Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced that its affiliate, the Japan Research Foundation for Clinical Pharmacology, has awarded its 9th Japan Research Foundation for Clinical Pharmacology Research Award to five young researchers.

Award recipients are selected from research papers submitted from projects funded with subsidies from the foundation, and innovative research projects with expectations for future development are eligible for the award.

The Foundation hopes that this award will motivate young clinical pharmacology researchers who are involved in the establishment of appropriate drug treatments and encourage future research results. The awards ceremony and presentation of research themes will be held on November 15, 2016.

The mission of the Foundation is to promote clinical pharmacology and foster the development of clinical pharmacologists. The Foundation was established in 1975 and has worked on a variety of projects relating to clinical pharmacology, including promotion of research and overseas studies for Japanese researchers.

Recipients of the 9th Japan Research Foundation for Clinical Pharmacology Research Award are: Kentaro Ushijima, Division of clinical pharmacology, department of pharmacology, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University; Hitoshi Zenbutsu, Sapporo Medical University, (present) National cancer Center Research Institute; Hideto To, Department of medical pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Sciences Research, University of Toyama;Takashi Nojiri, Department of Biochemistry, National Cerebral and cardiovascular Center Research Institute; and Tatsuya Yoshihara, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, faculty of medical Sciences, Kyushu University (present) Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center.