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High Court Upholds Not-Guilty Ruling for Novartis, Ex-Employee in Diovan Case
The Tokyo High Court on November 19 upheld a not-guilty ruling for Novartis Pharma and its former employee for an alleged violation of the former Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (PAL) over data involving the company’s major hypertension drug Diovan (valsartan). The…
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