Press Release

ASKA Pharmaceutical Enters into a Comprehensive Business AllianceAgreement on Femtech
TOKYO, April 24, 2023 - ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo/President, Representative Director: Sohta Yamaguchi, hereinafter referred to as “ASKA”), a
subsidiary of ASKA Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd., announced that ASKA has entered into acomprehensive business alliance agreement with LIFEM Inc. (Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo/President, Representative Director: Seitaro Sugawara, hereinafter referred to as “LIFEM”) on
LIFEM’s corporate Femtech service “LunaLuna Office” that supports health management andwomen’s advancement, as detailed in the attachment.

Media Contacts
ASKA Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd.
Corporate Planning Department
Tel: +81-3-5484-8366
Email: kouhou@aska-pharma.co.jp

News Release
ASKA Pharmaceutical Enters into a Comprehensive Business AllianceAgreement on Femtech
TOKYO, April 24, 2023 - ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo/President, Representative Director: Sohta Yamaguchi, hereinafter referred to as “ASKA”) andLIFEM Inc. (Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo/ President, Representative Director: SeitaroSugawara, hereinafter referred to as “LIFEM”) announced that they have entered into acomprehensive business alliance agreement regarding Femtech.
Since its establishment in 1920, as a specialty pharma company in the field of obstetrics andgynecology, ASKA has been providing products related to women's healthcare, and continues toexpand its product lineup. With its mission of "improving the health issues of working women andrealizing a society where everyone can work comfortably," LIFEM also provides a Femtech
service for companies “LunaLuna Office,” utilizing online medical services specializing inobstetrics and gynecology, and basic knowledge seminars on women's health, supervised orpresented by gynecologists.
Under the comprehensive business alliance agreement, ASKA and LIFEM have agreed that ASKA
will create and provide disease awareness information materials for the LunaLuna Office. As afirst step, we have jointly produced videos that provide easy-to-understand explanations of“menstruation,” a health issue specific to women, and began distributing the videos to companies
that have introduced the service. The details of this agreement are not disclosed.
By utilizing the knowledge and know-how of each company’s Femtech and strengthening
cooperation among the two companies, ASKA and LIFEM will promote the construction of asystem that supports the improvement of working women’s health issues through the conclusionof this agreement. ASKA and LIFEM strive to contribute to the realization of a society whereeveryone can work comfortably.

【About ASKA】
Trade name:Business segments:
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ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Manufacturing, sale and import/export of pharmaceuticals, veterinary
medicines, quasi-drugs, foods, and medical devices, etc.
June 28, 1929
5-1, Shibaura 2-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
108-8532, Japan
Sohta Yamaguchi

For more information, please visit the website https://www.aska-pharma.co.jp/english/【About LIFEM】
Trade name:

LIFEM Inc.

Business segments:

System development and operation business related to Femtech

Established:

July 1, 2022

Address:
Representative:

35th Floor, Tokyo Opera City Tower 3-20-2, Nishi-Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 163-1435, Japan
Seitaro Sugawara

For more information, please visit the website https://lifem.co.jp/ (in Japanese)【About LunaLuna Office】
CARADA Medica, Marubeni, and MTI formed a business alliance in July 2021 to develop andprovide a Femtech*1 service for companies to support the improvement of health issues forworking women. This service, which supports companies to take initiatives to improve women’s
health issues, was selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to receive theFemtech Support Service Demonstration Project Cost Subsidy*2 in FY2021. In March 2022, theservice was officially named “LunaLuna Office.” In July 2022, the three companies established anew company, LIFEM, to provide this service to corporations.
For more information, please visit the website https://office.lnln.jp/ (in Japanese)*1. Femtech: A coined word that combines “female” and “technology”. The word refers totechnology specifically used to solve women’s health problems.
*2. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry support service: Femtech Demonstration Project
Cost Subsidy Demonstration Company webpage (in Japanese)
Link: https://www.femtech-projects.jp

Media Contacts
ASKA Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd.
Corporate Planning Department
Tel: +81-3-5484-8366
Email: kouhou@aska-pharma.co.jp
MTI Ltd.
Public Relations, LIFEM, Inc.
Tel: +81-3-5333-6755
Email: mtipr@mti.co.jp