Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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MSD to Cut 250 Jobs as It Foresees Portfolio Changes
MSD K.K., the Japan unit of US pharma giant Merck, is to launch a voluntary redundancy program to shed 250 employees in a bid to cope with its changing product portfolios. A MSD spokesperson told Jiho on August 30 that…
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