Background
Okuyama, Akira was born on September 24, 1945 in Tokyo. Son of Susumu and Nijiko (Furukawa) Okuyama.
Pharmaceutical company research executive
Okuyama, Akira was born on September 24, 1945 in Tokyo. Son of Susumu and Nijiko (Furukawa) Okuyama.
Bachelor, University Tokyo, 1970. Master of Arts, University Tokyo, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tokyo, 1975.
Postdoctoral fellow, Roche Institute Molecular Biology, New Jersey, 1975-1977; senior research associate, Institute Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, 1977-1987; manager exploratory research laboratory, Banyu Pharmaceutical Limited company, Tokyo, 1988-1992; director molecular biology research laboratory, Banyu Tsukuba (Japan) Research Institute, 1992-1994; director, Banyu Tsukuba (Japan) Research Institute, since 1994.
Married Ikuko Shimizu, May 21, 1972. 1 child, Satoshi.