For 25 years, Morunda has been interviewing leaders in Japan’s pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Most country managers typically come from a commercial background, rooted in sales and marketing. It’s rare to find country managers who come from finance or…
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Generic Industry Needs to Produce 30 Billion More Tablets to Meet 60% Generic Share Goal: Sawai President
Sawai Pharmaceutical President Mitsuo Sawai said on July 2 that the generic drug industry needs to boost its production to 73 billion tablets from the current 43 billion, in order to achieve the health ministry’s 60% generic share goal by…
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