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Japan Needs National Efforts to Boost Biosimilar Production: Kameda Chief Pharmacist
The Japanese government should promote the domestic manufacturing of biosimilar products as a national strategy, a prominent pharmacist said on January 19 following Daiichi Sankyo’s decision to discontinue its follow-on biologics for the cancer med Herceptin (trastuzumab). Ryohkan Funakoshi, director…
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