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By Reiji Anasako Eisai is offloading its generic subsidiary Elmed Eisai to Japan’s largest generic maker, Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical. Among innovative pharma companies, it is the first divestment of a generic business since one by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma a year ago,…
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