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
Mitsubishi Tanabe and Osaka University establish JV BIKEN Co. Ltd.