For Immediate Release

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Joji Nakayama, President and Representative Director
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges)
Please address inquiries to Toshiaki Sai, General Manager,
Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com/

Daiichi Sankyo Announces Organizational Changes in the Group

Tokyo, Japan (August 26, 2011) – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today announced the following Daiichi Sankyo Group organization changes in Japan.

 

1. Overview of changes

(1) DAIICHI SANKYO HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.

Sales Division

a) Branch reorganization

The current 12 Sales Division branches will be consolidated into 7 (East Japan, Kitakanto, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Chu-Shikoku, and Kyushu) to accommodate mass retailers that cover wide areas.

 

b) Renaming of the Special Channel Sales Department as the Market Development Department

As part of the renaming, the Market Development Group in the Chain Store Sales Department will be transferred to the Market Development Department to focus on sales channels other than drugstores and pharmacies.