Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, established in 1880, is one of Japan’s oldest and most distinguished academic societies. The Society currently has around 15,000 members. It publishes three monthly scientific journals. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Chem. Pharm. Bull.) began publication in 1953 as Pharmaceutical Bulletin. It covers chemistry fields in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Biol. Pharm. Bull.) began publication in 1978 as the Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics, which then merged the Journal of Health Science, another former Society’s journal, in 2012. It covers various biological topics in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. Yakugaku Zasshi (Japanese for “Pharmaceutical Science Journal”) has the longest history, with publication beginning in 1881. Yakugaku Zasshi is published mostly in Japanese, except for some articles related to clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical education, which are published in English. The main aim of the Society’s journals is to advance the pharmaceutical sciences with research reports, scientific communication, and high-quality discussion. The average review time for articles submitted to the journals is around one month for first decision. The complete texts of all of the Society’s journals can be freely accessed through J-STAGE. The Society’s editorial committee hopes that the content of its journals will be useful to your research, and also invites you to submit your own work to the journals.

Chairman of Committee
Hidehiko Nakagawa
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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Published by The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan  
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(updated on June 05, 2026)
Online ISSN : 1347-5215
Print ISSN : 0918-6158
ISSN-L : 0918-6158
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, established in 1880, is one of Japan’s oldest and most distinguished academic societies. The Society currently has around 15,000 members. It publishes three monthly scientific journals. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Chem. Pharm. Bull.) began publication in 1953 as Pharmaceutical Bulletin. It covers chemistry fields in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Biol. Pharm. Bull.) began publication in 1978 as the Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics, which then merged the Journal of Health Science, another former Society’s journal, in 2012. It covers various biological topics in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. Yakugaku Zasshi (Japanese for “Pharmaceutical Science Journal”) has the longest history, with publication beginning in 1881. Yakugaku Zasshi is published mostly in Japanese, except for some articles related to clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical education, which are published in English. The main aim of the Society’s journals is to advance the pharmaceutical sciences with research reports, scientific communication, and high-quality discussion. The average review time for articles submitted to the journals is around one month for first decision. The complete texts of all of the Society’s journals can be freely accessed through J-STAGE. The Society’s editorial committee hopes that the content of its journals will be useful to your research, and also invites you to submit your own work to the journals.

Chairman of Committee
Hidehiko Nakagawa
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University

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Editorial Board
Mitsuharu Hattori

Editor-in-Chief
Graduate School of Pharmaceurtical Sciences, Nagoya City University

The Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
(Biol. Pharm. Bull.) publishes the results of original research that
contributes significantly to the biological aspect in the pharmaceutical and
health sciences, including basic and clinical applications. The journal
encourages contributions describing research at the interface of basic,
experimental, and clinical pharmacy. Scientific areas within the scope of the
journal include pharmacology, molecular and cellular biology, biopharmacy and
pharmacokinetics, toxicology, microbiology, epidemiology, health statistics,
regulatory science, pharmaceutical education, and clinical pharmacy. Biological
aspect of organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, analytical
chemistry, physical pharmacy, pharmacognosy, natural product chemistry,
hygiene, environmental science, and even miscellaneous is within the scope of
Biol. Pharm. Bull. Theoretical and experimental peer-reviewed full-length
Regular Articles, Communications, Notes and Reviews are welcomed.


  • Takayoshi Suzuki

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    SANKEN, The University of Osaka

  • Mitsuru Sugawara

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University

  • Gen-ichi Atsumi

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University

  • Takuya Ito

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Ohtani University

  • Kenji Sakamoto

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University

  • Toyofumi Suzuki

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    School of Pharmacy, Nihon University

  • Atsushi Matsuzawa

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University

  • Keiichi Motoyama

    Section Editor-in-Chief
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University

  • Masahiro Akiyama

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmacy, Showa Medical University

  • Yasuhiro Abe

    Editor
    National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Björn Bauer

    Editor
    University of Kentucky, U. S. A.

  • Hirokazu Ando

    Editor
    Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University

  • Masanori Fujii

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University

  • Laurie H. M. Chan

    Editor
    University of Ottawa, Canada

  • Takuto Fujii

    Editor
    Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama

  • Shintaro Fumoto

    Editor
    Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University

  • Yukihiro Hamada

    Editor
    Department of pharmacy, Kochi medical school hospital

  • Hroshi Hamamoto

    Editor
    Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine

  • Kazuhiko Hanada

    Editor
    Meiji Pharmaceutical University

  • Yoshiyuki Hirata

    Editor
    Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University

  • Mamoru Ikemoto

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Teikyo Heisei University

  • Dan Hu

    Editor
    Jinan University, China

  • Hideki Inoue

    Editor
    Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology

  • Masatoshi Inden

    Editor
    Laboratory of Medical Therapeutics and Molecular Therapeutics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University

  • Yasumichi Inoue

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University

  • Yuji Ishii

    Editor
    Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Rie Ito

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University

  • Keiji Izushi

    Editor
    Izushi Pharmacy

  • Yusuke Iwasaki

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University

  • Yuichi Kajita

    Editor
    Research Global Chemistry, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

  • Takanori Kanazawa

    Editor
    Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University

  • Osamu Kanno

    Editor
    Daiichisankyo Co., Ltd.

