Eisai Co., Ltd - EII

Eisai Co., Ltd. engages in the research and development, manufacture, sale, and import and export of pharmaceuticals worldwide. It offers Halaven and Lenvima, an anticancer agent; Aloxi, an antiemetic agent; Aricept, a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease; Fycompa, an antiepileptic agent; Methycobal for peripheral neuropathy treatment; BELVIQ for anti-obesity treatment; and LYRICA for neuropathic pain treatment. The company also provides Lunesta, a non-benzodiazepine hypnotic agent for insomnia treatment; Pariet, a proton pump inhibitor; HUMIRA, a human anti-TNF-a monoclonal antibody; and epilepsy franchise products, including Zonegran, Zebinix, Fycompa, and Inovelo, which are antiepileptic agents. In addition, it offers Inovelon/BANZEL for the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome; Actonel, an osteoporosis treatment; and Stronger Neo-Minophagen C/Glycyron tablets for liver disease/allergic disease treatment. The company has strategic partnerships with Quintiles Inc. for developing six types of anticancer compound candidates; and Epizyme, Inc. to discover, develop, and commercialize therapeutics targeting EZH2, an epigenetic enzyme, for the treatment of lymphoma and other cancers in genetically defined patients. It also has collaboration agreement with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to develop Lenvima (lenvatinib mesylate), a multi-kinase inhibitor, as well as Opdivo, a human anti-human programmed cell death-1 monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma; and Merck & Co., Inc. to develop and commercialize Lenvima. The company was formerly known as Nihon Eisai Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Eisai Co., Ltd. in 1955. Eisai Co., Ltd. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.