MediPal Holdings Corporation (7459.T) JPX

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Key Executives

Name	Title	Year Born
Shuichi Watanabe	Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Executive Officer, President & Representative Director	1952
Shinjiro Watanabe	GM of Information Systems Management Division & Director	1972
Toshihide Yoda	Senior MD of Investor Relations, GM of Business Development Department & Director	1963
Toshiyuki Ikeuchi	Executive Officer & Head of Corporate Communications Department, Corporate Planning Division	N/A
Yasuhiro Choufuku	Executive Vice President & Representative Director	1954
Kuniaki Imagawa	Deputy Head of Pharmaceutical Business & Director	1961
Yuji Sakon	MD, GM of Administration Division & Director	1953

Name

Title

Pay

Year Born

Shuichi Watanabe

Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Executive Officer, President & Representative Director

1952

Shinjiro Watanabe

GM of Information Systems Management Division & Director

1972

Toshihide Yoda

Senior MD of Investor Relations, GM of Business Development Department & Director

1963

Toshiyuki Ikeuchi

Executive Officer & Head of Corporate Communications Department, Corporate Planning Division

N/A

Yasuhiro Choufuku

Executive Vice President & Representative Director

1954

Kuniaki Imagawa

Deputy Head of Pharmaceutical Business & Director

1961

Yuji Sakon

MD, GM of Administration Division & Director

1953

Description

Medipal Holdings Corporation, a Tokyo, Japan-based company founded in 1898, primarily specializes in the wholesale distribution of prescription pharmaceuticals throughout Japan. The firm procures a broad spectrum of healthcare products, including medical equipment, materials, and clinical diagnostic reagents, utilized across diagnostics, testing, treatment, and administration, often from the pre-symptomatic stage. It also offers contract-based post-marketing surveillance (PMS) services to manufacturers and strategically invests in products like orphan drugs. Beyond pharmaceuticals, Medipal Holdings diversifies its wholesale activities to encompass cosmetics, daily necessities, and over-the-counter medications. Its extensive product portfolio further includes animal health products for companion animals, raw materials for food processing in the agricultural, fisheries, and livestock sectors, along with livestock feed additives, various seasonings, veterinary medical equipment, packaging materials, and industrial chemicals. The company also provides a comprehensive suite of specialized services. These include conducting contract epidemiological and clinical studies, creating computerized databases for medical supplies and master product data for healthcare facilities, and offering health insurance claims reviews, medical coding dispatch, outsourcing, and remote education. Medipal's operations extend to life and non-life insurance agency services, cleaning management, the full management and operation of distribution centers, commissioned delivery, and worker dispatch. Additionally, it handles the planning, management, administration, and product/service development for its branded Class A health dispensing pharmacies. Serving an expansive client base, Medipal Holdings partners with hospitals, clinics, dispensing pharmacies, drugstores, home centers, convenience stores, supermarkets, discount stores, animal hospitals, livestock and fishery businesses, and processed food manufacturers. The company adopted its current name, Medipal Holdings Corporation in October 2009, having previously operated as Mediceo Paltac Holdings Co., Ltd.