Toshio Yoshioka, a graduate from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Kyoto (B.S. and masters degree), joined Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd in 1980, becoming Head of the Lab. In 2008, he moved to Pharmaceutical Production Division, becoming the Head of the Osaka plant, then the Head of Pharmaceutical Technology R&D Laboratories in the CMC Center. In April 2017, he joined Bushu Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and became President of Spera Pharma, Inc. in July 2017