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Ayumi Poised to In-License Several RA Biosimilars, Eyes 50 Billion Yen Sales by 2020

February 5, 2016
Ayumi Pharmaceutical, a rheumatic and orthopedic specialty pharma born last year, is set to in-license several biosimilars for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatments and leverage them to attain sales of 50 billion yen by 2020, President Hikaru Oouchi told Jiho. “Changes…

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