Drug makers’ downsizing moves continue unabated in Japan. In the past three months alone, it was revealed that voluntary redundancy programs were being planned or launched for Pfizer, MSD, and Sanofi, affecting a total of over 600 staffers mainly in…
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As Japan gears up for its next drug pricing reform in April 2020, Shoji Kono, director of the National Federation…
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