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Press Release

 

April 5, 2004


Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Aventis Behring Japan Co., Ltd.
Transfer of Marketing Right for TachoComb
Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Torii) [head office: Tokyo, president: Norihiko Matsuo] and Aventis Behring Japan Co., Ltd. (ABJ) [head office: Tokyo, president: Hermann Strenger] have agreed that Torii will transfer the marketing right for TachoComb, a biological tissue conglutination dressing sheet, to ABJ.

Upon completion of the proceedings for transferring the import approval of TachoComb, ABJ will assume responsibility for the product and provide relevant information (in October according to the present plan). Torii will continue to perform these activities until that time.

This transfer of marketing right for TachoComb will be realized as a result of the concordance of Torii's business policy of reviewing product strategies for blood products and ABJ's business policy of further reinforcement of product lines in its business specializing in blood products.

[Overview of the product]
Product name: TachoComb, a biological tissue conglutination dressing sheet
Importer: Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Affiliate (manufacturer): Nycomed Austria GmbH
Date of launch: April 1999

(Reference data)
Profile of Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Date of establishment: November 1921
Address of the head office: 4-1 Nihonbashi-Honcho 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Norihiko Matsuo, President and Representative Director
Capital: 5,190 million yen (as of the end of March 2003)
Description of business: Production, sales, import and export of pharmaceutical products, medical devices, and reagents, and real estate (rental) business

Profile of Aventis Behring Japan Co., Ltd.
Date of establishment: February 2000
Address of the head office: 1-13-1, Kachidoki, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Hermann Strenger, Representative Director and President
Capital: 50 million yen (as of the end of March 2003)
Description of business: Manufacture, distribution and import of drugs
     

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