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Novartis, Ex-Employee Found Not Guilty in Diovan Case
The Tokyo District Court on March 16 acquitted Novartis Pharma and its former employee of charges that they violated the former pharmaceutical affairs law over the company’s major hypertension drug Diovan (valsartan) (See Update). Prosecutors have sought a 2.5 year prison…
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