Corporate Profile
In April 1946, Otojiro Shibata of Shibata Pharmacy (Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, since July 1940), founder of Taiko Pharmaceutical, acquired the right of manufacture and sell Chuyu-Seirogan which was given by Osaka Prefecture to Saichi Nakajima in 1902.
1946 Nov | Otojiro Shibata established Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.in Suita City, Osaka, Japan, with a launch of CHUYU SEIROGAN (current SEIROGAN.) |
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1954 May | Started the export of SEIROGAN to other countries. |
1964 Apr | The Tokyo Branch was established. |
1966 Oct | SEIROGAN TOI, a sugar coated tablet, was introduced to the market. |
1972 Jun | The headquarters and factory in Suita City, Osaka, were completed. |
1979 Jun | The factory was remodelled to meet the GMP requirements. (*1) |
1981 Nov | SEIROGAN TOI A, a sugar coated tablet, was introduced to the market. |
1990 Nov | The Nagoya Branch was established. |
1991 Nov | The expansion of the factory and R&D building at the headquarters in Suita City, Osaka, was completed. |
1992 Mar | Taiko Creosote Co., Ltd., (current Taiko TEC Co., Ltd.) was established in Suita City, Osaka, to produce wood creosote. |
1996 Dec | Established Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TAIWAN) in Taiwan to strengthen sales of pharmaceuticals in the Taiwanese market. |
1997 Feb | The Shenzhen Office was established in China to conduct a market research and gather pharmaceutical information. |
2004 Nov | Taiko Pharmaceutical (Asia Pacific) Co., Ltd. was established, (now an affiliate of Taiko Pharmaceutical) for the sales and pharmaceutical businesses in Hong Kong and China. |
2005 Feb | Seirogan (International) Co., Ltd. was established in Hong Kong. |
2005 Apr | Cleverin was launched. |
2005 Nov | To promote the infection control business, Taiko Pharmaceutical acquired the ownership of Abe Environmental Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a sanitation control product manufacturer. As a consolidated subsidiary, the company changed its name to Taiko Abe Environmental Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (the current consolidated subsidiary of Taiko Environmental Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) |
2006 Mar | Merged with Business Plan Inc. to expand the infection control business |
2009 Mar | Listed on the second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange |
2010 Apr | Listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange |
2011 Dec | The Tokyo Office was moved to new office. |
2012 Feb | Established Taiko Pharmaceuticol Co., Ltd Taiwan Branch |
2013 Mar | The Nagoya Office was moved to new office. |
2014 Mar | The Headquaters was moved to Nishi-Honmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka. |
2015 Aug | The Kyoto Plant/R&D Center was established. |
2017 Apr | Launched "Seirogan Quick C" |
2019 Sep | Launched “Cleve & And,” a new brand of daily sterilization products |
2020 Apr | Established Taiwan Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in Taiwan with a Cleverin-related EC business transferred from a local sales distributor |
2020 May | Established Taiko Pharmaceutical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen expand both the pharmaceutical business and the infection control business in China |
2020 Oct | Established Taiko Pharmaceutical International Co., Ltd. in Nishi-ku, Osaka |
2020 Nov | Established the Ibaraki Plant in Saito, Ibaraki, Osaka |
2021 Jan | Closed the Shenzhen Office for integration with Taiko Pharmaceutical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. |
2021 Oct | Closed the Taiwan Office for integration with Taiwan Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
2022 Apr | Moved to the Prime Market of Tokyo Stock Exchange |
*1. GMP -certified factory
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is a standard for maintaining the quality of pharmaceuticals during the manufacturing stage. In Japan, manufacturing
facilities that comply with the manufacturing and quality-control standards stipulated by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) ordinance
(Ministerial Ordinance on Standards for Manufacturing Control and Quality Control of Drugs, Quasi-drugs (MHLW Ordinance 179 of 24 December 2004)),
which is based on the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act (PMD Act); former the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, are generally called “GMP-certified factory.”