Why I Became a Researcher

Before joining the (Independent Administrative Institution) Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), I was conducting pharmacology research. During my master's course, I was given a research theme related to Ca2+ in substance P in the iris sphincter. I was delighted after being introduced to the literature led to the development of my research on receptor subtypes, and I think that this was what got me started on my research. In addition, it seems like it was my time to learn the basics of building logic that were unknown to me up until that point. After that, I was glad to know that I had the same idea and was doing the same experiments at the same time as famous researchers overseas, and when this happened, my teacher said, "You should regret having the same idea as another researcher, even if they’re famous. What he said was eye opening to me. Immediately after joining PMDA (former Center for Product Evaluation), I was conducting quasi-drug approval evaluations. I started regulatory science research because I wanted to put out into the world a way of thinking about evaluations and the judgment of evaluations easier to understand.