- CEO
- Akira Uehara
- Full Time Employees
- 8,784
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
- Address
- 3-24-1 Takada Tokyo Japan 170-8655
- IPO Date
- Jan 8, 2021
- Business
- Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (TAIPY) operates as a holding company for the Taisho Pharmaceutical Group, which engages primarily in the development, manufacture, and sale of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, prescription pharmaceuticals, health foods, and supplements. The group offers core products including energy drinks such as Lipovitan D and Biopovitan; cough and cold remedies like Pabron, Fervex, and Vicks; pain relievers such as Tempra (paracetamol), Counterpain, Dafalgan, Efferalgan, and Biotadol; laxatives including Colac; hair growth treatments like RiUP (minoxidil); antibiotics such as Clarith (clarithromycin); gastrointestinal products like Biofermin; anti-inflammatory agents including LOQOA Tape and Nanozora (anti-TNFα nanobody); diabetes treatments such as Luseogliflozin (Lusefi); and visceral fat reducers like alli; alongside Kampo herbal medicines, eye drops (Biomieye), and other consumer health items under brands like UPSA. Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan, the company conducts operations principally in Japan, Southeast Asia (including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam via subsidiaries like PT Bristol-Myers Squibb Indonesia, Hoepharma Holdings, and Duoc Hau Giang Pharmaceutical), and Europe through its French subsidiary UPSA. Recent developments include the February 2025 partnership with Meiji Seika Pharma to jointly market the insomnia treatment vornorexant (Vornorexant) in Japan; a strategic collaboration and exclusive license agreement with Biolinq for Japan; the 2019 acquisition of UPSA from Bristol-Myers Squibb, enhancing its European pain relief and cold medicine portfolio; consolidation of Duoc Hau Giang Pharmaceutical JSC in Vietnam; launch of LOQOA Tape for osteoarthritis and Nanozora auto-injector in recent years; and earlier management buyout considerations in 2023-2024.