The Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) on May 25 elected Hiroaki Ueno, representative director of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, as its new president for a two-year term. He will take over the helm from Eisai COO Yasushi Okada. Mr Okada stepped…
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