Corporate story

Realizing Happiness with Vision

As a specialized company dedicated to eye health, Santen aspires to contribute to the realization of “Happiness with Vision” by providing valuable products and services to patients, consumers, and medical professionals around the world.

Since its establishment in Japan in 1890, and guided by its CORE PRINCIPLE, “Tenki ni sanyo suru,” the Company has been committed to helping people maintain and improve their eye health, and has continued to create and innovate. We hone Santen’s expertise and organizational capabilities by concentrating our efforts in the area of ophthalmology, where we can demonstrate our strengths. Our strength lies in the patient-centric solutions we create, our network of national and regional talent and ophthalmic communities and partners.

Today, Santen is engaged in global research and development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products in the field of eye care. Our aim is to provide novel and significant value to patients and society in the treatment of eye diseases through products and services created from our expertise in the ophthalmology field, taking into consideration the patient's perspective.

Many people may experience an eye disease or related conditions. Our scope is to create a future in which as many patients as possible can lead happy and fulfilling lives, Santen is committed to building an organization that brings together diverse internal talents and external expertise, and doing our utmost to realize a society where people everywhere can feel happy through their vision-related experience.