- CEO
- Fang-Yu Liu
- Full Time Employees
- 15
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals: major
- Address
- No.23, Nanke 3rd Road Tainan TQ Taiwan 744094
- IPO Date
- Dec 28, 2016
- Business
- Handa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (6620.TWO) is a Taiwan-based specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes niche prescription drugs, high-barrier generics, and 505(b)(2) applications targeting the United States and other international markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered at 3F-1 & 3F-2, No. 23, Nanke 3rd Road, Tainan City, Taiwan, the company operates from the Southern Taiwan Science Park as its global R&D center, with a focus on controlled-release technologies and difficult-to-formulate products for neuroscience, oncology, gastroenterology, and related therapeutic areas; its marketed products include PHYRAGO (dasatinib tablets for chronic myeloid leukemia, marketed by Handa Therapeutics, LLC), TASCENSO ODT (for multiple sclerosis, marketed by Cycle Pharmaceuticals), Dexlansoprazole Delayed-Release Capsules (for erosive esophagitis and non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease, marketed by Par Pharmaceutical), and Quetiapine Fumarate Extended-Release Tablets (for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and sleep disorders, marketed by Par Pharmaceutical and partners). The company pursues a dual-engine strategy of high-barrier/patentable generics and innovative 505(b)(2) drugs, with products primarily sold in the United States, Canada, and India, and ongoing pipeline developments including ONCORE proprietary oncology drug delivery technology, HND-033 and HND-027 for oncology, HND-004 for diabetes, HND-032 for smoking cessation, and HND-026 for gastrointestinal indications; it listed on the Taipei Exchange's emerging market in December 2016. In recent developments, Handa collaborates with Easywell Group and added a new partner for project HND-045 in 2024, aims to launch one new drug annually through its dual strategy, and maintains partnerships with Cycle Pharmaceuticals and Par Pharmaceutical for product commercialization, while pursuing expansion in the US and China markets as of 2025.