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Ranbaxy Creates Japanese Subsidiary

January 25, 2010
Ranbaxy Laboratories, a subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo, has created a wholly-owned subsidiary Ranbaxy Japan in Tokyo. Registration procedures were completed in November 2009. The new subsidiary is liquidating Nihon Pharmaceutical Industries, a joint venture created with Nippon Chemiphar, and manages…

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