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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Takeda Hands CEO Baton to Kim after 12-Year Weber Era
Takeda Pharmaceutical formally ushered in the Julie Kim era on June 24 after shareholders approved the transition of the CEO role from Christophe Weber — bringing to a close a 12-year chapter that transformed the company from a traditional Japanese…
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