Regarding ISO9001 Certification Acquired by TS Alfresa Corporation

TS Alfresa Corporation (Headquarters: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President: Takushi Takahashi), a subsidiary of our company engaged in the wholesale of ethical pharmaceuticals, has acquired ISO9001 certification, an international standard for quality management systems, at its Logistics Division's Ube Logistics Center. We are pleased to announce this as follows.

The Alfresa Group states in its group philosophy, "We will always provide safe and reliable products and services, and strive to improve customer satisfaction." Furthermore, in the business strategy for the ethical pharmaceutical wholesale business under the "25–27 Medium-Term Management Plan: Vision2032 Stage 2 - Opening up the Future with Comprehensive Strength," we have set "Building a logistics system demanded by stakeholders" as a theme, and are actively promoting automation, mechanization, and further quality improvement at our logistics centers. As part of strengthening distribution quality, we are promoting the acquisition of ISO9001 certification across the entire group, and the Ube Logistics Center of TS Alfresa Corporation's Logistics Division has newly acquired this certification. As a result, the number of ISO9001-certified business sites in our group's logistics division has reached 19 across 8 companies.

The group will continue to promote efforts to acquire ISO certification across the entire group and strive to improve the satisfaction of our customers and business partners.