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- Chunghwa Chemical Synthesis & Biotech Co., Ltd. (1762.TW) manufactures and sells active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for the global pharmaceutical industry. The company produces a wide range of biotech and chemical synthetic products, including immunosuppressants such as tacrolimus, everolimus, rapamycin and mycophenolate mofetil; antifungals such as fluconazole, caspofungin and anidulafungin; cardiovascular drugs such as pravastatin, trandolapril and edoxaban tosylate monohydrate; oncology agents; pain management products including methocarbamol and skeletal muscle relaxants; antidiabetics such as glipizide; antihistamines like olopatadine and dexbromopheniramine maleate; anti-anxiety agents; laxatives; antiseptics; antiulcerants; hypolipidemics; antineoplastics; antihyperlipidemics; peptide drugs such as abaloparatide; anti-virus agents; immunomodulating agents including baricitinib and eltrombopag olamine; and others such as guaifenesin, eslicarbazepine acetate, brivaracetam, difelikefalin acetate and sugammadex sodium. It operates cGMP-compliant facilities approved by the FDA and EU, provides contract manufacturing and research services, and distributes products domestically in Taiwan and internationally to Asia, the Americas and Europe.
Founded in 1964 and headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan, the company maintains a manufacturing site spanning 8.7 acres in the Taipei suburb and employs approximately 243 people.
In recent developments, Chunghwa Chemical Synthesis & Biotech successfully completed multiple customer audits in 2025, including those for ethyl icosapentate and everolimus in September, sugammadex sodium in August, tacrolimus in May from an Indian client, caspofungin and trandolapril in May from a Greek client, rapamycin in April from a Japanese client, and mycophenolate mofetil in April and March from Indian clients; it also authorized a share buyback plan in April 2025 and received the 2025 Corporate Sustainability Report Award in November.