AstraZeneca’s sales in Japan climbed 8.2% year on year in 2023 with new drug launches and label expansions more than offsetting the negative blow from generic erosions for its proton pump inhibitor Nexium (esomeprazole). The company’s Japan president Takafumi Horii…
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