About Otsuka

Timeline of Otsuka's History
1964~1973

  • CorpCorporate
  • PhPharmaceutical business
  • NCNutraceutical business
Since

1964

Corp
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. established

1965

NC
ORONAMIN C DRINK launched

1970

Corp
Tokushima Factory began operations

Otsuka Pharmaceutical's first plant

Ph
Hi-z launched in Japan

Treatment for hyperlipidemia, menopausal symptoms and irritable bowel syndrome

1971

Ph
First Drug Discovery Research Institute established in Tokushima, Japan

Beginning of discovery of own therapeutic drugs

1973

Corp
Philosophy for the research institute of Otsuka Pharmaceutical (later Otsuka's corporate-wide philosophy) conceived.

“Otsuka-people creating new products for better health worldwide”

Ph
Thai Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. established

Then continued to establish additional companies in Asia

First U.S. office opened in Palo Alto, California