Kissei Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical company based in

Matsumoto, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is designated as a core city since 1 April 2021. , the city had a population of 239,466 in 105,207 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city ...

, Japan. Products discovered or developed by Kissei include: * Difelikefalin *

Fostamatinib Fostamatinib, sold under the brand names Tavalisse and Tavlesse, is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor medication for the treatment of chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The drug is administered by mouth. Fostamatinib blocks the activity of the ...

(trade name Tavalisse) *

Linzagolix Linzagolix, sold under the brand name Yselty, is a medication used in the treatment of uterine fibroids.https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/yselty-epar-product-information_en.pdf Linzagolix is a small-molecule, non-peptid ...

Mitiglinide Mitiglinide (INN, trade name Glufast) is a drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Mitiglinide belongs to the meglitinide (glinide) class of blood glucose-lowering drugs and is currently co-marketed in Japan by Kissei and Takeda is a Jap ...

(Glufast) * Remogliflozin etabonate *

Silodosin Silodosin (known by the trade names Silosoft in India, Urief in Japan, Rapaflo in North America, and Silodyx or Niksol in the European Union) is a medication for the symptomatic treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). It acts as an α1- ...

(Urief) *

Tranilast Tranilast (INN, brand name Rizaben) is an antiallergic drug. It was developed by Kissei Pharmaceuticals and was approved in 1982 for use in Japan and South Korea for bronchial asthma. Indications for keloid and hypertrophic scar were added in ...

(Rizaben) In March 2020, Kissei and CG Oncology, Inc. announced an exclusive license, development, and commercialization agreement for CG's oncolytic immumotherapy drug CG0070. The agreement covered Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and other Asian countries, but not China.

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Pharmaceutical companies of Japan Companies based in Nagano Prefecture {{company-stub