BUSINESS

Nichi-Iko’s Medipal Tie-Up Stirring Concerns over Generic Trades, Price Gyrations

September 7, 2021

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Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical’s capital alliance recently forged with Medipal Holdings has had wholesaler officials fretting over its possible impact on drug transactions, including disruptions in market prices and distributors’ shifts away from products of the No. 1 generic maker. On August…

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