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Ogura, Hiroo was born on June 29, 1952 in Kyoto, Japan. Son of Yuichi and Masae Ogura.
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Hiroo Ogura
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Hiroo Ogura, Japanese pharmacist, researcher. Achievements include discovery of aricept, alzheimer's disease drug; research in behavioral analysis of knockout mice. Recipient Technological award, Pharmaceutical Society, Japan, 1998, award, Tsukuba Foundation, 1998, Imperial award, National Invention, 2002.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto University.
Career
Researcher Eisai Company Ltd., Bunkyo-ku, 1976—1990, senior researcher Tsukuba, Japan, 1991—2002. Research director Eisai Company Ltd, since 2002. Visiting researcher National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1990—1991.
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Married Junko Ogura.
