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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Weber Earns 1.2 Billion Yen in FY2017, Logging Western-Level Pay Ratio
Takeda Pharmaceutical CEO Christophe Weber took home a total remuneration of over 1.2 billion yen in FY2017, by far topping the list of pharma execs who earned more than 100 million yen in the year, according to a Jiho tally…
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