Eisai, Inc.

Lonnel Coats has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Eisai, Inc. Previously Mr. Coats served as president and chief operating officer. Mr. Coats has also been appointed senior vice president of Eisai Co. Ltd. pharmaceuticals business in the U.S., where he will have additional responsibility for leading Eisai’s global medical and marketing division.

Mr. Coats will be responsible for the strategic direction of the U.S. business and will provide administrative oversight to all operating companies in the U.S., including Morphotek, Inc. and Eisai Machinery U.S.A. He will report to Mr. Haruo Naito, president and chief executive officer of Eisai Co., Ltd. in Japan. Mr. Coats succeeds Mr. Hajime Shimizu, who has been appointed president of New Markets at Eisai Co., Ltd.

Mr. Coats joined Eisai Inc. as a regional sales director in 1996. He has since held roles of increasing responsibility, including vice president of human resources, vice president of U.S. sales and marketing, and president and chief operating officer of Eisai, Inc.