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Ex-Novartis Employee, Japan Unit Indicted over Diovan Data Manipulation
Tokyo prosecutors indicted a former employee of Novartis Pharma and the local arm of Swiss healthcare giant Novartis AG for an alleged violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (PAL) on July 1, local media reported. The special investigation squad of…
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