulatory affairs and quality assurance
• Sales & marketing
• Operations & back office functions

| Company Name: | Flamingo Tokyo |
| Address: | Kashiwa 3rd Building, 5F, 1-40-6 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 155-0031 |
| Contact Person: | Masayuki Yonemura, Managing director |
| Telephone: | 03-5738-0144 |
| Email: | masayuki.yonemura@flamingo-international.com |
| Website: | http://www.flamingo-international.com |
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Flamingo Tokyo is a consumer-insight and brand consultancy.
Working with both international and Japanese brands, we specialise in providing a deep understanding of the domestic market, as well as opportunities for growth across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
We came into being to deliver incisive, creative brand thinking illuminated by profound people-insight and cultural understanding.
With sister offices in London, New York, Shanghai and Singapore, we’re working around the world, all the time.
We firmly believe the most successful brands are those which resonate not only within their categories and with people, but also with wider culture. And we aim to be the world’s leading authority in understanding people and brands through a cultural lens.
Areas of Expertise:• Brand strategy and positioning
• Communications and creative strategy
• Consumer and category exploration and understanding
• Segmentation studies
• Brand architecture and stretch
• Creative development and evaluation
• New brand and product development and innovation

| Company Name: | GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Japan |
| Address: | GSK Bldg. 4-6-15 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8566 |
| Contact Person: | Yoshiaki Komatsu |
| Telephone: | 03-5786-5030 |
| Email: | yoshiaki.komatsu@gsk.com |
| Website: | glaxosmithkline.co.jp |
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We have a challenging and inspiring mission: to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. This mission gives us the purpose to develop innovative medicines and products that help millions of people around the world.
We are one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare firms. Headquartered in the UK, we are a global organisation with offices in more than 100 countries.
Providing access to healthcare is one of society’s most pressing challenges. Our aim is to increase access to our medicines and vaccines to all patients, irrespective of where they live and their ability to pay. As a token of our activities, GSK was ranked top in the access to medicines index for the second consecutive time, in June 2010.
GSK is also actively seeking development of cures for rare diseases, which means those with very small patient populations.
Areas of Expertise:• Medicines for respiratory diseases, CNS disorders, allergy, viral infections and other areas
• Leader in area of vaccines
• Industry leading pipeline for new cancer treatments
• Marketing consumer healthcare products in both OTC and oral healthcare

| Company Name: | Hays Specialist Recruitment Japan K.K. |
| Address: | Akasaka Twin Tower 7F, 2-17-22 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 |
| Contact Person: | Christine Wright |
| Telephone: | 03-3560-1188 |
| Email: | info@hays.co.jp |
| Website: | www.hays.co.jp |
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Hays are the experts in recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people across a wide range of specialised industries and professions for permanent positions, contract roles, and temporary assignments.
At Hays, we believe the right job can transform a person’s life and the right person can transform a business. We’re passionate about connecting our candidates with the right job for them.
With a client portfolio of the world’s leading life-sciences organizations, Hays Pharma is one of the leading global pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech staffing businesses providing mid- to upper-level staff in drug discovery, clinical development, post-approval services, and commercial activities.
We hold one of the largest databases of life sciences and biotech professionals in the market.
Consultants at Hays Pharma only specialize in one functional area, ensuring a thorough understanding of both client and candidate needs.
Area of Expertise:• Scientific & engineering
• Medical information
• Medical affairs
• Medical communications
• Sales & business development
• Marketing & brand management
• Regulatory affairs
• Clinical data management

| Company Name: | PharMa International, Inc. |
| Address: | 9F Hamacho Center Bldg., 2-31-1 Nihonbashi Hamacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0007 |
| Contact Person: | Masaki Yamagata, president |
| Telephone: | 03-3663-5757 (Japanese) 03-3663-5973 (English) |
| Email: | enquiries@pharma.co.jp |
| Website: | www.pharma.co.jp |
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PharMa International, Inc. is a healthcare-marketing and communications company that specializes in the ethical pharmaceutical, diagnostics, medical devices and consumer healthcare fields in Japan.
We are a full-service agency dedicated to creating influential advertising and communications delivered to doctors and other healthcare specialists to build successful brands.
Products/Services:Our service areas include advertising, brand strategy and communications, design and development of digital and online marketing tools, e-learning programs, promotional materials, medical education, visual aids, patient education materials, and planning and production of seminars and conferences in Japan and overseas.







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