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

R&D, production and marketing of pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical nutritionals and other health care products, and contract manufacturing of pharmaceuticals.

R & D

Discovery Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories and Pharmaceutical Technology Research Laboratories work in concert for the development of new drugs and novel pharmaceutical technologies that will fill unmet needs in world pharmaceutical markets. R&D also runs a number of joint research programs with overseas research organizations.

Production

A highly integrated central production management system is being developed that will control and coordinate the operations of our three production facilities, Fukushima Factory, Kumamoto Factory and Hokkaido Factory, so that the production of high-quality products, the low-cost operations and the secure supply of products are ensured.

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

1,374 (as of march 2010)

OSDrC® was developed by SKK in cooperation with KIKUSUI