Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Merck to Shed 200 Jobs in Japan by 2015
MSD K.K., a Japanese unit of US drug titan Merck & Co. Inc., will whittle down some 200 jobs by 2015, a bit less than 5% of its roughly 4,300 local employees, President Tony Alvarez revealed on November 29. The…
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