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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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