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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Top Five Drug Makers Report 12.8% Decline in Operating Profits with 3 Reporting Double-Digit Falls in Profits
The top 25 pharmaceutical manufacturers had announced their settlements of accounts for FY2011 as of May 15. Among the top five companies with consolidated sales of at least 500 billion yen, three reported double-digit declines in profits due mainly to…
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