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Midterm Plan to Overcome Generic Versions of Actos, Setting Sights on Emerging Markets: Takeda
Takeda Pharmaceutical announced on May 11 a three-year midterm plan starting from FY2012 and a company outlook through FY2016. In order to overcome the impact of generic versions of the type 2 diabetes treatment Actos (pioglitazone),which will be launched in…
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