Kyowa Kirin Corporate Website Renewal

Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 2019 --- Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, 4151, President & CEO: Masashi Miyamoto, "Kyowa Kirin") announces the renewal of its corporate website today.

We have changed our company name today to Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. in order to nurture a greater sense of unity among the Kyowa Kirin Group, promote further recognition of the Kyowa Kirin brand around the world, and achieve further growth as a global specialty pharmaceutical company.

Accordingly, this website renewal has been optimized for user convenience and is compatible with a variety of devices, including smartphones and tablets. And also from the perspective of users, both the Japanese and English websites were examined in terms of policy and placement of information. This was then incorporated into the design to make it easier for users to obtain the information relating to Kyowa Kirin that they are looking for.

"As our business expands more and more globally," said Toshifumi Mikayama, Ph.D., Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer of Kyowa Kirin, "to renew our current corporate websites is strategically significant for us to disclose various information and a more unified message of KYOWA KIRIN as a global specialty pharmaceutical company for all stakeholders."

The Kyowa Kirin Group companies strive to contribute to the health and well-being of people around the world by creating new value through the pursuit of advances in life sciences and technologies.