Yasumasa Kurioka has been appointed general manager of PPD-SNBL, the joint venture between PPD and Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories Ltd. to expand clinical development services in Japan.   Mr. Kurioka most recently served as the senior director, country head of clinical operations in Japan, for another global CRO. Prior to that, he held a variety of clinical research, project management and operations leadership roles with Eli Lilly and Co. and the former Ciba-Geigy in Japan.      “Yasu b...