The Japan presidents of foreign pharma companies are no longer hiding their concerns about the stagnation of drug development in the Japanese market. In their business briefings for 2021, many of them made explicit criticism against what they see as…
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Mitsubishi Tanabe Suffers 10% Sales Slide in 1st Half on Gilenya Royalty Row
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma said on October 30 that its half-year group sales shriveled 10.3% year on year to 188.1 billion yen as upbeat drug sales in Japan failed to counter the blow from an ongoing arbitration process over Novartis’ royalty…
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