BUSINESS
Coronavirus Woes Stymie Drug Makers’ Sales Activities in Japan, Curbs on Doctor Visits Continue
As the novel coronavirus spreads across Japan, drug makers are seeing their sales activities hamstrung by the outbreak as they impose self-restraints on sales rep visits to medical institutions, increasingly turning to the use of digital channels to deliver information.…
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