Throughout its 300-year history,
ONO has dedicated itself to developing innovative and breakthrough pharmaceutical products.
A history of 300 years
History
Founding
Founding of the Apothecary “Fushimiya Ichibei” (Fushi-Ichi)
- 1717
- The first Ichibei Ono set up the apothecary “Fushimiya Ichibei” in Doshomachi, Osaka.
- 1934
- Reorganized to an unlimited partnership, and changed the name to “Ono Ichibei Shoten”.
1947
Transition from Ono Ichibei Shoten to ONO PHARMACEUTICAL
- 1947
- ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. was established.
- 1962
- Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange.
- 1963
- Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1968
Working towards Shifting in Marketing and R&D from OTC Drugs to Prescription Drugs
- 1968
- Completion of the Central Research Institute (Current the Minase Research Institute)
Made a world-first success of total synthesis of prostaglandin (PG) as a public corporation.
- 1975
- Completion of the Fujiyama Plant
- 1978
- Completion of the new head office building (Current the head branch)
- 1982
- The London office was opened in the United Kingdom.
- 1985
- Completion of the Fukui Research Institute for safety assessment
- 1990
- The Seattle office was opened in the United States.
- 1994
- The Seoul office was opened in South Korea (Later Seoul Branch).
- 1995
- Completion of the new building for Tokyo Branch (Current the Tokyo Office)
- 1998
- ONO PHARMA UK LTD. and ONO PHARMA USA, INC. were established.
(The London office and the Seattle office developed into ONO PHARMA UK LTD. and ONO PHARMA USA, INC., respectively.)
- 1999
- Completion of the Fujiyama Plant
2003
Delivering Innovative New Drugs to Patients around the World
- 2003
- The Tsukuba Research Institute was opened.
Completion of the new Head Office building
- 2013
- ONO PHARMA KOREA CO., LTD. was established in South Korea
(The Seoul office developed into ONO PHARMA KOREA., LTD.)
- 2014
- ONO PHARMA TAIWAN CO., LTD. was established in Taiwan.
- 2016
- Completion of the new Research Building (The Third Building) in the Minase Research Institute
- 2018
- Completion of the Tokyo Building
- 2019
- Completion of the Yamaguchi Plant
- 2020
- Ono Venture Investment, Inc. was established in the United States.
Ono Venture Investment Fund I, L.P. was established in the United States.
- 2021
- Ono Pharma Healthcare Co., Ltd. was established.
- 2022
- Closure of the Fukui Research Institute. (It's functions were consolidated into the Minase Research Institute.)
Ono Pharma UD Co., Ltd. was established.