Kyowa Hakko Kirin

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Kyowa Hakko Kirin is a Japanese pharmaceutical and biotechnology company under the Kirin Holdings.

Kyowa Hakko Kirin is a Japanese pharmaceutical and biotechnology company under the Kirin Holdings, and is among the 40 largest in the world by revenue. The company is headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo and is a member of the Nikkei 225 stock index.

It produces oncology therapies Abstral, Peglasta, Neulasta, Leunase, Mitomycin-C and Sancuso, and nephrolog medicines Aranesp and Pegpara.

Benralizumab for asthma is currently in Phase III trials with Kyowa Kirin.