Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited (第一三共株式会社, Daiichi Sankyō Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (TYO: 4568 ) is a joint holding company established in 2005 by Sankyo Co., Ltd. (三共株式会社, Sankyō Kabushiki-gaisha^?) and Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (第一製薬株式会社, Daiichi Seiyaku Kabushiki-gaisha^?), which are pharmaceutical companies based in Japan. Its main offices are located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... A pharmaceutical company is a licensed drug company, licensed to discover, develop, markets and distribute drugs. ... Location of Chuo-ku in Tokyo. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ...

Major products of Daiichi Sankyo Group

Sankyo

• Benicar(olmesartan medoxomil)
• Mevalotin (pravastatin)
• Loxonin (loxoprofen)
• Olmetec (olmesartan)
• Captopril
• Zantac (ranitidine)
• WelChol (colesevelam HCl)

Categories: Stub | Hypolipidemic agents ... Loxoprofen (INN) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug in the propionic acid derivatives group. ... Olmesartan belongs to the class of medicines called angiotensin II receptor antagonists. ... Captopril is an Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure. ... Ranitidine is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits stomach acid production, and commonly used in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). ...

Daiichi Pharmaceutical

• Cravit (levofloxacin)
• Evoxac (cevimeline)
• FloxinOtic (ofloxacin)

Levofloxacin is relatively new fluoroquinolone antibiotic, marketed by Ortho-McNeil under the brand name Levaquin. ... Cevimeline is a parasympathomimetic and muscarinic agonist, with particular effect on M1 receptors. ... Ofloxacin sold under the brand name Floxin in the US. It is a quinolone antibiotic. ...

External links

• DAIICHI SANKYO
• SANKYO CO., LTD.
• DAIICHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.