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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese pharmaceutical company

Pharmaceutical company

The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs licensed for use as medications. Pharmaceutical companies are allowed to deal in generic and/or brand medications and medical devices...

 best known for developing Crestor. Medical supply and brand name also uses Shionogi ("シオノギ").

Shionogi has business roots that date back to 1878, and was incorporated in 1919. Among the medicines produced are for hyperlipidaemia, antibiotics, and cancer medicines.

In Japan it is particularly known as a producer of antimicrobial and antibiotics. Because of antibiotic resistance and slow growth of the antibiotic market, it has teamed up with US based Schering-Plough

Schering-Plough

Schering-Plough Corporation was a United States-based pharmaceutical company. It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering as Schering AG in Germany. In 1971, the Schering Corporation merged with Plough to form Schering-Plough. On November 4, 2009 Merck & Co...

 to become a sole marketing agent for its products in Japan.

Shionogi had supported the initial formation of Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, a generic manufacturer based in India.

Medicines

• Claritin, marketed in alliance with Schering-Plough.
• Crestor, cholesterol drug
• Nitrazepam
  Nitrazepam
  Nitrazepam is a type of benzodiazepine drug and is marketed in English-speaking countries under the following brand names: Alodorm, Arem, Insoma, Mogadon, Nitrados, Nitrazadon, Ormodon, Paxadorm, Remnos, and Somnite...
  
  
• Adapalene
  Adapalene
  Adapalene is a third-generation topical retinoid primarily used in the treatment of mild-moderate acne and is also used to treat keratosis pilaris as well as other skin conditions.- History :Adapalene was approved in 1996 by the U.S...
  
  , a topical retinoid for acne
  Acne
  Acne is a general term used for acneiform eruptions. It is usually used as a synonym for acne vulgaris, but may also refer to:*Acne aestivalis*Acne conglobata*Acne cosmetica*Acne fulminans*Acne keloidalis nuchae*Acne mechanica...
  
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• Moxifloxacin
  Moxifloxacin
  Moxifloxacin is a fourth-generation synthetic fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent developed by Bayer AG . It is marketed worldwide under the brand names Avelox, Avalox, and Avelon for oral treatment. In most countries, the drug is also available in parenteral form for intravenous infusion...
  
  

Media

• Shionogi has a close relationship with Fuji Television Network, Inc.
  Fuji Television
  is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
  
  , because Shionogi is the sponsor of "Music Fair
  Music Fair
  Music Fair is a Japanese music show on Fuji Television. It is the longest-running Japanese music show and is currently sponsored by Shionogi.- Hosts :*Fubuki Koshiji *Sachoko Hidari *Yōko Minamida & Hiroyuki Nagato...
  
  " (as of , aired on 17 TV stations including TV Oita System Co.) started in 1964.
• Shionogi was a main sponsor of Team Lotus during the age 1991/1994.