TOKU-E Company
Type	Private Corporation
Founded	1981
Location	Bellingham, WA, USA Bellingham, Washington Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
Key people	Q Pan Founder and President
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TOKU-E is a supplier of high-purity antibiotics for both pharmaceuticals as active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and for biotechnology applications as selective antimicrobial reagents.
TOKU-E’s facilities include locations in the United States, Europe, China and Singapore.

History

TOKU-E Company was formed in 1981 in Tokyo, Japan and employs engineers and specialists from all over the world in manufacturing facilities on almost every continent. Throughout the 80's, TOKU-E concentrated on fermentation

Fermentation

Fermentation may refer to:* Fermentation , the use of fermentation in food preparation* Fermentation , a metabolic process whereby electrons released from nutrients are ultimately transferred to molecules obtained from the breakdown of those same nutrients* Fermentation , the process of...

 products. In the 90's, TOKU-E expanded efforts into biotechnology

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...

 and pharmaceutical research in comparative gene study and site specific mutations of antibiotics producing microorganisms through both private and public contract research, and gradually became a reputable supplier of antibiotics for biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceuticals are medical drugs produced using biotechnology. They include proteins , nucleic acids and living microorganisms like virus and bacteria where the virulence of viruses and bacteria is reduced by the process of attenuation, they can be used for therapeutic or in vivo diagnostic...

, diagnostic and biotechnology

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...

research.

TOKU-E Company has recently formed a grant-making foundation in Singapore, TOKU-E Foundation, to promote information sharing, compound sharing and some technology sharing for antimicrobials. TOKU-E Foundation will provide funding to public research organizations for antibiotic resistant related studies.