Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Otsuka Closes US$700 Million Transcend Buyout
Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on June 15 that its subsidiary Otsuka America has completed the acquisition of US biotech Transcend Therapeutics. Under the deal, announced in March, Otsuka paid a total of US$700 million to Transcend shareholders for all outstanding shares…
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