STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1732

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: GOV. MSG. NOS. 456, 457

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 456 and 457, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:

Drug Product Selection Board

G.M. No. 456

TODD KIYOSHI INAFUKU,

for a term to expire 06-30-2005, and

G.M. No. 457

TODD KIYOSHI INAFUKU,

for a term to expire 06-30-2009,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee reviewed a resume and statements submitted by the nominee, and finds the nominee to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the Drug Product Selection Board.

Your Committee received testimony in support of TODD KIYOSHI INAFUKU from the Department of Health. Mr. Inafuku is presently filling a vacancy left by another member of the Board. He is also seeking reappointment. Mr. Inafuku is familiar with the responsibilities of the vacancy as he chaired the Drug Product Selection Board from 1994 to 2002. Mr. Inafuku majored in chemistry while attending the University of Hawaii and received his Bachelor of Science in pharmacy with honors from the University of Wyoming, Laramie. He is currently pharmacist to the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Branch of the Department of Health. He is Vice-President of Medicine Bank of Hawaii, and his affiliations also include the Flu and Pneumonia Task Force and the Pharmacy Advisory Committee. Mr. Inafuku has experience serving as a pharmacist consultant to Radiant Research of Hawaii in which he prepared Phase One clinical trials of new drug entities of various pharmaceutical manufacturers. Mr. Inafuku's knowledge and experience make him well qualified for appointment to the Board.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair