Masami Tamura established CoreMed Corporation, a regulatory and strategy development consultancy based in Japan, with her colleagues in March 1998 and her career in regulatory affairs spans over ten years. She was previously a manager of regulatory affairs in a Japanese CRO and responsible for all regulatory matters within the company. She managed projects from non-Japanese companies and organised NDA submissions as an In-Country Caretaker on behalf of overseas companies. In her current position as Executive Vice President and COO, International & Regulatory Affairs, she is responsible for all regulatory matters. She is also responsible for liaising with non-Japanese companies. Through her experiences, she gained wide range of Japanese regulatory knowledge and skills to help non-Japanese companies who wish to register their products in Japan. Ms Tamura has a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences from Kyoto University and is a registered pharmacist. She is a member of the Regulatory Affairs Committee of Osaka Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association and the Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs.