Based on our CORE PRINCIPLE, Santen has been committed to helping people maintain and improve their eye health. We will continue to refine our organizational capabilities by concentrating our efforts in areas where we can demonstrate our strengths, centered on ophthalmology.
Corporate Story
Realizing Happiness with Vision―Improving people’s lives through the best vision experience
As a specialized company dedicated 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.
Since its establishment in Japan in 1890, and guided by its CORE PRINCIPLE, “Tenki ni sanyo suru,” the Company has been committed to helping people maintain and improve their eye health, and has continued to create and innovate. We hone Santen’s unique expertise and organizational capabilities by concentrating our efforts in the area of ophthalmology, where we can demonstrate our strengths. Our strength lies in our outstanding ophthalmic expertise, the patient-centric solutions we create, our network of national and regional talent and ophthalmic communities and partners.
Today, Santen is engaged in global research and development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products in the field of eye care, supporting the eye health of approximately 50 million people in more than 60 countries and regions worldwide. Our duty is to continuously provide novel and significant value to patients and society in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of eye diseases through products and services created from our expertise in the ophthalmology field and from the patient's perspective.
Almost no one goes through life without experiencing an eye disease or related conditions. To create a future in which as many patients as possible can lead happy and fulfilling lives, each of us is deeply committed to challenging ourselves, building an organization that brings together diverse internal talents and external expertise, and to doing our utmost to realize a society in which people everywhere can feel happy through vision-related experience.
Santen’s CORE PRINCIPLE
Our Commitment
As a specialized company dedicated 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.
Our Values
At Santen, people- and patient-centric thinking is the starting point for everything we do.
Santen History
Founded in Osaka in 1890, we have continued to evolve our selection and concentration in the field of eye health, creating and innovating to meet the unmet needs of people and society.
Santen Business Overview
Santen is engaged in the global research and development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products in the field of eye care, supporting the eye health of approximately 50 million people worldwide.
Medium-Term Plan Policy
To maximize the value of our contribution to consumers and patients in our prescription pharmaceuticals business, which is one of our strengths, we are pursuing transformation based on a more robust strategy and organizational management policy.
ESG Materiality
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives are an integral part of our organization. The cornerstone of Santen's sustainability management is to reduce eye-related concerns for people around the world.
Santen Strengths
Our strength lies in the outstanding ophthalmic expertise we have developed over the years, the patient-centric solutions we create, our network of national and regional talent and our ophthalmic communities and partners.
Number of Ophthalmology Patients Worldwide
Almost no one goes through life without experiencing an eye disease or condition. Eye health is also directly or indirectly linked to around half of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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