Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
, abbreviated OPC, is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Osaka and Naruto, Japan. The company was established August 10, 1964, and currently has approximately 27,000 employees worldwide. The company focuses on pharmaceuticals related to nutrition (or "Nutraceuticals"). The company is also known for the popular sports drink Pocari Sweat and the best-selling energy drink Oronamin C. Otsuka Pharmaceutical also developed Abilify (aripiprazole), an approved drug treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which they claim has a better side-effect profile compared with other antipsychotic drugs. The annual sales of this drug are approximately $2 billion a year, as of 2007.
Products
*Pocari Sweat
*Calorie Mate
*Soyjoy
ee also
*Tokushima Vortis, football club in Naruto formerly owned by Otsuka and still sponsored by Pocari Sweat.
External links
*ja icon [http://www.otsuka.co.jp/ Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.]
*en icon [http://www.otsuka-global.com/ Otsuka Pharmaceutical Group]
References
*en icon [http://www.otsuka-global.com/about/profile/index.html Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. company profile]
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