Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma

Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals, food ingredients and additives, veterinary medicines, and others in Japan, North America, China, and internationally. The company offers pharmaceutical products, such as therapeutic agents for Parkinson's disease, uterine fibroids, depression, type 2 diabetes, systemic fungal infection, hypertension, pruritus, advanced prostate cancer, overactive bladder, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, angina pectoris, and arrhythmia. It also provides products for atypical antipsychotic, cultured thymus tissue for pediatric congenital athymia, antiepileptic, and carbapenem antibiotic; and Fabry disease drugs. In addition, the company offers food ingredients and additives, such as polysaccharides, as well as seasonings, such as soups or bouillons; and chemical product materials, which include pharmaceutical excipients, personal care products, coatings and industrial materials, and electronic materials. Further, it provides veterinary medicines for companion animals, such as dogs and cats; and livestock comprising cattle, swine, poultry, horses, and aquacultured fish. Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. has partnerships with Healios K.K.; Keio University; RIKEN; the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application; Kyoto University; and Aikomi Co., Ltd., as well as a joint development agreement with SanBio Company Limited; and collaboration and license agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. The company also has a strategic alliance with Roivant Sciences Ltd. The company was formerly known as Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. in April 2022. The company was incorporated in 1897 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited.

Our mission is to become a global top-tier pharmaceutical company in terms of both social value and corporate value, which we aim to realize by developing and delivering innovative products and services to benefit patients worldwide.

Our vision is to provide a better life regardless of who, when and where. To this end, we will strive to become a trusted healthcare partner through the development and delivery of innovative medicines that address unmet medical needs.

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. has been recognized with multiple awards, including the 2018 Pharma-Bio Innovation Grand Award, the 2017 Good Design Award, and the 2016 Grand Prix of the Japan Federation of Pharmaceutical Associations.