Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Pharmaceuticals
August 8, 2011

In-vitro Diagnostic Kit, WT1 mRNA Assay Kit 'Otsuka' is Covered under Japanese Insurance Program, effective as of August.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President: Taro Iwamoto) today announced that its WT1 mRNA Assay KitO 'tsuka', an in-vitro diagnostic kit by the quantitative real time RT-PCR method is now covered under the Japanese national health insurance program, effective on August 1, 2011, for Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in addition to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).