Saori Shikama MS Takeda

Saori Shikama is a principal scientist for Analytical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences at Takeda in Japan. She graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University with a master’s degree in medical sciences. She has over 10 years of experience in CMC analytical development for vaccines, synthetic molecules, and various new modalities. Her current role includes leading analytical development of clinical drug substance, drug product and build environment as well as supporting microbiological method development as an SME.