As reported previously, Reed Maurer passed away on August 30 due to complications from pneumonia. He was approaching his 84th birthday.Reed has been a driver of the international pharma community in Japan like nobody else. Arriving over fifty years ago…
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Digital and Cultural Transformation in Japanese Pharmaceuticals
I first met Peter (not his real name), the country manager of a mid-sized European pharmaceutical company, when he first arrived in Japan two years ago. He was not new to doing business in Japan but had not run a…
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