Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, R¿to Seiyaku Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tatsumi-nishi, Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan. Yasutami Yamada (¿¿ ¿¿?) founded "Shintendo, Yasutami Yamada Pharmaceutical Company (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿?)", 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, a German ophthalmologist who was a professor of Toyotaro Inoue (¿¿ ¿¿¿?), 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.