Medipal Holdings

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Medipal Holdings Corporation

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ISIN JP3268950007
founding 1898
Seat Chūō , Tokyo Prefecture , JapanJapanJapan 
management Shuichi Watanabe (President and CEO )
Number of employees 14,208
sales 3.15 trillion Yen (~ 25 billion euros )
Branch Pharmaceutical trade
Website www.medipal.co.jp/english
As of March 31, 2018

The Medipal Holdings Corporation is a Japanese pharmaceutical wholesaler headquartered in Chuo . Medipal sources pharmaceutical products, cosmetics and nutritional additives from over 5,000 suppliers and supplies them to its more than 240,000 customers. The company's customer base includes hospitals and pharmacies as well as drug stores and food manufacturers. There are over 300 branches in Japan.

The first predecessor company of today's Medipal Holdings Corporation was founded in 1898. Through a merger of the three pharmaceutical wholesalers Sanseido Co., Kuraya Corporation and Tokyo Pharmaceutical Co. in April 2000, the Kuraya Sanseido Inc. was established in October 2009, which was firm Medipal Holdings Corporation adopted.

In the Forbes Global 2000 , Medipal was ranked 1389 in 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. Medipal: Corporate Information , accessed on April 18, 2019
  2. Medipal: Consolidated Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2018 , accessed April 18, 2019
  3. Medipal: Our Business , accessed April 18, 2019
  4. Medipal: History , accessed April 18, 2019
  5. Forbes: Medipal Holdings , accessed on April 18, 2019