Mr. Masuda is currently a regional Business Development Manager at Merck’s Contract Testing Services, offering testing services to the biopharma industry in Japan. With his professional account management skills and experience, Mr. Masuda works closely with clients in Japanese biopharma industries and academics, providing not only services but also technical and regulatory updates to accelerate drug discovery and manufacture of his customers’ life-changing therapeutics, including new modality drugs. Mr. Masuda earned his M.S. degree in Biological Science at Nara Institute of Science and Technology.