Drug makers’ downsizing moves continue unabated in Japan. In the past three months alone, it was revealed that voluntary redundancy programs were being planned or launched for Pfizer, MSD, and Sanofi, affecting a total of over 600 staffers mainly in…
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Royalty Feud with Nobel Laureate Takes Center Stage at Ono Shareholder Meeting
Shareholders of Ono Pharmaceutical on June 20 shot a flurry of questions at the company on its ongoing dispute with Tasuku Honjo, a professor at Kyoto University and a winner of last year’s Nobel Prize in medicine, who is demanding…
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