For Immediate Release

2014.01.24

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Joji Nakayama, President and CEO
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Please address inquiries to Noriaki Ishida, Corporate Officer,
Vice President, Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com/

Regarding the Import Alert on Ranbaxy's Toansa Plant

TOKYO, Japan (January 24, 2014) - Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd.("Daiichi Sankyo"), today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has issued an import alert on January 23 (US time) on Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, manufactured at Toansa facility in Punjab, India ,of  Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited("Ranbaxy").

Daiichi Sankyo is now confirming the situation with Ranbaxy and will announce after getting the more detailed information.

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