For 25 years, Morunda has been interviewing leaders in Japan’s pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Most country managers typically come from a commercial background, rooted in sales and marketing. It’s rare to find country managers who come from finance or…
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Medicago’s COVID-19 Vaccine Approved in Canada
Medicago, a Canadian subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, said on February 24 that its plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine, which was developed using GlaxoSmithKline’s pandemic adjuvant, has been approved in Canada. Health Canada gave the green light to the jab, now called…
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