| Type | kabushiki gaisha |
|---|---|
| Traded as | TYO: 4527 OSE: 4527 |
| Industry | pharmaceutical industry |
| Founded | Higashinari-ku, Osaka, Japan (September 15, 1949, to reorganize "Shintendo, Yasutami Yamada pharmaceutical Company") |
| Founder(s) | Yasutami Yamada |
| Headquarters | 8-1 Tatsumi-nishi Itchōme, Ikuno-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Key people | Kunio Yamada (chair and CEO, great-grandson of the founder) Toshiaki Yoshino (president and COO) |
| Revenue | ¥115,472 million (FY 2010) |
| Operating income | ¥13,405 million (FY 2010) |
| Net income | ¥7,966 million (FY 2010) |
| Total assets | ¥126,472 million (FY 2010) |
| Total equity | ¥77,911 million (FY 2010) |
| Employees | 4,878 (March 2010) |
| Website | www.rohto.co.jp/global/ |
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (ロート製薬株式会社 Rōto Seiyaku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tatsumi-nishi, Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan. Yasutami Yamada (山田 安民) founded "Shintendo, Yasutami Yamada Pharmaceutical Company (信天堂山田安民薬房)", the predecessor of Rohto, in Shimizucho, Higashi-ku (present: Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku), Osaka on February 22, 1899.
Yamada sold "Rohto Eyedrops" in 1909. "Rohto" was named after August von Rothmund[note 1], a German ophthalmologist who was a professor of Toyotaro Inoue (井上 豊太郎), a Japanese ophthalmologist.
Rohto is also the owner of American-based company Mentholatum, the makers of Softlips lip-care products and WellPatch heat rub products.