See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/global-topics/2019/20190901_vol112.html A pressing concern for Japan is the need to reduce the amount of money the government has to spend on medical costs. One way that this can be done is to help people maintain good health after retirement. To support this goal, Otsuka has …

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/global-topics/2019/20190903_vol111.html In recent years a lot of attention has been given to sleep, an essential part of our daily cycle, which accounts for approximately one-third of our lifetimes. World Sleep Day, organized by the World Association of Sleep Medicine, is held…

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/global-topics/2019/20190601_vol110.html In June 2019, Japan hosted its first G20 summit in Osaka, with a focus on the international issue of plastic waste pollution in the oceans. There, the "Osaka Blue Ocean Vision" plan was agreed upon, which aims to reduce ocean waste to ze…

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/global-topics/2019/20190502_vol109.html Otsuka received the 2019 Corporate Innovator Award from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) at the NKF 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings in Boston during May. The Corporate Innovator Award was established to recognize companies that advance…

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/global-topics/2018/20181120_vol108.html 2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Indonesia, and six decades of collaboration between the two countries in a variety of fields. Otsuka has also played a part in building strong…

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/global-topics/2018/20180901_vol107.html Held every four years, the Asian Games is Asia’s largest sports event. Hosted by the Olympic Council of Asia, it is also known as the Asian Olympic Games. The 18th Asian Games was held in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang fr…

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/global-topics/2018/20180519_vol106.html Otsuka Pharmaceutical launched “Deliciously Illustrated SketchCook - A Nutritious Experiment with Google” dietary education app, which emphasizes the importance of nutritionally balanced meals. SketchCook uses the latest AI technology to…

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/company/global-topics/2018/20180426_vol105.html Dr. William H. Carson, president and chief executive officer of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization in the U.S., was lauded as one of 2018’s Top Blacks in Healthcare honorees selected by BlackDoctor.org at their 5th annual…

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/global-topics/2018/20180605_vol104.html Daiya Foods was founded in Vancouver, Canada in 2008 with a simple belief that plant-based living was better for people’s health, better for the planet and better for animal welfare. It all started with the founders, Greg Blake and Andre…

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/global-topics/2018/20180605_vol104.html Bill Brazell was ecstatic on April 24 upon reading a decision he has long advocated for and awaited: U.S. regulatory approval of Otsuka’s tolvaptan for use in slowing the progression of ADPKD (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease…

See the full story with pictures at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/company/global-topics/2018/20180125_vol102.html On January 25, the BioIndustry Association (BIA) honoured Dr. Harren Jhoti, president & CEO of Astex, UK (an independent subsidiary of Otsuka Pharmaceutical) with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award was presented by Dr. Jane Osbourn (BI…

Sports are good for the body, mind and spirit. Participating in sports boosts self-esteem, team-work and leadership skills, and provides a channel for young people to relieve stress. Five years ago, the Korean Ministry of Education launched an initiative to encourage sports club activities in schools. In support of this initiative, Donga Otsuka, an…

See the full story with pictures at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=240&date=2017-04-22 On April 22, 2017, the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Foundation honored Otsuka Pharmaceutical for our long-standing and successful commitment to develop an innovative, first-in-class drug treatment for autosomal dominant polycystic…

See the full story with pictures at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=239&date=2017-03-24 On World TB Day, March 24th 2017, Otsuka Pharmaceutical in cooperation with South Africa’s Ministry of Health and a non-governmental organization called Right to Care, officially launched DCAP, a clinical access program for delamanid…

https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=238&date=2017-03-07 Every year since 2000, Astex employees and their families have taken part in the Light The Night of East Bay event in Walnut Creek in Northern California to raise much needed funds and awareness to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). The LLS, founded in 19…

See the full story with pictures at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/ Otsuka Group member Nutrition & Sante?, a leading manufacturer of dietetic products including slimming and sports foods, won the 2017 Inaugural Grand Prix Award from the French National Association of Food Industries (ANIA) and EY *1 at an award ceremony held on Jan…

