Santen Corporate (EN)

Philosophy & Vision

Realizing Happiness with Vision

The Happiest Life for every individual, through the Best Vision Experience

As a global pharmaceutical company committed to eye health, Santen aspires to contribute to the realization of “Happiness with Vision” by providing valuable products and services to patients, consumers, and medical professionals around the world.

 

Santen’s Strengths

By focusing on ophthalmology over many years, we have cultivated distinctive expertise and organizational capabilities, and honed our ability to maximize product creation and product value. Leveraging these strengths, we address the wide range of unmet needs that still exist across ophthalmic disease areas and provide optimal ophthalmic care to people around the world.

 
 

Ophthalmic Expertise Built Over Many Years

 

Patient-Centric Solutions

 

Networks with the Ophthalmic Community

Santen Business Activities

Santen conducts research and development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing of pharmaceuticals in the ophthalmology field on a global basis, supporting eye health for people around the world.
Building on our deep expertise in ophthalmology, we strive to deliver value by addressing the unmet needs of patients and the ophthalmic healthcare community through our products and services. Our product portfolio comprises more than 70 products, covering a broad range of ophthalmic diseases, and is currently available in over 60 countries and regions.

What We Do
 

History of Santen

Founded in Osaka in 1890, Santen launched its first eye drop product "Daigaku Eye Drops" in 1899. At the time, many people in Japan suffered from eye diseases, and the product quickly gained widespread acceptance across the country.
In the 1950s, Santen entered the prescription pharmaceutical business and has since contributed to improving patients’ eye health through the expansion of its product lineup. From the 1990s onward, the Company accelerated its global expansion, strengthening its manufacturing and sales operations in Asia and Europe, and has steadily continued to grow its business in overseas markets.

History of Santen

Santenの歴史