Mitsubishi Tanabe and Osaka University establish JV BIKEN Co. Ltd.
Osaka University’s BIKEN Foundation sold 33,4 of its shares to Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and agreed to initiate a joint venture as of Sept. 1 which will manufacture and sell vaccines. Mitsubishi Tanabe has been the distributor of BIKEN Foundation vaccines for over 50 years. Mitsubishi Tanabe news release, September 4, 2017