Company Profile

Company 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 Activities R&D, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical and nursing care nutritionals and healthcare products. Contract manufacturing of pharmaceuticals.
R&D
  • Drug Discovery Laboratories
  • Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories
  • Pharmaceutical Technology Laboratories

These laboratories collaborate with each other to develop new drugs and new pharmaceutical technologies that meet unmet needs in world pharmaceutical markets. R&D also runs a number of joint research programs with overseas research organizations.

Manufacturing
  • FUKUSHIMA Production Park
  • Kumamoto Factory
  • Hokkaido Factory

A highly integrated central production management system has been developed which will control and coordinate the operations of the three production facilities above to ensure manufacturing of high-quality products with cost-effective operation and a stable supply.

Marketing Our medical representatives and sales forces of diagnostics and nutrition in the 21 sales offices nationwide are all connected to our own IT networks, and work together to provide information necessary for the safe and appropriate use of our pharmaceuticals, diagnostic and nutrition products.
Revenue: 68,267,000,000yen (as of March,2011)
Capital: 2,101,088,000 yen
No. of employees: 1,429 (as of March,2011)