Shiseido

Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. (明治製菓株式会社) is the trade name of a pharmaceutical company in Japan. It was known as Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. (Meiji Seikaファルマ株式会社) until March 31, 2011. It is currently a subsidiary of Meiji Holdings. On April 1, 2009, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. and Meiji Dairies Corporation established a joint holding company, Meiji Holdings Co. (TYO: 2269), which is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 index. Two years later on the day, the food and healthcare business was taken over by Meiji Dairies to form "Meiji Co., Ltd.", and Meiji Seika was reorganized to a pharmaceutical company "Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd."[citation needed]It is currently a subsidiary of Meiji Holdings Corporation.