mochida pharmaceutical mochida pharmaceutical mochida pharmaceutical co., ltd (持田製薬株式会社, mochida seiyaku kabushiki gaisha) is a japanese pharmaceutical company. mochida pharmaceuticaltypepublictraded astyo: 4534industrypharmaceuticalsfounded1945headquarterstokyo, japankey peoplenaoyuki mochida (ceo)number of employees1,762 (2006)websitewww.mochida.co.jp one of its products is the antidepressant setiptiline (tecipul).