Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Pharmaceuticals
May 31, 2010

Streptococcus pneumoniae Kit "RAPIRUN S. pneumoniae" Approval obtained as in vitro diagnostic on May 26

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President: Taro Iwamoto) today announced that it obtained manufacturing and marketing approval of the Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen detection reagent by the immunochromatography method, "RAPIRUN S. pneumoniae" as an in vitro diagnostic on May 26, 2010.