Teijin Pharma Of Japan Expands Home Healthcare Business Overseas
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Tokyo-based Teijin Pharma has accelerated expansion of its home medical care business in the U.S., Europe and Korea. In January, the company acquired Buffalo, New York-based Associated Healthcare Systems, and started providing medical devices to treat adult sleep apnea syndrome. In Europe, Teijin plans to enter the oxygen concentrators and sleep apnea syndrome therapy markets and it aims to establish a joint venture with a European pharmaceutical company this summer. In Korea, Teijin established a joint venture that offers oxygen concentrators rental service with a local pharmaceutical company. (Click here for more - Japanese language) "Teijin Pharma Speeds Up Expansion of Home Healthcare To Overseas" - Nikkan Kogyo News (4/23/08)