Ryoichi Tanaka

Career

Senior Consultant, CM Plus Corporation.
In 2006, Mr. Tanaka joined the Kyoto Prefectural Government. From 2009, he worked in the Pharmaceutical Affairs Division of the Health and Welfare Department, where he was responsible for licensing for manufacturers and marketing authorization holders(MAH) of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, quasi-pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, and in-vitro diagnostics, as well as GQP, GVP, GMP, and QMS inspections. He was also involved in the launch of the QMS system following Japan's accession to the PIC/S.
In 2018, he was seconded to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and was appointed as a GMP Advising Officer in the Compliance and Narcotics Division of the Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau. In this role, he was engaged in the revision of laws and ministerial orders related to GMP/QMS.
In 2020, he returned to the Kyoto Prefectural Government and established the Kyoto Pharmaceutical affairs Support Center.
In July 2024, he joined CM Plus Corporation.
His industry activities include participation in the Kansai Study Group (KSG) of the PDA Japan Chapter, the GMP Committee and DI Committee in Japan Society of Pharmaceutical Machinery and Engineering, and past involvement in QMS Committee of the Japan Federation of Medical Devices Associations and in Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants.