Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPharmaceuticals
PredecessorNeuroderm
Founded1678 (1678)
FateTanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. merged with Mitsubishi Pharma to form Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
HeadquartersDoshomachi, Osaka,
Japan
ParentMitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Websitewww.mt-pharma.co.jp 

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation 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.

Originally founded in 1678, Mitsubishi Tanabe considers itself as one of the oldest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu.