For Immediate Release
Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Sunao Manabe, Representative Director, President and COO
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Please address inquiries to Noriaki Ishida, Executive Officer,
Vice President, Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com
Daiichi Sankyo Launches New Generic Drugs through Its Daiichi Sankyo Espha Subsidiary
Tokyo, Japan (June 15, 2017) – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) today announced that on June 16, 2017, its generics subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Espha Co., Ltd (hereinafter, Daiichi Sankyo Espha), will launch eleven new generic drugs with six new active ingredients, out of the seventeen new drugs and eight new active ingredients that have been announced through today’s official gazette.
Overview of Newly Released Products
1. Product Names/Therapeutic Categories
Products launched on June 16 (Authorized Generic products marked with an asterisk)
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Product name
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Therapeutic category
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Original brand name
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*Telmisartan Tablets 20mg “DSEP”
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Biliary excretion sustained release AT1 receptor antagonist
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MicardisⓇ Tablets
20mg/40mg/80mg
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*Telmisartan Tablets 40mg “DSEP”
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*Telmisartan Tablets 80mg “DSEP”
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*TeramuroⓇ Combination Tablets AP “DSEP”
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Biliary excretion sustained release AT1 receptor antagonist / Sustained release Ca antagonist combination
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MicamloⓇCombination Tablets AP/BP
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*TeramuroⓇ Combination Tablets BP “DSEP”
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*TelthiaⓇ Combination Tablets AP “DSEP”
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Biliary excretion sustained release AT1 receptor antagonist
/ Diuretic combination
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MicombiⓇCombination Tablets AP/BP
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*TelthiaⓇ Combination Tablets BP “DSEP”
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Entecavir Tablets 0.5mg “DSEP”
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Antiviral chemotherapeutic agent
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BaracludeⓇ Tablets 0.5mg
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Montelukast Chewable Tablets 5mg “DSEP”1
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Leukotriene receptor antagonist/
Bronchial asthma treatment
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SingulairⓇ Chewable Tablets 5mg
KIPRESⓇ Chewable Tablets 5mg
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Montelukast Powder 4mg “DSEP” 1
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SingulairⓇPowder 4mg
KIPRESⓇ Powder 4mg
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Folinate Tablets 25mg “DSEP”
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Reduced folic acid formulation
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UzelⓇ Tablets 25mg
LeucovorinⓇ Tablets 25mg
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1Montelukast Chewable Tablets 5mg “DSEP” and Montelukast Powder 4mg “DSEP” are new formulations of previously released active ingredients.
Daiichi Sankyo Espha is the only company to have listed the following six new generic drugs and two new active ingredients in the National Health Insurance reimbursement price list. Daiichi Sankyo Espha will prepare diligently and launch the products and related information in mid-September.
Products to be launched in mid-September (Authorized Generic products marked with an asterisk)
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Product name
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Therapeutic category
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Original brand name
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*Olmesartan OD Tablets 5mg “DSEP”
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High affinity AT1 receptor antagonist
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OlmetecⓇOD Tablets
5mg/10mg/20mg/40mg
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*Olmesartan OD Tablets 10mg “DSEP”
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*Olmesartan OD Tablets 20mg “DSEP”
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*Olmesartan OD Tablets 40mg “DSEP”
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*Rosuvastatin Tablets 2.5mg “DSEP”
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HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor
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CrestorⓇTablets 2.5mg/5mg
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*Rosuvastatin Tablets 5mg “DSEP”
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2. Product Attributes
(1) Innovative design of tablets
Double-sided printing
Information including product name and active ingredients are printed on both sides of the tablet using inkjet or stamp pad printing, as appropriate, making the tablets easy to identify.
Other innovations
The flavor and stability have been improved according to the individual characteristics of each formulation, in addition to which the shelf-lives of these products have been extended.
(2) Innovative design of PTP sheets
Continuing formulation and labeling innovations reduce the burden on pharmacists seeking to avoid mistakes with drugs and prevent medical errors such as a patient taking the wrong medicine.
(A) Original, easily recognizable symbols
PTP sheets with original symbols based on formulation and disease characteristics.
(B) GS1 code for each tablet
A GS1 DataBar barcode is displayed on the back of the PTP sheet to reduce the burden on pharmacists seeking to avoid mistakes when dispensing.
GS1 DataBar Barcodes
GS1 codes are a global standard adopted in 2010. DataBar barcodes are a GS1 code type that enables per sheet management of product name, content, volume and number of tablets.
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(C) Pitch control (fixed position printing)
Facilitates identification of product name, active ingredient and the name “DSEP.”
(D) Other innovations
Montelukast Powder uses a rounded, easy-to-open stick package.
(3) Innovative Box Design
Some of the new products will be in “iPackage” boxes that make various types of information available for confirmation at the time of dispensing.
About Daiichi Sankyo Espha
Based on the spirit of the Daiichi Sankyo Group corporate mission* of supplying pharmaceuticals to address diverse medical needs, Daiichi Sankyo Espha provides innovative high value-added generic drugs characterized by ingenious formulations and labeling as well as authorized generic drugs, which are manufactured from the same substances and additives, with the same manufacturing methods, in the same plant as the original drugs. Daiichi Sankyo Espha strives to provide pharmaceuticals that offer users peace of mind by fulfilling the most important pharmaceutical criteria of quality, information, and stable supply while delivering the economic benefits of generic drugs.
*Daiichi Sankyo Group corporate mission: To contribute to the enrichment of quality of life around the world through the creation of innovative pharmaceuticals and through the provision of pharmaceuticals addressing diverse medical needs.
Daiichi Sankyo Espha Company Overview
Company name: Daiichi Sankyo Espha Co., Ltd.
Established: April 1, 2010
Business: Manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals
Capital: 450 million yen
Representative: President Hiroto Yoshiwaka
Headquarters: 3-5-1, Nihonbashi, Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Website: http://www.daiichisankyo-ep.co.jp/