History
MEDIPAL was formed through the April 2000 merger of three pharmaceutical wholesalers with over a century of experience, the oldest of which began business operations in 1898. The MEDIPAL Group has sustained its growth through the expansion of its business scale and through innovation.
Today, the Company provides services throughout Japan through a network of more than 300 bases–in locations as far north as Hokkaido and as far south as Okinawa.
Regarding a range of products that includes pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, clinical diagnostics, cosmetics, daily necessities, and raw ingredients for food processing, we are carrying out our social mission of reliably delivering products essential to people’s safety and peace of mind, when they need them, even during emergencies. We have been carrying out this mission for over a century now, and we have no intention of changing.
| October 1898 | Foundation of the company |
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| May 1923 | Sanseido Co., Ltd. established |
| July 1947 | TOKYO PHARMACEUTICAL Co., Ltd. established |
| January 1949 | KURAYA CORPORATION established |
| September 1995 | Sanseido Co., Ltd. listed on Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| September 1997 | Sanseido Co., Ltd. listed on First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| April 2000 | Sanseido Co., Ltd. merged with KURAYA CORPORATION and TOKYO PHARMACEUTICAL Co., Ltd. to establish KURAYA SANSEIDO Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo) |
| February 2001 | SENSHU YAKUHIN CO., LTD. (Akita-shi, Akita) begins pharmaceutical wholesale business |
| March 2003 | USHIODA SANGOKUDO YAKUHIN CO., LTD. (Mito-shi, Ibaraki) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
| September 2003 | IZUTSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Kyoto-shi, Kyoto) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary HEISEI YAKUHIN CO., LTD. (Gifu-shi, Gifu) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
| February 2004 | KURAYA SANSEIDO enters into a business alliance with YONYAKU CO., LTD. (Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa) and NAKAZAWA UJIKE PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Kochi-shi, Kochi) |
| April 2004 | EVERLTH Co., Ltd. (Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima) and ATOL Co., Ltd. (Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka) become wholly owned subsidiaries and the MEDICEO Group is inaugurated |
| May 2004 | NAKAGAWA SEIKODO CO., LTD. (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
| October 2004 | After spinning off its prescription pharmaceutical wholesale and other businesses, the company becomes an holding company and changes its corporate name to MEDICEO Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| April 2005 | Chiyaku Co., Ltd. (Chiba-shi, Chiba) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of MEDICEO Holdings |
| July 2005 | MEDICEO Holdings acquires an equity position in SHIKOKU YAKUGYO CO., LTD. |
| October 2005 | MEDICEO Holdings integrates its management with PALTAC CORPORATION and changes its corporate name to Mediceo Paltac Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| Janualy 2007 | MARUZEN YAKUHIN CO., LTD. (Kita Hiroshima-shi, Hokkaido) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
| January 2008 | KOBASHOU. CO., LTD. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
| October 2009 | Mediceo Paltac Holdings separates its prescription pharmaceutical wholesale business (purchasing, distribution, information system, customer support and other functions) and changes its name to MEDIPAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION. KURAYA SANSEIDO Inc., which takes over the prescription pharmaceutical wholesale business, merges with SENSHU YAKUHIN CO., LTD., USHIODA KURAYA SANSEIDO Inc., YAMAHIRO KURAYA SANSEIDO Inc., HEISEI YAKUHIN CO., LTD. and IZUTSU KURAYA SANSEIDO Inc., and changes its corporate name to MEDICEO CORPORATION |
| December 2014 | Sakurai Tsusho Corporation (Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
| January 2016 | ASTEC Co.,Ltd. (Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
| April 2016 | The food processing raw materials and food additives businesses of MP AGRO CO.,LTD. is transferred to Sakurai Tsusho Corporation. Sakurai Tsusho changes its company name to MEDIPAL FOODS CORPORATION |
| May 2016 | SPLine Corporation established |
| October 2020 | PharField Corporation established |
| April 2022 | MEDISKET CORPORATION established |
| April 2022 | Transitioned to the “prime market” due to a review of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's market divisions |
| March 2023 | Sumitomo Pharma Food & Chemical Co., Ltd.(Osaka-shi,Osaka) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
| April 2023 | Toshichi Inc.(Sasebo-shi,Nagasaki) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
| May 2024 | PreMedica Inc.(Minato-ku,Tokyo) and FloraDiscovery Inc.(Minato-ku,Tokyo)become a wholly owned subsidiary |
| April 2023 | PRESUSCUBE Corporation(Shinjyuku-ku,Tokyo) becomes a subsidiary |
- The company names and addresses of the headquarters of these companies are as of the date indicated.
Paltac Co., Ltd. (currently, PALTAC Corpora&on); Nakagawa Seikodo (currently, MM Corpora&on); MARUZEN YAKUHIN CO., LTD. (currently, MP AGRO CO., LTD.); Sakurai Tsusho Corporation (currently, MEDIPAL FOODS CORPORATION).Sumitomo Pharma Food & Chemical Co., Ltd.(currently, MP Gokyo Food ＆ Chemical Co., Ltd.) The addresses of the headquarters of Shikoku Yakugyo Co., Ltd., and Yonyaku Co., Ltd., are currently in Matsuyama-shi, Ehime Prefecture. - January 2006: Kuraya Sanseido Co., Ltd. (currently, Mediceo) absorbed Chaku Co., Ltd., in a merger.
- April 2008: Paltac Co., Ltd., (currently, PALTAC Corpora&on) absorbed Kobasho Co., Ltd., in a merger.