Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Reported Off-Patent Drug Divestment “Not Based on Announcement”: Chugai
A Nikkei report on November 14 about Chugai Pharmaceutical’s possible divestment of its off-patent drug business to solder resist maker Taiyo Holdings is not based on official announcements, the two companies said on the same day. “There was a media…
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