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Basic Information
Trade name | Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. |
Head Office | 1-7-10, Doshomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan |
Established | March 25, 1937 |
President | Mikio Toda |
Capital | 10 billion 758 million yen |
Financial month | March |
Correspondent banks | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Resona Bank, Limited |
Stock exchange | Prime Market of Tokyo Stock Exchange(Securities Code 4538) |
Number of employees | 1,307 (As of March 31, 2024) |
Principal lines of business | Research and development, manufacturing and sale of pharmaceutical products |
History
1937March | Established, Minami-ku, Osaka (currently Higashisinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka) under the trade name of Yamato Shokai, Ltd. in Unagidani, with the main business of selling domestic glucose. |
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1942December | With time, glucose became centrally rationed and controlled, and the company planned to shift to manufacturing injections made from glucose. Subsequently, its trade name was changed to Fuso Sangyo, Ltd. |
1943June | Established Imazato Factory in Higashinari-ku, Osaka, and started manufacturing and marketing injectables such as glucose injections, Ringer’s solution, and Isotonic sodium chloride solution, formally entered the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. |
1949March | Changed its trade name to Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. |
1953July | Moved the main office to Higashi-ku, Osaka (currently Chuo-ku, Osaka). |
1957March | Established Joto Factory in Morinomiya, Joto-ku, Osaka, and closed the Imazato Factory. |
1963November | Launched "Haemolind," Japan’s first sublingual tablet for hemorrhoids, and expanded into manufacturing OTC drugs. |
1964April | Established Kyobashi Factory in Shinkita-cho, Joto-ku, Osaka. Expanded and strengthened the field of internal drugs such as tablets and capsules. |
1964August | Developed and began supplying the hemodialysis solution Fuso as the first dialysate in Japan. |
1970October | Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange. Established Fuso Kohatsu, Ltd. as a subsidiary. |
1973February | Culture and Sports Center, "Fuso Kaikan," was constructed in Joto-ku, Osaka (near Kyobashi Station). The management was entrusted to Fuso Kohatsu, Ltd. |
1979November | Established Daito Factory in Hiranoya Shinmachi, Daito City. Started operations as an internal drug production factory and closed the Kyobashi Factory. |
1981April | Constructed Research and Development Center on the north side of the Joto Factory. |
1983September | Listed on the First Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange. |
1985May | Constructed Okayama Factory in Satosho-cho, Asakuchi-gun, Okayama Prefecture. |
1989December | Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
1994April | Constructed "Fuso Doshomachi Building" at the Main Office location. |
1995May | Constructed Ibaraki Factory in Kitaibaraki City, Ibaraki Prefecture. |
2000December | Entered the field of assisted reproductive technology with the launch of "HFF99," a culture medium for in vitro fertilization and embryo culture. |
2001January | Constructed "Fuso Nihonbashi Building" in Honmachi, Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. |
2007January | Discontinued the sports business (bowling, etc.) of Fuso Kouhatsu, Ltd. |
2013March | Completed liquidation of Fuso Kouhatsu, Ltd. |
2016April | Established the second formulation building at the Ibaraki Factory and started in-house production of powder dialysate for hemodialysis. |
2022April | Moved from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market. |
2024January | Expanded and began production of powder dialysate for hemodialysis in the second formulation building at the Ibaraki Factory |
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