About Otsuka

Timeline of Otsuka's History
1994~2003

  • CorpCorporate
  • PhPharmaceutical business
  • NCNutraceutical business

1994

NC
One a Night launched

1996

Corp
Fukuroi Factory completed

Otsuka Beverage established the factory and transferred it to Otsuka Pharmaceutical in 2008. It produces mainly POCARI SWEAT.

NC
Taiwan Otsuka Beverage Co., Ltd. (now King Car Otsuka Co., Ltd.) established in Taiwan

1997

Ph
Otsuka (Philippines) Pharmaceutical, Inc. established
NC
Otsuka Pharmaceutical (H.K.) Ltd. established in Hong Kong
PT Kapal Indah Otsuka (now PT Amerta Indah Otsuka) established in Indonesia
JogMate Protein launched

1998

Corp
Otsuka Museum of Art established in Tokushima
The world's first museum featuring art replicas on ceramic panels

The Otsuka Museum of Art houses more than 1,000 exquisitely crafted replicas of masterpieces of Western art from more than 190 museums in 25 countries. Rendered with special technology developed by Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics Co., Ltd., the replicas are the same size as the originals.

Ph
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd. established in U.K.

The beginning of the growth era in Otsuka's European business

U.S.-based Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. joined group

1999

Corp
Tokushima Itano Factory completed

The Tokushima Itano Factory began as a pharmaceuticals production site and currently also produces nutraceutical products.

Ph
Global alliance on ABILIFY with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

A co-development and co-marketing contract was signed with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for the antipsychotic ABILIFY (aripiprazole) globally.

2000

Corp
Tatsuo Higuchi appointed president of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
Ph
UBIT launched

Diagnostic agent for H. pylori infection

NC
Otsu Nutraceuticals Research Institute established

2001

Corp
Otsuka International Asia Arab (OIAA) Division established

The OIAA Division was established to build a strong and integrated business foundation for group companies in these regions, with a new perspective and accelerated decision-making.

2002

Ph
ABILIFY launched in the U.S.

Antipsychotic drug

NC
Tianjin Otsuka Beverage Co., Ltd. established in China

2003

Corp
Otsuka Welfare Clinic established in Pakistan

Otsuka group companies collaborated to establish a free medical clinic in Pakistan for the provision of medical treatment to Afghan refugees, and more than 880, 000 people were supported during its more than 14.5 years of operation up until its closure in December 2017.

Ph
Otsuka (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and Otsuka Beijing Research Institute established
NC
50th anniversary of Oronine H Ointment
Amino-Value launched