Takeda Pharmaceutical, Eisai, and Nippon Chemiphar offeredearly retirement programs over the past year, a Jiho survey revealed. It appears that not all of them are looking at downsizing, however, with some aggressively seeking to “rejuvenate” their employees by replacing ones…
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- Will It Be Possible to Eliminate Unnecessary Equivalence Studies for Generics?
September 20, 2010
- Big Pharma Losing Flagships within a Few Years and Shifting Paradigm
September 13, 2010
- Prior Assessment System Is One Step Forward to Quicker NDA Review
August 2, 2010
- Industry Needs to Form Consensus on Premium with Med. Institutions
July 26, 2010
- Japan Should Promote Personalized Cancer Treatment
July 26, 2010
- METI Reports on “Patent Box”Taxation System in Its Vision 2010
July 5, 2010
- How Will Generics-Only Companies Will Compete with Major New Entrants?
June 28, 2010
- Mr Hasegawa Calls For Cooperation with Asian Countries
June 21, 2010
- PMDA Consultation for Clinical Drug Development in Japan
April 26, 2010
- Taiyo Needs to Restart from Scratch
April 19, 2010
- Drug Companies Have No Time to Lose under New Pricing System
March 29, 2010
- Wholesalers, Pharmacy Chains to Ally to Improve Their Business
March 22, 2010
- New Pricing System Gives Makers Good Chance to Break from Old Business Practices
March 8, 2010
- Transfer Limited Financial Resources to Parties Who Make Effort to Provide Better Services
March 1, 2010
- Korosho Moves to Change Its Vaccine Policy
February 22, 2010
- Prospects of the Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry in 2010
February 15, 2010
- Number of Entrants into Market for Biosimilars Increases, But Barriers Are Still High
February 8, 2010
- New Pricing System to Make e-Detailing More Important
February 1, 2010
- Number of Holders of Designated Disease Treatment Beneficiary Certificate Up to 647,604
November 30, 2009
- Verify Acceptability of Prices before Revising Pricing Rule
November 30, 2009
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