At the completion of the new office building, then president Masahito Otsuka delivered this message to employees: "Our mission is to ensure that the Otsuka Group prospers for decades to come and will continue to help enable better lives, not just for employees and their families, but also for the broader society. This new building has not been constructed only in Kanda; it has been built in the hearts of many people. Please do not forget this."

HINEX-R, the original inspiration for balanced nutritional products, is a concentrated liquid nutrition product used in medical settings

"Michelin" is a β blocking cardiac agent and "meptin" is a bronchodilator

Otsuka was the first Japanese Pharmaceutical company to enter China, through a joint venture, after economic reforms began in 1978.

Then president Akihiko Otsuka declared the establishment of Otsuka's Pharmaceutical business to help the ill recover good health, and the nutraceutical business to sustain the wellbeing of the healthy.

Frankfurt Research Institute was established as an R&D base in Europe

Expansion of pharmaceutical R&D division