- Company name
- Ethic Co., Ltd.
- Location
- 18, Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Zip code: 102-0082
Tel: +81-(3)-3234-3300
Fax: +81-(3)-3234-3394
See location in Google Maps - Capital
- 215 million yen (approx. 2.38 million US dollars)
- Establishment
- December 1984
(SMO business started in November 1998) - Employees
- 282 (as of April 2013, including temporary staff)
231 CRCs including:
42 Pharmacists
82 Clinical laboratory technicians
35 Nurses
16 Managerial dieticians / dieticians
Note: Some CRCs are counted in more than one category above.
- Representative Director
- Shitotomo Yamauchi
- Business
- SMO (Site-Management Organization)
Representative and consignment services for clinical trials at medical institutions - Sales
- FY2012: 2,009 million yen
(approx: 22.3 million US dollars)
FY2011: 1,550 million yen
(approx: 17.2 million US dollars)
FY2010: 1,826 million yen
(approx: 20.2 million US dollars)
FY2009: 1,779 million yen
(approx: 19.7 million US dollars)
FY2008: 1,770 million yen
(approx: 19.6 million US dollars)
Note: Sales amount earmarked based on received credit for clinical trials completed each year.
- Main financing bank
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. - Member organizations
- Cooperative clinical development support network (SMONA)
SMONA (Strategic Management and Operation Network Association)
Japan SMO Association (JASMO) - Approval license
- General worker dispatch business
Code: General 13-011387
Acquired on January 1, 2004
Note:
US dollar calculations based on 1 US dollar = 90 yen exchange rate
Management Team
| Position | Name | Qualifications | Prior company | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative Director | Shitotomo Yamauchi | Doctor of Science, Pharmacist | Major phamaceutical company and medical institutions (Director of Pharmacy) | Founder of Ethic and patent holder of Pirfenidone, an antifibrotic medicine |
| Executive Managing Director | Hisamasa Noda | Pharmacist | Major pharmaceutical company | |
| Executive Managing Director | Masami Funatsu | Pharmacist | Major pharmaceutical company | |
| Executive Director | Yasutomo Yamauchi | MBA, Degree in Physics | Machinery manufacturer | |
| Director | Michiko Yamauchi | Nurse | Hemodialysis institutions (Chief Nurse) | |
| Director | Haruko Yamada | Clinical laboratory technician | University hospital | |
| Director | Yuuji Kawaminami | Pharmacist | Mid-tier pharmaceutical company and CRO | |
| Director | Yasuhiro Yamaguchi | Business Administration | Site Management Organization |