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Daiichi Sankyo Profit Quintuples on Gains from Ranbaxy-Sun Merger

May 15, 2015
Daiichi Sankyo saw its bottom line shoot up more than fivefold in the year ended in March 2015 as it booked handsome gains on the merger of a former Indian subsidiary Ranbaxy Laboratories and its compatriot Sun Pharmaceutical Industries. In…

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