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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BMKK Asks Major Law Firm to Conduct Independent Investigation of Clinical Research on Sprycel
Bristol-Myers K.K. (BMKK) announced on July 2 that it has asked Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, one of Japan’s top law firms, to conduct an independent investigation of investigator-initiated clinical research on the chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) treatment Sprycel (dasatinib) conducted…
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