COMMENTARY/Thinking about Why Megapharmas Are Closing Research Labs in Japan

November 24, 2008
Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim's (NBI) Kobe Pharma Research Institute is going to be the only research center held by foreign-affiliated pharmaceutical companies in Japan. Following Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Pfizer, and Novartis, Merck & Co., Inc. announced on October 23 the closure...read more