Eiken Chemical

Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd.
Native name	栄研化学株式会社
Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 4549
ISIN	JP3160700005
Industry	Pharmaceutical
Founded	February 20, 1939
Headquarters	Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8408, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Morifumi Wada; (President and CEO)
Products	Clinical diagnostic products; Reagents;
Revenue	JPY 35 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 315 million) (FY 2017)
Net income	JPY 2.6 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 23.5 million) (FY 2017)
Number of employees	659 (as of March 31, 2018)
Website	Official website
	Footnotes / references; [1][2]

Eiken Chemical (栄研化学株式会社, Eiken Kagaku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company headquartered in Tokyo, established in 1939. The company's business is manufacturing and sales of clinical diagnostics and equipment.

Eiken biochemical laboratories in Nogi, Tochigi Prefecture

Eiken's major products include fecal immunochemical test reagents, immunological and serological reagents, microbiological reagents, urinalysis test strips, clinical chemistry reagents, molecular genetics, medical devices and industrial products.[3]

The company in 1998 developed the Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method, a nucleic acid amplification method, which is one of the most valuable tools in virtually all life science fields.[4]

References

"Corporate Profile". Eiken Chemical. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
"Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
"Bridge Report — Eiken Chemical (4549)". BRIDGE REPORT. Investment Bridge Co., Ltd. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
Gupta, Varsha; Sengupta, Manjistha; Prakash, Jaya; Tripathy, Baishnab Charan (October 22, 2016). Basic and Applied Aspects of Biotechnology. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 222. ISBN 978-981-10-0875-7.

External links

Eiken Chemical website (in English)

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[1] "Corporate Profile". Eiken Chemical. Retrieved May 24, 2018.

[Nikkei-2] "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved May 24, 2018.

[3] "Bridge Report — Eiken Chemical (4549)". BRIDGE REPORT. Investment Bridge Co., Ltd. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[4] Gupta, Varsha; Sengupta, Manjistha; Prakash, Jaya; Tripathy, Baishnab Charan (October 22, 2016). Basic and Applied Aspects of Biotechnology. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 222. ISBN 978-981-10-0875-7.