Biography:

Masanobu Manabe is Executive Managing Director of Hokuyaku Inc.’s Pharmaceutical Marketing Division. Hokuyaku is the sixth largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in Japan with annual sales of US$1.3 billion. He has held progressive management positions in the company with the most recent prior position being Executive Director, System Distribution. He also serves on the Committee of the Japanese Pharmaceutical Wholesalers’ Association, which investigates problems within the wholesale sector of the pharmaceutical industry.

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