November 28, 2011 - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (DSP) (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan; President: Masayo
Tada) announces the launch of Alzheimer's disease treatment Donepezil hydrochloride
tablets/OD tablets 3mg/5mg “DSP” in Japan, as of December 2, 2011.
In domestic pharmaceuticals, DSP designates the Central Nervous System field as one of its
focus marketing areas, and offers various treatments such as atypical antipsychotics
"LONASEN®
" and "LULLAN®
", Parkinson's disease drug "TRERIEF®
", norepinephrine-activating
neural function ameliorant "DOPS®
", anti-epileptic drug "EXCEGRAN®
", and serotonin-agonist
antianxiety drug "SEDIEL®
". Approximately 230 CNS MRs in the CNS Sales & Marketing
Division newly established in April 2011 are developing activities to provide information on these
products.
DSP decided to handle a CNS generic drug as part of a plan to strengthen its product lineup in the
CNS area. On June 24, 2011, DSP created “Established Products & Chain Pharmacies Groups”
dedicated to generic drugs in the CNS area under CNS Sales and Marketing, each under the
CNS Higashi-Nippon Region, CNS Capital Region, CNS Kinki-Tokai Region and CNS
Nishi-Nippon Region with the aim to promote sales of generic drugs in the CNS area... [PDF] Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma's Press Release -