BUSINESS

Ono Sales Down 0.3% Despite New Product Sales Increase, Double-Digit Decline in Profits Due to Higher Cost to Sales Ratio

May 14, 2013
Sales of Ono Pharmaceutical inched down 0.3% from the previous year to 145,393 million yen in FY2012 ended March 2013, according to its financial results released on May 13. The company failed to compensate for a sales decline of long-listed…

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