See the full story with pictures at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/ In September of 2016, Otsuka Pharmaceutical and RIKEN opened the RIKEN CDB-Otsuka Pharmaceutical Collaboration Center (COCC) inside the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (RIKEN CDB), which is located in the city of Kobe. The COCC will be involved in collaborati…

Read the full story with photos at: http://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/ Otsuka Pharmaceutical and NEC Corporation have partnered to jointly develop a smart medicine container that will help ensure that patients do not forget to take their daily dose of anti-stroke medication. Otsuka has experience with patients who have suffered one or m…

Read the full story with pictures at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2014/1004_01.html In support of 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, the official drink POCARI SWEAT was provided to 46 stadiums including Incheon Asiad Main Stadium for players. 15,000 players and staff from 45 Asian countries participated in the competition, …

Read the full story with pictures at http://www.otsuka.co.jp/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=234&date=2016-08-06 Otsuka Sims (Guangdong) Beverage Co., Ltd. has been sponsoring the annual POCARI SWEAT 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament since 2006. The aim of the tournament, in which teams of 3 compete, is to encourage consumers to develop and maintain he…

Watch the video of this award-winning tool at: http://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=233&date=2016-08-24 A portion of our activities dedicated to reducing bias among the general public about nerve and mental diseases has won the Bronze for the Pharma category of Lions Health at the 63rd Cannes Lions International Festival of C…

Read the full story with photos at http://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=232&date=2016-07-14 Otsuka Pharmaceutical participated in the Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund as an associate partner on June 7th, 2016. GHIT Fund was established in April 2013 as the world’s first product development fund specialized in G…

Read the full story with photos at: http://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=230&date=2016-06-10 Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. hosted a special screening of the first-ever documentary film on living with PseudoBulbar affect (PBA), “Beyond Laughter and Tears, A Journey of Hope”, during the American Psychiatric Association (A…

See the full story with photos at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=229&date=2016-04-21 Mr. Bob Oliver, president & CEO of Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., (OAPI), served as the keynote speaker and honoree at the 3rd Annual Top Blacks in Healthcare Awards Gala held in spring this year in Baltimore. The Gala, hosted by…

Read the original article with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=227&date=2016-04-20 The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology awarded Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. two commendations for Science and Technology in Tokyo, Japan. One of the prizes for Science and Technology, in the Devel…

Read the full article with photos at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=226&date=2016-04-19 Otsuka and the Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility (GDF) announced a worldwide access plan for delamanid, one of only two medications approved to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the last 40 years. The GDF i…

Read the full article with photos at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2015/0220_01.html The Otsuka Museum of Art hosted the sixth Sistine Kabuki production – Yuriwaka Daijin: Ulysses – for 3 days, beginning on February 20, with two performances each day. As has been the case in past years, tickets sold out almost as soon as they went …

Read the full story with photos at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=225&date=2015-12-21 Dr. Gregory Fox from Sydney, Australia was presented the Young Innovator in Tuberculosis Research Award sponsored by Otsuka during the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town, South Africa in December 2015. Dr. Fox is …

Read the full story with photos at https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=224&date=2015-08-30 On the final day of the 15th IAAF World Championships held in Beijing, Mai Ito from the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Track & Field Team ran for Japan in the Women’s Marathon. Although the final day was cloudy compared to the blazing weather …

Read the full article with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=220&date=2015-05-21 In ‘the city of sizzling woks’ with over 12,000 restaurants to dine at, you cannot avoid the scrumptious cooking aromas at any street corner. Hong Kong is a world-renowned gourmet paradise for its creative East-meets-West culinary …

Read the full article with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=217&date=2015-04-05 Otsuka is proud to be the lead supporter of the National Conference of State Societies’ (NCSS) 67th Cherry Blossom Festival events, including their flagship Cherry Blossom Princess Program. Otsuka has pledged its recurring support …

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2015/0311_01.html Ms. Mai Ito, a member of the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Track & Field Team, has been selected to represent Japan in the women’s marathon event at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics to be held in Beijing. The marathon will be on August 30, 201…

Read the full story with photos at: http://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=221&date=2015-08-13 Otsuka Australia Pharmaceutical (OAP) opened its first Australian office in Sydney in April, 2015. Kangaroos & koalas, the Great Barrier Reef and shiraz wine are some of the more familiar images of Australia to people elsewhere in the…

