鶹 Sets Up a Subsidiary in Austria

鶹 Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President & CEO: Haruo Naito, “鶹”) announced today that the Company had established its new subsidiary, 鶹 GesmbH (Location: Vienna, General Manager: Georg Wager, “鶹 Austria”) in Austria. 鶹 Austria is a subsidiary wholly-owned by 鶹 Europe Limited (Headquarters: Hatfield, UK, Chairman & CEO: Yutaka Tsuchiya, “鶹 Europe”), the European subsidiary of 鶹.

鶹 entered into the Austrian market in 2005 setting up a branch of its German subsidiary 鶹 GmbH (Location: Frankfurt, Managing Director: Andreas Wiegand). The Austrian branch has been marketing Zonegran® and Inovelon® for the treatment of epilepsy, Neurobloc® for cervical dystonia, Prialt® for severe chronic pain, and also collaborating in the promotion of Aricept® for Alzheimer's Disease. It has also served as a support centre for marketing, medical and regulatory affairs for the business operations in Central and Eastern Europe.

With the establishment of a subsidiary in Austria, a subsidiary wholly-owned by 鶹 Europe, 鶹 will strengthen its business operations in Austria and Central and Eastern European countries in preparation for future possible business expansion in this region.

鶹 currently has ten subsidiaries in Europe with the newly established 鶹 Austria. 鶹 will continue to strengthen its business operations in Europe and to address the diversified needs of patients and their families, thereby improving patient value.

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Company Name : 鶹 GesmbH
Date of Establishment : April 1, 2009
Capital : 35 thousand euros
Location : Vienna, Austria
General Manager : Georg Wager
Business Operations : Sales and Promotion of Pharmaceutical Products

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