Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. announced that the following changes in Executive Officers and other key positions will take place as of the respective dates: The Company has announced the change in the post of Hiroshi Nomura Member, Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer Global Corporate Management; Global Strategy & Business Development; External Affairs; Corporate Secretariat & Industry Affairs; Finance & Accounting; Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office to Member, Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer Global Corporate Planning; Global Business Development; External Affairs; Corporate Secretariat & Industry Affairs; Finance & Accounting; Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office effective December 1, 2014. The company has also announced the change in the position of Hiroyuki Baba from Executive Officer Executive Vice President, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. to Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Director, Global Business Development; Head of Global Business Development for DSP Group effective December 1, 2014. The company announced the change in the position of Hajime Kinuta to Director, Global Corporate Planning from Director, Global Corporate Management; Koichi Kozuki to Director, Global R&D Office from Director, Global Strategy & Business Development, Global R&D Office; Yasushi Matuski to Director, Global Oncology Office to Group Manager, Global Strategy Group, Global Oncology Office and Shigeyuki Nishinaka to Deputy Executive Director, Drug Research Director, External Innovation Development Office to Deputy Executive Director, Drug Research Director, Global Oncology Office, effective from December 1, 2014.