GlaxoSmithKline K.K., the Japan arm of GlaxoSmithKline PLC, said on January 9 that Paul Lirette, president of GSK Pharma Canada, will become its new helmsman, filling the top seat vacated by the sudden exit of Kanako Kikuchi after just nine…
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