Company Profile
Company Profile
[As of March,2007]
| Corporate name | SANWA KAGAKU KENKYUSHO CO.,LTD. |
| Establishment | December 1953 |
| President & CEO | Kazuo Yamamoto |
| Head office | 35 Higashisotobori-cho,Higashi-ku,Nagoya 461-8631,Japan |
| Tel.81-52-951-8130 | |
| Fax.81-52-957-1066 | |
| Business description | SKK allocates its resources primarily in the area of diabetic |
| care, and our activities range from the R&D through marketing | |
| of ethical pharmaceuticals, diagnostic products that include the | |
| patient-friendly andeasy-to-use self-monitoring system for blood | |
| glucose and medical nutrition products. | |
| R&D: | |
| Our Central Research Laboratory work for the development of | |
| new drugs and novel pharmaceutical technologies | |
| that wi fill unmet needs in the world markets. | |
| The R&D also runs a number of joint research programs | |
| with overseas research organizations. | |
| Production: | |
| Efforts are currently paid to connect and control our three | |
| production facilities, Fukushima Factory, Kumamoto Factory | |
| and Hokkaido Factory, by the highly integrated production | |
| management system, that will allow production of high-quality | |
| products, low-cost operations and secure supply of products. | |
| Marketing: | |
| Each of our medical, diagnostic or nutrition representatives | |
| in the 21 branch offices that cover the whole country is | |
| connected by our own IT networks. They work to propagate | |
| information necessary for the safe and appropriate use | |
| of our ethical pharmaceuticals, diagnostic and nutrition | |
| products to the medical professions. | |
| Capital | Yen 101 million |
| No. of employees | 1,253 |

