Corporate History
Angfa started business in 1987 as an importer of aging care products, including foreign cosmetics, health foods and pharmaceuticals. In 2001, as its first original product, it worked with AGA clinic doctors to develop MD soap, a shampoo specialized for those clinics’ patients. After winning high praise at the clinics, it went on general sale in 2005 as “SCALP-D Medical Shampoo”. This product, embodying the core needs of the clinic patients, sparked off the hair growth shampoo market in Japan.
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| 1987 |
Angfa Co., Ltd. established. |
| 1991 |
Began importing and exporting products such as cosmetics, health foods, non-medicinal health products, and medical supplies |
| 1999 |
Started joint research of original products with hair specialist clinics. |
| 2001 |
Developed “Medical Soap,” a shampoo to suit a rare scalp type |
| 2003 |
Established the Shinjuku Office in a medical institution. |
| 2004 |
Medical hair growth shampoo “SCALP-D” developed |
| 2005 |
SCALP-D goes on sale. The company’s e-commerce site is opened to accompany this release, and its mail order business begins in earnest. |
| 2008 |
Angfa begins sales of its first original product for women, SCALP-D Ladies. |
| 2009 |
Started hair regeneration medicine “Hair Bank Project” which will be the first step of aging medical care for the future
Establishment of stem cell regeneration therapeutics course at St. Marianna University of Medicine(Donated by Angfa)
Collaborative research and support for hair regeneration medicine in collaboration with the university began |
| 2012 |
The aging care information site “karada aging”, operated under the supervision of specialist doctors, opens. |
| 2013 |
Joint development of Minoxidil preparations with Toa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. begins. |
| 2014 |
Relocated offices to Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| 2015 |
“Preventive Medicine” is adopted as the company’s tag line, and development of food and hormone care products begins.
Our e-commerce site exceeds one million members. |
| 2016 |
The number of drugstores that handle our products reaches approximately 4,500 nationwide. |
| 2017 |
The company celebrates the 30th anniversary of its founding.
The Save Soap Project is launched, providing one bar of soap to developing countries for every one bought.
Angfa’s first food brand, Dr’s Natural Recipe, goes on sale.
The hormone care brand DOU, which regulates the hormone balance problems that are typical of the menopause, goes on sale. |
| 2018 |
SCALP-D Medical Minox 5, a category 1 OTC medicine containing minoxidil, goes on sale. |
