Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical ^Investors

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical was founded in the mid-19th century under the name of Komatsuya. The company went on to create a large variety of health-related products, and has been the organization responsible for the promotion of new ideas based on its comprehensive system encompassing research, development, manufacturing, and sales. Salonpas was in fact introduced in 1934, and with its outright effectiveness achieved the position of market leadership it continues to hold today. Salonpas was developed through the application of Asahi Mankinko, the prototype therapeutic patch or that we introduced back in 1903.