Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Shashank Deshpande to Take Reins at Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim
Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim said on June 1 that Shashank Deshpande, president of the company’s human pharma business unit, will become its chairman and president, taking over the helm from Yoshiaki Aono, effective September 1. Mr Deshpande will also succeed chairman…
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