About us

A member of the Suzuken Group, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho develops, manufactures, and markets pharmaceuticals, diagnostic agents, and foodstuffs with medical applications, and carries out market-driven activities in health creation areas.Our activities are closely aligned with those of Suzuken, one of the greatest pharmaceutical wholesalers in Japan, enabling us to respond more effectively to customers’ future needs.

Corporate name

Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co.,Ltd.

Establishment

December 1953

President & CEO

Kazuo Yamamoto

Business description

SKK allocates its resources primarily in the area of diabetic care, and our activities range from R&D through marketing of ethical pharmaceuticals, diagnostic products that include a patient-friendly and easy-to-use self-monitoring system for blood glucose, and medical nutrition products.

R & D

Our Central Research Laboratory works for the development of new drugs and novel pharmaceutical technologies that will fill unmet needs in world markets. R&D also runs a number of joint research programs with overseas research organizations.

Production

Efforts are underway to connect and control our three production facilities, Fukushima Factory, Kumamoto Factory and Hokkaido Factory, by a 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 throughout Japan 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 medical professionals.

No. of employees

1,253

OSDrC® developed by SKK in cooperation with KIKUSUI.