Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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AstraZeneca Japan Taps Ex-Takeda Japan Oncology Head as New Chief
Former Takeda Pharmaceutical exec Takafumi Horii was appointed on July 1 as president of the Japan unit of AstraZeneca. He took over the reins from its outgoing president Stefan Woxström, who stepped down from his role on the same day…
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