  • Naoki Kanoh

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University

  • Kazuhiro Katayama

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Nihon University

  • Kazuaki Katakawa

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shonan University of Medical Sciences

  • Hitoshi Kawazoe

    Editor
    Keio University School of Medicine

  • Michael Katz

    Editor
    University of Arizona, U. S. A.

  • Hirano Keiichi

    Editor
    Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Faculty of Pharmacy, Kanazawa University

  • Masafumi Kikuchi

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacy, Akita University Hospital

  • Satomi Kita

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University

  • Noriaki Kitada

    Editor
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

  • Katsushi Kitahara

    Editor
    Chemistry Research Unit, Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.

  • Tatsuo Koide

    Editor
    National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Keita Kondo

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University

  • Yuki Kondo

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University

  • Yoshiyuki Kubo

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University

  • Shin-ichiro Kurimoto

    Editor
    Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University

  • Tomohiro Maegawa

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kindai University

  • Jin-Yong Lee

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin Univversity

  • Supachoke Mangmool

    Editor
    Chiang Mai University, Thailand

  • Noji Masaaki

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University

  • Naoko Masumoto

    Editor
    National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Kazuaki Matsumoto

    Editor
    Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Yasuhiko Matsumoto

    Editor
    Meiji Pharmaceutical University

  • Hideto Miyabe

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacy, Hyogo Medical University

  • Akihiro Mizutani

    Editor
    Showa Pharmaceutical University

  • Katsunori Miyake

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

  • Toshihiro Murata

    Editor
    Division of Pharmacognosy, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University

  • Junichi Nakajima

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Nihon University

  • Junya Nagai

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University

  • Noritaka Nakamichi

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University

  • Michio Nakaya

    Editor
    Tokai National Higher Education and Research System, Nagoya University

  • Hisanori Nambu

    Editor
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

  • Iyuki Namekata

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University

  • Hidetoshi Noda

    Editor
    Institute of Microbial Chemistry

  • Tsuyoshi Nishioku

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University

  • Makoto Oba

    Editor
    Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

  • Fumihiko Ogata

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Kindai University

  • Noriko Ogawa

    Editor
    College of Pharmacy, Kinjo Gakuin University

  • Ayako Ohashi-Kobayashi

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University

  • Tomoe Ohta

    Editor
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

  • Kaname Ohyama

    Editor
    Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Nagasaki University Hospital

  • Yoshinori Okamoto

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University

  • Tohru Okuzono

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University

  • Yoshinori Saito

    Editor
    Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University

  • Seiichi Sakamoto

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University

  • Hiroaki Sakurai

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama

  • Takuya Sasaki

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University

  • Michihiro Satoh

    Editor
    Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University

  • Takahiro Seki

    Editor
    Kobe Pharmaceutical University

  • Norihito Shibata

    Editor
    Division of Biochemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Kahori Shimizu

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Osaka

  • Norihito Shintani

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University

  • Youhei Sohma

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University

  • Kenji Suzuki

    Editor
    Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

  • Naoto Suzuki

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Nihon University

  • Masashi Tachibana

    Editor
    College of Llife Science Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

  • Tadanobu Takahashi

    Editor
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka

  • Ryusuke Takano

    Editor
    Pharmaceutical Technology Div., Chugai Pharmaceutical. Co., Ltd.

  • Daisuke Takaya

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Osaka

  • Tomoharu Takeuchi

    Editor
    School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University

  • Kimihito Tashima

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai International University

  • Hideyuki Terazono

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacy, Kagoshima University Hospital

  • Gurol Tuncman

    Editor
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, U. S. A.

  • Hiromasa Uchiyama

    Editor
    Osaka medical and pharmaceutical University

  • Nahoko Uchiyama

    Editor
    National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Nasrul Wathoni

    Editor
    Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

  • Ming Xian

    Editor
    Brown University, U. S. A.

  • Toshiyuki Yamaji

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Juntendo University

  • Shuhei Yamada

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University

  • Fumiyoshi Yamashita

    Editor
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University

  • Yumi Yamamoto

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University

  • Yuhki Yanase

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacotherapy, Hiroshima University

  • Hideki Yashiroda

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo Heisei University

  • Satoshi Yokota

    Editor
    National Institute of Health Sciences

  • Hideshi Yokoyama

    Editor
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science

  • Takashi Yoshikado

    Editor
    Yokohama University of Pharmacy

  • Yoshito Zamami

    Editor
    Department of Pharmacy, Okayama University Hospital

Subject areas
  • Biology, Life Sciences and Basic Medicine
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Sciences
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  • TitleBiological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • PublisherThe Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
  • Address2-12-15, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 150-0002,Japan
  • Contact email address
    Email (change "(at)" to "@")    ronb(at)pharm.or.jp
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  • Fax+81-3-3498-1835
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The annual reports of the Public Health Division of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

Eisei kagaku

Journal of Health Science

Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics
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