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Tanabe Pharma

Logo: tanabe-pharma.com3

Japanese pharmaceuticals company

Tanabe Pharma Corporation (田辺ファーマ株式会社, Tanabe Fāma Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese pharmaceuticals company from Osaka, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation (三菱ウェルファーマ株式会社, Mitsubishi Werufāma Kabushiki-gaisha) was formed in 2001 from the merger of Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals and Welfide Corporation.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Dec 13, 1933Founded1

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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation headquarter
Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Tanabe Pharma Corporation (田辺ファーマ株式会社, Tanabe Fāma Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese pharmaceuticals company from Osaka, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation (三菱ウェルファーマ株式会社, Mitsubishi Werufāma Kabushiki-gaisha) was formed in 2001 from the merger of Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals and Welfide Corporation. On October 1, 2007, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. merged with Mitsubishi Pharma to form Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma.2

How it started

Ownership history

In 1604, Tanabeya Matazaemon is granted a license by Tokugawa Ieyasu for trade in herbal medicines with Luzon and Siam.

In 1901, Motosaburo Tanabe, the Twelfth established a pharmacy in Tokyo, which incorporated in 1921 as Motosaburo Tanabe Shoten.

In 1921, Nippon Tar Industries was established.

In 1940, Takeda Kasei Co., Ltd. was established by Chobei Takeda & Co., Ltd. (present-day Takeda Pharmaceutical Company) and Nippon Kasei Chemical Co. Ltd. (present-day Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) and built its first plant in Higashi-Yoshitomi-mura, Fukuoka Prefecture.

In 1943, Motosaburo Tanabe Shoten, changed its name to Tokyo Tanabe Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tanabe Pharma, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Timeline

  1. May 16, 1949Went public Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  2. Dec 13, 1933Founded Founded1

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