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Shionogi’s H1 Operating Profit Sinks 33.8% on COVID-Linked R&D Expenses
Shionogi said on October 31 that its group operating profit in April-September dwindled 33.8% versus a year before in the face of a sizable increase in R&D spending, which was primarily driven by investments related to COVID-19. In the first…
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