Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
Company typePharmaceutical company
PredecessorNeuroderm
Founded1678[1]
FateTanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. merged with Mitsubishi Pharma to form Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
HeadquartersDoshomachi, Osaka[1],
Japan
ParentMitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Websitewww.mt-pharma.co.jp Edit this on Wikidata

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation is a Japanese pharmaceuticals company from Osaka,[1] a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation (三菱ウェルファーマ株式会社, Mitsubishi Werufāma Kabushiki-gaisha) was formed in 2001 from the merger of Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals and Welfide Corporation. On October 1, 2007, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. merged with Mitsubishi Pharma to form Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma.[2]

Originally founded in 1678, Mitsubishi Tanabe considers itself as one of the oldest pharmaceutical companies in the world.[1] Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu.

  1. ^ a b c d "Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America Announces EXSERVAN (riluzole) is Now Available in the U.S. for the Treatment of ALS". Genetic Engineering News. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  2. ^ Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporate History