Kowa Kowabo Company, Ltd.

Promoting Health

  • Promoting Health

The Kowa Group will continue to keep people healthy and improve medical care by developing new medications, providing health-related information, and other activities. We also understand that improving our employees’ health is an important issue in corporate management and we will strive to make improvements in health issues.

Promoting R&D and innovation

1.Kowa Company, Ltd. Pharmaceutical Business Unit

1.Kowa Company, Ltd. Pharmaceutical Business Unit

We are engaged in research and development of revolutionary new medications in our laboratories in Japan and the U.S.

2.Promote the Japanese model of self-care

2.Promote the Japanese model of self-care

Kowa promote “Japanese-model self-care” that contributes to extending the healthy life expectancy of people, preventing diseases, etc. and cooperates with the Japan Selfcare Promotion Association. We are making efforts to continue the community and social security system where people can live with peace of mind.

3.Kowa Life Science Foundation

3.Kowa Life Science Foundation

We have established the Kowa Life Science Foundation to support basic research and other studies in life sciences.

4.Quality control

4.Quality control

We work hard to ensure the quality and safety of our medications.

Health information provision and
Health support activities

1.Health and Productivity Management of Kowa Group

1.Health and Productivity Management of Kowa Group

We are engaged in the Health and Productivity Management of Kowa Group by introducing the “Health and Productivity Management Program” which is an integrated approach combining some tools such as a health application “KOWA MILEAGE CLUB” and the “LEBER” application with which you can remotely consult a doctor anywhere and anytime you need.

2.Suita SST

2.Suita SST

The Suita Sustainable Smart Town (Suita SST) is the Sustainable Smart Town project to utilize a former factory site based on the Corporate Real Estate (CRE) strategy developed by local government, partner companies, academia, etc. 

Kowa is focused on “Wellness” which is one of five service areas (Energy, Security, Mobility, Wellness, and Community) covered by Suita SST. By providing a service called “Suita Selfcare Suite Trial” that centrally manages personal health data of the residents involved in Suita SST to assist in improving their health, we support health improvements in view of the “era of the 100-year life”. 

1.TV program

3.TV program

We provide information useful for staying healthy through media such as the TV program “Genki-no-Jikan” (Time for Health).

2.Supporting educational activities for disease prevention

4.Supporting educational activities for disease prevention

We sponsor “Light up in Green” for World Glaucoma Week.
We sponsor activities in Japan for World Diabetes Day.