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Does Dissolution of Japan Vaccine Signal Demise of Model in Vaccine Industry Vision, or Will a Second Round of JV Take Place?
Daiichi Sankyo and GlaxoSmithKline recently announced that they have agreed to dissolve their joint venture company, Japan Vaccine. The failure of this model of joint venture between a major Japanese and foreign drug maker in just six years is disappointing.…
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