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Eisai Racks Up 5.9% Sales Increase in April-September on Lenvima Growth, Despite Price Cuts, COVID-19
Eisai’s group sales rose 5.9% in the first half of FY2020, propped up by the robust performance of its anticancer agent Lenvima (lenvatinib), despite the negative factors such as drug price revisions and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to its earnings…
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