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New JCR President Confident in 100 Billion Yen Sales Target in 2030s
JCR Pharmaceuticals’ new president Hiroyuki Sonoda expressed his confidence that the company can achieve its goal of 100 billion yen in annual sales in the 2030s, driven by products such as Izcargo (pabinafusp alfa) and a recently licensed Duchenne therapy.…
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