Japan is pressing ahead with broader drug price cuts under its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) system, despite lingering questions over the…
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Mitsubishi Tanabe’s Ueno Elected as New JPMA President
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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