JT:4523 Eisai Co., Ltd
Eisai Co., Ltd. engages in the research and development, manufacture, sale, and import and export of pharmaceuticals. It develops Fycompa, an antiepileptic drug in the neurology area that is approved as an adjunctive therapy for partial-onset seizures in Japan, the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company is also approved for use as monotherapy for the treatment of partial onset seizures in the United States; and as an adjunctive therapy for primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in Japan, the United States, Europe, and Asia. It also offers Aricept for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease/dementia with Lewy bodies worldwide; and BELVIQ, an antiobesity agent in the United States. In addition, it develops Halaven, an anticancer agent in the oncology area for use in the treatment of breast cancer in approximately 65 countries and also for use in the treatment of malignant soft tissue sarcoma in 50 countries; and Lenvima, an anticancer agent for use in the treatment of thyroid cancer in Japan, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Further, the company has been approved as combination therapy with everolimus for use in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma in the United States and Europe. It has a strategic collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc. for Lenvima in the oncology and dementia fields; and a collaboration agreement with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to develop the combination therapy of Lenvima and Opdivo for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. The company was formerly known as Nihon Eisai Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Eisai Co., Ltd. in 1955. Eisai Co., Ltd. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.This company has ADRs that trade in the U.S. as the symbol ESALY.
7,167.00 JPY
As of 03/24/2023
Security Information
Category1: Global Equity
Category2: Common stocks
Category3: Developed markets ex-US
GICS sector: Health Care
Industry: Drug Manufacturers-Specialty &
Index country: Japan
Country of incorporation: Japan
IPO date: 01/04/1984
Stock exchange: Tokyo Stock Exchange
Exchange country: Japan
Market cap: 1,564,882,108,416 JPY
Current dividend yield: 2.93%
Sedol: 6307200