The 145th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (Fukuoka)

Organizer: Mitsuhiro Arisawa (Grad. Sch. Pharm. Sci., Osaka Univ.), Kazumasa Hirata (Sch. Pharm. Sci., Wakayama Med. Univ.)

Recently, strengthening Japanese drug discovery capabilities has become an important national policy. The symposium, led by the Advanced Leading Pharmacist Training Program of National and Public Universities, will focus on the theme of pharmaceutical education contributing to the enhancement of Japanese drug discovery capabilities, and discuss the educational aspects of drug discovery capabilities in industry, academia, and government. Specifically, after a keynote speech by the Medical Education Division, Higher Education Bureau, MEXT on "Japanese Drug Discovery Capability: Current Status, Challenges, and Future," a pharmaceutical company at the forefront of drug discovery and clinical trials and a university hospital pharmacy department will introduce what they are looking for in pharmacy education. We would also like to deepen the discussion on the pharmacy education needed to strengthen Japanese drug discovery capabilities by introducing new initiatives by universities aiming to strengthen drug discovery capabilities.