s research and development center in ikoma nara native name type public kk traded as tyo 4536 ose 4536 industry pharmaceutical founded osaka japan 1890 1890 founder kenkichi taguchi headquarters grand front osaka tower a 4 20 ofuka cho kita ku osaka 530 8552 japan key people akira kurokawa ceo and president products pharmaceuticals medical devices revenue 1.265 billion fy 2012 119.066 billion fy 2012 net income 175.661 million fy 2012 16.521 billion fy 2012 number of employees 3 050 consolidated as of march 31 2013 website official website footnotes references 1 2 santen pharmaceutical co. ltd. santen seiyaku kabushiki gaisha is japanese pharmaceutical company specializing in ophthalmology and rheumatology medicines . with its ophthalmic products santen holds the top share within the japanese market and is one of the leading ophthalmic companies worldwide with its products being sold in over 50 countries . 3 the company was founded in 1890 by kenkichi taguchi as taguchi santendo and in 1925 santendo co. ltd. was established . 4 in 2014 santen announced that it has entered into an agreement with merck & co. to purchase merck s ophthalmology products . 5 business locations edit santen has 3 plants located in h datsushimizu ishikawa in tampere and in suzhou 21 subsidiary companies located in japan the us the netherlands finland united kingdom & ireland spain switzerland italy france 6 germany sweden china south korea taiwan india thailand malaysia the philippines and singapore . its r & d center is located in ikoma nara . 7 8 references edit company overview . santen pharmaceutical . retrieved april 14 2014 . financial highlights . santen pharmaceutical . retrieved april 14 2014 . santen announces approval of diquastm for dry eye treatment in japan . business wire . april 16 2010 . retrieved april 14 2014 . company history . santen pharmaceutical . retrieved april 14 2014 . mccarthy colleen july 1 2014 . santen purchases ophthalmic assets from merck . optometry times . ubm plc. retrieved march 1 2016 . japan s santen plans to buy novagali for eur 100 mln . reuters . september 28 2011 . retrieved april 14 2014 . global operations . santen pharmaceutical . retrieved april 14 2014 . santen pharmaceutical co. ltd. nara research and development center in japanese . kansai science city . retrieved april 14 2014 . external links edit official global website japan portal medicine portal osaka portal companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title santen pharmaceutical & oldid 741531300 categories pharmaceutical companies of japancompanies based in osaka prefecturepharmaceutical companies established in 18901890 establishments in japancompanies listed on the tokyo stock exchangecompanies listed on the osaka securities exchangejapanese brandshidden categories cs1 japanese language sources ja articles containing japanese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais suomi edit links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 02 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view