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History of Fine Chemical Business
*Our Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals Business inherited the chemicals business operated by our former company Daiichi Pure Chemicals.
| 1947 | Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd. was founded on July 10th. Production of "Hydrosulfite", "Lactic acid", and "Ethyl Lactate" at Yanagishima Plant started. |
| 1948 | Production of diagnostic reagent "Sulfosalicylic acid" started. |
| 1953 | Production of metal chelating reagent "ZONON®" started. |
| 1954 | Production of active pharmaceutical ingredient "p-Aminosalicylic acid" started. |
| 1958 | Marketing of amino acid started. Patent for manufacturing amino acids was obtained. |
| 1960 | Construction of Funabori Factory was completed. |
| 1969 | Production of "L-DOPA" started. |
| 1973 | Property in Hachimantai city, Iwate prefecture (used to be called Matsuo-village) was acquired. |
| 1977 | Pollution prevention agreement with Hachimantai city, Iwate prefecture (used to be called Matsuo-village) was disclosed. |
| 1978 | Construction of Iwate Plant (stage 1) was completed. Dowa Kasei Kogyo was acquired. |
| 1979 | Iwate Plant started operation. |
| 1981 | Construction of Iwate Plant (stage 2) was completed. |
| 1984 | Iwate Plant was inspected by FDA for the first time. |
| 1985 | Funabori Plant was closed and production was integrated into Iwate Plant. Construction of Iwate Plant (stage 3) was completed. |
| 1992 | Construction of anaerobic wastewater treatment plant at Iwate factory was completed. |
| 1994 | "Constitution of Quality's Warranty" by Daiichi Pure Chemical was established. |
| 2000 | Construction of Iwate Plant (stage 4) was completed. |
| 2001 | "ISO14001" certificate was obtained at Iwate Plant. |
| 2004 | "ISO14001" certificate of Iwate Plant was renewed. |
| 2006 | Construction of Iwate Plant (stage 5) was completed. |
| 2007 | "ISO14001" certificate of Iwate Plant was renewed. |
| 2008 | Company name change from Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd. to Sekisui Medical Co., Ltd. Inspection by the EDQM(EU) |
| 2011 | Enhancement of Peptide Medical Business(Sekisui Medical and JITSUBO sign a joint development contract.) 9th inspection by the FDA(October) |
