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Teijin Pharma Plans Pivot to Rare Diseases as Generics Eat into Feburic Sales
Teijin Pharma is poised to gradually shift its focus away from the areas of bone and joint disorders and metabolic and cardiovascular diseases to the specialty field of rare and intractable illnesses, the company’s incoming president told Jiho. The strategy…
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