The Blackstone Group, a major US private equity firm, has announced the acquisition of Takeda Consumer Healthcare Company (TCHC), a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical. Investment funds and other industries have been putting out feelers toward the pharmaceutical sector in recent…
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US, European Trade Groups Oppose Tighter Re-Pricing Rules
US and European pharma industry associations said on December 6 that they are fully aligned with their Japanese counterparts in their requests towards Japan's next drug pricing reform in April, expressing their positions against the proposed tightening of re-pricing rules…
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