Sato Pharmaceutical

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Sato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Native name
佐藤製薬株式会社
Company typePrivate (K.K)
IndustryPharmaceuticals
FoundedAugust 1, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-08-01)
FounderYukichi Sato
Headquarters
Moto-Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo 107-0051
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Seiichi Sato
(President and CEO)
Products
Number of employees
1,000
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

Sato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (佐藤製薬株式会社, Satō Seiyaku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese pharmaceutical company. Sato Pharmaceutical's main focus is on over-the-counter medicines. The company's products are sold in 14 countries around the world. The company's customer bases are located in Asia, North America and Europe, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the US, Canada and Germany.

The company is known for its marketing mascots, Sato-chan and Satoko-chan, a pair of Indian elephant siblings, first introduced in 1959.[3]

  1. ^ "Company Information". Sato Pharmaceutical. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Company Overview". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Inglis, David; Almila, Anna-Mari (March 2016). The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology. SAGE Publications. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-4739-5868-5.