Shionogi & Company, Limited (塩野義製薬株式会社 Shionogi Seiyaku Kabushiki gaisha, TYO: 4507, OSE: 4507) is a Japanese pharmaceutical company best known for developing Crestor. Medical supply and brand name also uses Shionogi ("シオノギ").
Shionogi has business roots that date back to 1878, and was incorporated in 1919. Among the medicines produced are for hyperlipidaemia, antibiotics, and cancer medicines.
In Japan it's particularly known as a producer of antimicrobial and antibiotics, with a particularly strong or pushy sales and marketing branch. Because of antibiotic resistance and slow growth of the antibiotic market, it has teamed up with US based Schering-Plough to become a sole marketing agent for its products in Japan.
Shionogi had supported the initial formation of Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, a generic manufacturer based in India.
Medicines
- Claritin, marketed in alliance with Schering-Plough.
- Crestor, cholesterol drug
- Nitrazepam
- Adapalene, a topical retinoid for acne.
- Moxifloxacin
Media
- Shionogi has a close relationship with Fuji Television Network, Inc., because Shionogi is the sponsor of "Music Fair" (as of October 2009, aired on 17 TV stations including TV Oita System Co.) started in 1964.
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