- CEO
- Ryuji Katsura
- Full Time Employees
- 4,887
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Medical specialties
- Address
- 12-17 Kako-machi Hiroshima Japan 730-8652
- IPO Date
- Dec 1, 1981
- Business
- JMS Co., Ltd. manufactures, sells, exports, and imports medical devices and pharmaceuticals primarily focused on infusion and transfusion therapy, dialysis, cardiovascular treatments, blood management, and cell therapy. The company, founded in 1965 and headquartered in Hiroshima, Japan, operates globally through subsidiaries and affiliates in North America, Europe, Asia including China, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines; its product portfolio encompasses infusion and nutrition solutions such as needless access ports, closed drug mixing and infusion systems including NEO SHIELD for oncology, infusion pumps, and oral/enteral nutrition systems; dialysis solutions featuring AV fistula needles, peritoneal dialysis solutions, automated peritoneal dialysis equipment like PD-Relaxa, hemodialysis machines including the recently launched JMS Single Patient Dialysis Machine SD-X01, and prefilled syringes; cardiovascular products such as membrane oxygenators and cardiopulmonary blood tubing sets; blood management items including blood bags, serum collection sets, and leukocyte reduction filters; alongside general medical supplies, oncology therapy devices, and other equipment for hospital care and logistics. In recent developments, JMS acquired JMS Transfusion Technology (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd. from Asahi Kasei Medical in November 2023 to bolster its leukocyte reduction filter business and global blood management supply chain targeting Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania; established JMS TEIJIN Home Medical Care Ltd. joint venture with Teijin Pharma in October 2024 for peritoneal dialysis and home therapy expansion starting April 2025; launched the NEO SHIELD closed drug transfer system adopted by JAXA for research and gaining oncology market share; introduced the SD-X01 dialysis machine in February 2025; and earned Health Management Excellence Corporation certification for the third consecutive year in March 2025 while advancing its Medium-Term Management Plan 2027 emphasizing profit structure reform, globalization, and sustainability with targets of JPY 2.5 billion operating profit and over 3.5% ROIC by FY2027.