Read the full story with photos at: Otsuka working Towards Overcoming Tuberculosis On March 24th – World TB Day – we are reminded of the 9 million people who become infected with tuberculosis (TB) every year, their challenges and their hope for cure. We at Otsuka remember this every day. It is the driving force behind our commitment to discovering …

Read the full story with photos at: http://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2015/0227_01.html The late chairman of Otsuka Holdings, Akihiko Otsuka (who died in November 2014), has posthumously received the 18th Princess Chichibu Memorial Award for Distinguished Service to Tuberculosis Elimination. This award honors individuals and organizatio…

Read the original story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2015/0222_01.html Otsuka has supported the Tokyo Marathon, one of the largest city marathons in Asia, for 9 years in a row, since its inception. This year's running of the Tokyo Marathon was held on February 22. The Otsuka Group, a total health care company that …

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2015/0130_01.html 25th Asia Business Conference Mr. Daesik Eom, Senior Operating Officer at Otsuka Pharmaceutical was invited to speak at the University of Michigan’s 25th Asia Business Conference in US which has brought leaders of Asia and multinational companies to…

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2015/0129_01.html FoodState is a whole food supplement company based in Derry, New Hampshire. Since its founding in 1973, FoodState has become an innovator in whole food based supplements and has been recognized for great products and strong brands in the natural and…

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2015/0121_01.html Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. (OAPI), its alliance partner Lundbeck, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and the National Council for Behavioral Health joined in two years ago to organizeConnect 4 Mental Health®. It is an initiative that …

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2015/0116_02.html Otsuka’s commitment to fight TB Infectious disease experts from around the world gathered in Okinawa, Japan in mid-January for the second Nikkei Asian Infectious Diseases conference. Otsuka signaled its ongoing commitment to the fight against TB by …

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2015/0116_01.html Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd. (OPEL) has been recognized by Cambridge University as an employer that positively encourages diversity, integrity and innovation by encouraging our employees to be creative and to think unconventionally. Selection p…

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2014/1219_01.html Nutraceuticals are one of Otsuka Pharmaceutical's core businesses, and include products such as POCARI SWEAT and Calorie Mate that were developed based on scientific principles in order to improve people's health. The Saga Nutraceuticals Research In…

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2014/1204_01.html The 46th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Nephrology (SSN) took place on December 4th and 5th in Interlaken, Switzerland. Over 300 nephrologists, researchers, and nurses, including all the Swiss KOLs attended the meeting which consisted of ple…

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2014/1130_01.html The idea to have Santa visit Tohoku children affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake came when a group of students from Kanto Gakuin University visited a preschool in Kamaishi City in Iwate Prefecture. It was a summer picture book reading e…

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/release/2014/1121_01.html Nutrition & Santé Inaugurates New Factory Expanding Production Base of the French Leader in Functional and Dietetic Foods Otsuka Group member Nutrition & Santé (N&S), based in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southern France, is the French leader*1 in healt…

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2014/1127_01.html New Office Space For Creative Thinking Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. (OAPI), and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC), recently put the finishing touches on a new, innovative office space in Princeton, New Jersey.…

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2014/1118_01.html "Mr. Otsuka, you are a true friend of France," said Mr. Charles-Henri Brosseau, the Consul General of the French consulate in Kyoto, Japan, in fluent Japanese, to the late Chairman Akihiko Otsuka* on November 18 of last year. The occasion was a mome…

Read the full story with photos at: https://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/2014/1105_01.html Otsuka Pharmaceutical's dry eye magazine advertising campaign was awarded the first-place prize in the "Tie-in Campaign – Cosmetics" category of the 57th Japan Magazine Advertising Association Award. The theme of the campaign was “??Eye” which means…

Read the full story with photos at: http://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/globalnews/detail.php?id=225&date=2016-02-01 Dr. Gregory Fox from Sydney, Australia was presented the Young Innovator in Tuberculosis Research Award sponsored by Otsuka during the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town, South Africa in December 2015. Dr. Fox is …