白神 誠

After completion of the master course for pharmaceutical science at the graduate school of the University of Tokyo in 1977, Dr Shiragami joined the Ministry of Health and Welfare. During his service in the ministry, he engaged in various field such as new drug review, post-marketing safety issues, drug research and development promotions, and health insurance programs. From 1984 to 1985, he was sent to the Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization and then its Headquarters as an associate expert for two years. He got a PhD (Pharmaceutical science) from the University of Tokyo in 1999. In 2001 he left the Ministry and became a professor of the College of Pharmacy, Nihon University. He is the Chairman of the Division of Regulatory Sciences, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan and Board Members of Japanese Association for Healthcare Balanced Scorecard Studies. His fields of Specialization are pharmacoeconomics, regulations regarding pharmaceutical affairs and system of pharmaceutical affairs.