For Immediate Release

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Joji Nakayama, Representative Director, President and CEO
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Please address inquiries to Noriaki Ishida, Executive Officer,
Vice President, Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com/

Daiichi Sankyo’s “R&D Day 2015”

Tokyo, Japan (December 14, 2015) - Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) will hold its “R&D Day 2015” at its Tokyo headquarters at 3pm JST on Monday, December 14, 2015.

Dr. Glenn Gormley, Senior Executive Officer and Global R&D Head, will give a briefing about Daiichi Sankyo research and development activities to media, security analysts, and institutional investors. Topics will include an update on Daiichi Sankyo’s late stage innovative product pipeline and its R&D strategies for oncology.

Following the event, a video of “R&D Day 2015” will be available on the Daiichi Sankyo corporate website via the following link:

https://www.daiichisankyo.com/media_investors/investor_relations/ir_calendar/detail/005286.html