SAWAI's Product Lines
Representative Sawai Value-added Innovations marketed in Japan
Drug usability is an important issue in Japan. At Sawai, we address a diverse range of patient needs using the following methods and devices to improve drug bitterness, shape, delivery and more.
Design of products
easily taken by patients
Change of dosage form
Reformulation of large, hard-to-swallow capsules into tablets
Smaller sized tablets
Resizing large, hard-to-swallow tablets into smaller tablets
OD tablets
Development of Orally Disintegrating Tablets
Enhancements that facilitate prescription
and dispensing for healthcare providers
Easy to split
Scored tablets easy to split
Improved stability
Improved stability against humidity, temperature, light etc.
Improvements of safe medication practices based
on reducing medical errors
Better containers
New, high-safety containers that protect against breakage
Pre-filled syringes / Pre-mixed bags
Switch to ready-to-use medical products
Clear displays
Clear descriptions of drug names, and effects included in packaging
Around 300 high-quality generic drugs with around 800 strengths
Various forms of medication
- Tablets
- Oral dispersing tablets
- Capsules
- Granule
- Injectables
- Tape
- Ophthalmic / nasal solution
- Syrup etc.
Covering all therapeutic areas
- Cardiovascular
- Gastro-intestinal
- Blood / body fluid
- Other metabolic
- Antibiotics
- Central nervous system
- Antiallergics
- Chemotherapeutics
- Vitamins
- Anti-cancer etc.