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Eisai’s Akana Elected as New Chair of FPMAJ’s Drug Pricing Committee
The Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan’s (FPMAJ) drug pricing committee elected Masatomi Akana, chief government relations officer at Eisai, as its new chairman on June 11, effective the same day. Mr Akana is taking over the role from…
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