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Chugai’s 2023 Earnings Slip as Ronapreve Wanes, but Sales Still Top 1 Trillion Yen

February 2, 2024
Chugai Pharmaceutical’s sales and profits for the fiscal year ended December 2023 contracted by two digits over the year due to a smaller supply of the COVID-19 treatment Ronapreve (casirivimab/imdevimab) to the government as well as to generic penetrations. Its…

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