Kyowa Kirin North America is a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company, where people work together to understand clinical needs and opportunities for innovation that can result in real advances for patients. Since 2018, the North American organization has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market 3 first-in-class medicines – achievements we share with the scientific, medical, and advocacy communities who contributed greatly to the success of these programs.
Our values drive our achievements
At Kyowa Kirin, our Core Values drive us to do everything we can to answer the needs of patients, their families, and medical professionals. We act consistently with these Core Values in mind – Commitment to Life, Innovation, Integrity, and Teamwork/Wa.
Teamwork is at the heart
of our business, and our success
Within our walls and across our industry, collaboration is the way Kyowa Kirin North America does business. Our history of innovation is built on forming and fostering collaborations that accelerate the delivery of new science to patients and heighten the impact of every person involved.
Some collaborations start small and grow to deliver extraordinary results. This has been true throughout Kyowa Kirin’s history. The Kyowa Kirin-Amgen joint venture, which lasted from 1984 until 2017, resulted in the development, worldwide commercialization, and manufacturing of epoetin alfa (marketed as Epogen® in the US, Espo® in Japan), filgrastim (Neupogen® in the US, Gran® in Japan), pegfilgrastim (Neulasta® in the US, G-Lasta® in Japan), and darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp® in the US, NESP® in Japan). Today, Kyowa Kirin continues to enjoy strong, enduring relationships with the La Jolla Institute for Immunology Research and a variety of other business partners focused on advancing discoveries for patients. We also continue to work across our business to find new ideas in need of acceleration.
When you join our team, you become part of an organization that believes in an integrated and collaborative approach to solving problems and achieving goals. We welcome people who share our spirit of innovation and enthusiasm for helping patients to join us.
Kyowa Kirin North America Leadership
Global directors and officers
“Advocating for patients touches me personally and professionally. I love providing patients and caregivers the support they need to make the most informed decisions about their care.”
– Liz Butcher, Associate Director
Patient Advocacy and Communications, Rare Disease