Yoshihiro Arai

Part of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Amgen KK is a wholly owned Japanese affiliate of Amgen Inc., one of the largest independent biotechnology companies in the world. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. Amgen KK focuses on disease areas with significant unmet medical needs, including cardiometabolic, oncological, bone, inflammation/immune and neurological diseases. Currently, approximately 600 employees engage in activities from clinical development to sales with the mission of "to serve patients – doing everything we can now, for the patients." The Japanese company was founded by Fuminori Yoshida. Amgen KK was acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. from Amgen, Inc. on March 31, 2008 for $16.58 million.