About Otsuka

Timeline of Otsuka's History
2004~2013

  • CorpCorporate
  • PhPharmaceutical business
  • NCNutraceutical business

2005

NC
InnerSignal launched

Full-scale entry into the Cosmedics* business.

  • *Cosmedics: cosmetics + medicine
Kenja-no-shokutaku (Wise Man's Dining, currently sold as Kenja-no-shokutaku Double Support) launched

2006

NC
SOYJOY launched in Japan

2007

Corp
Otsuka Group's corporate symbol created
Ph
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC) established in the U.S.

OPDC oversees the clinical development strategy and planning, as well as marketing planning, of Otsuka's pharmaceutical business in many Western countries.

2008

NC
France-based ALMA joined the Otsuka group

A major mineral water company in Europe

UL・OS launched

Otsuka's second cosmedics brand (following the launch of InnerSignal three years earlier)

2009

Ph
Samsca launched in the U.S.

Oral vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist
(Launched in Japan in 2010.)

NC
France-based Nutrition et Santé joined the Otsuka group

Leading company in the functional and nutritional food markets of Europe

2010

Ph
Otsuka Canada Pharmaceutical, Inc. established

2011

Corp
BeanStalk Kids Center TOKUSHIMA opened

Opened as Otsuka Pharmaceutical's first in-house child care center in Tokushima

Heartful Kawauchi Co., Ltd. established as a special subsidiary of Otsuka Pharmaceutical

Heartful Kawauchi Co., Ltd. was established in Japan with the purpose to provide opportunities for people with physical and/or mental disabilities. It seeks to provide them with meaningful work in order to live equally with the rest of society and to work free from discrimination.

Ph
Global alliance with H. Lundbeck A/S in Central Nervous System (CNS) diseases
Otsuka Novel Products GmbH established in Germany

2012

Ph
Abdi Ibrahim Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company established in Turkey
Mucosta ophthalmic suspension launched

Treatment for dry eye

NC
Otsuka Thang Nutrition (now Otsuka Nutraceutical Vietnam Co., Ltd.) established in Vietnam
SoyCarat launched

2013

Ph
Abilify Maintena launched in the U.S.

Antipsychotic drug
In 2015,ABILIFY for Extended-release Injectable Suspension, was launched in Japan.

Neupro Patches introduced

Dopaminergic antiparkinsonian drug
Drug for restless legs syndrome

Astex Pharmaceuticals joined the Otsuka group
NC
POCARI SWEAT ION WATER launched