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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MSD Japan Sales Down 14%, Januvia Sags 6.7%
US pharma giant Merck & Co. Inc. saw its Japan sales slump 14% in 2014 to some US$3.4 billion, dampened by a series of factors including exchange fluctuations and the divestiture of ophthalmology assets. While noting the loss of exclusivity…
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