A Japanese health ministry proposal to impose steeper price cuts on certain medicines deemed to carry poor cost-effectiveness profiles cleared…
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Takeda Submits Plans to Improve Business Practices
Takeda Pharmaceutical submitted plans to mend its business practices on July 10 after it received a business improvement order over its misleading advertisements last month. The leading Japanese drug maker posted the details of the plans on its website on…
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