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Mitsubishi Tanabe Foresees 82% Profit Dip in FY2019 as Gilenya Feud Weighs
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma said on May 10 that it is braced for a whopping 82% drop in core operating profit for this fiscal year ending March 2020 due to an ongoing arbitration process over Novartis’ royalty payments associated with Gilenya…
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