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Otsuka Forms JV with Turkey’s No. 1 Drug Maker, Set to Launch Samsca in 2013

November 7, 2012
Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on November 6 that it has set up a joint venture with Abdi Ibrahim, Turkey’s largest pharmaceutical maker, in Istanbul last month. The joint company, Abdi Ibrahim Otsuka Pharmaceutical A.S., will market Otsuka-developed drugs in Turkey, including…

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