Rohto Pharmaceutical

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Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Native name	ロート製薬株式会社
Romanized name	Rōto Seiyaku kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 4527
Industry	FMCG Pharmaceuticals
Founded	Higashinari-ku, Osaka, Japan (September 15, 1949 (1949-09-15), to reorganize "Shintendo, Yasutami Yamada pharmaceutical Company")
Founder	Yasutami Yamada
Headquarters	Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Key people	Kunio Yamada (chair and CEO, great-grandson of the founder) Masashi Sugimoto (president and COO)
Revenue	¥120,292 million (FY 2011)[* 1] ¥115,472 million (FY 2010)
Operating income	¥13,624 million (FY 2011)[* 1] ¥13,105 million (FY 2010)
Net income	¥8,184 million (FY 2011)[* 1] ¥7,966 million (FY 2010)
Total assets	¥136,008 million (FY 2011)[* 1] ¥126,472 million (FY 2010)
Total equity	¥83,627 million (FY 2011)[* 1] ¥77,911 million (FY 2010)
Number of employees	7,259 (as of March 31, 2024)
Subsidiaries	Mentholatum Rohto Advanced Research Hong Kong Ltd
Website	www.rohto.co.jp/global/
Footnotes / references ^ a b c d e "Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012" (PDF). Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. May 11, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (ロート製薬株式会社, Rōto Seiyaku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a multinational corporation specializing in fast-moving consumer goods and pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan.^[1] While the company's primary focuses are skin and eye care products, they also produce cosmetics, food supplements, and over-the-counter medications.^[1]

In 1975, Rohto gained trademark rights to Mentholatum from The Mentholatum Company Inc., allowing the sale of Mentholatum-branded products.^[2] Rohto acquired The Mentholatum Company Inc. in June 1988.^[2][3]

Rohto has two production plants in Japan and six across the US, UK, China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. Rohto entered the Vietnamese market in 1997 to serve the Asia Pacific region. In mid-2010, Rohto entered the Indian and Bangladeshi markets.

In 2024 Rohto Pharmaceutical entered into a partnership with the Austrian Sigmapharm Group aimed to expand the production and distribution of ophthalmic drugs and medical products across Europe, with Rohto Pharmaceutical investing nearly €30 million in research, development, production, and sales.^[4]

Yasutami Yamada (山田 安民) founded "Japanese: 信天堂山田安民薬房, lit. 'Shintendo Yamada Yasutami Pharmacy'" in Osaka, on February 22, 1899.^[2] ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co. is the largest company in Japan's OTC drugs market, commanding a 40% share in the eye-drop sector.^[3] The name "Rohto" was inspired by August von Rothmund,^{[note 1]} a German ophthalmologist who was a professor for Toyotaro Inoue (井上 豊太郎, Inoue Toyotarō), a Japanese ophthalmologist.

• Rohto global website (in English)
• Rohto Products Information/樂敦產品中文介紹 (in Chinese)
• Rohto eyedrops website