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Over two centuries ago in 1781, 32-year-old Chobei Takeda I started a business selling traditional Japanese and Chinese medicines in Doshomachi, Osaka, the center of the medicine trade in Japan. His small shop bought medicines from wholesalers, then divided them into smaller batches and sold them to local medicine merchants and doctors.
- 2-ch?me-1-1 Nihonbashihonch?, Chuo City, 103-0023, Tokyo
In 1781, Chobei Takeda I begins selling traditional Japanese and Chinese herbal medicines in Doshomachi , the medicine district of Osaka, Japan. Over the following 163 years the business gradually grew into a modern pharamaceutical company.
The Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (武田薬品工業株式会社, Takeda Yakuhin Kōgyō kabushiki gaisha) [takeꜜda jakɯçiŋ koꜜːɡʲoː] is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company.
In1781,Chobei Takeda I begins selling traditional Japanese and Chinese herbal medicines in Doshomachi , the medicine district of Osaka, Japan. Takeda’s founder gains a reputation for business integrity and quality products and services.
In 1781, our founder, Chobei Takeda I, demonstrated patient-centricity through the way he lived. He was driven to seek ways to better serve patients suffering from illness and strongly believed in leading his business with integrity and a tireless effort towards innovation.
- 2-ch?me-1-1 Nihonbashihonch?, Chuo City, 103-0023, Tokyo
The “Dakiyama” symbol has a long history, spanning back to when Chobei Takeda I established his medicine brokerage in Osaka, 238 years ago. Chobei established his business under the Omiya brand that had employed him for 18 years as a hardworking apprentice.
Chobei Takeda I sets up his business in Osaka. 1915. OSAKA FACTORY. Opens as “Takeda Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant” 1895. PRODUCTION. Pharmaceutical manufacturing begins in Takeda’s factory. 1871. INTERNATIONAL TRADE. Takeda pioneers in the importation of western medicines. 1914. PROPRIETARY RESEARCH. activities begin. 1943. COMPANY ...
