BUSINESS
Takeda Assigns High-Caliber Staffers for Govt’s Community-Based Care Initiative
Takeda Pharmaceutical is ramping up its efforts to respond to the Japanese government’s initiative to create community-based integrated care systems by 2025, assigning high-caliber former sales reps to collect information on regional needs. A team of about 10 “coordinators” was…
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