Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan
Shionogi celebrated the opening of its $246.4 million pharmaceutical research facility in August of 2011. Located in Toyonaka City, Osaka, the 105,476-sf building will consolidate Shionogi's drug discovery research from four separate locations. The Shionogi Pharmaceutical Research Center (SPRC) is designed to foster interaction and collaboration and features advanced instrumentation and laboratory equipment. Construction began on the facility in September of 2008 with completion in July of 2011. The project was designed and built by Takenaka Corporation.
