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4 Drug Makers Seek Govt Aid to Upgrade Aging Plants: LDP Hearing

August 24, 2026
Four Japanese drug makers have called for government subsidies to help fund upgrades to aging manufacturing facilities, arguing that the scale of investment required is difficult for individual companies to shoulder alone. The request came at a closed-door hearing held…

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