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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Highlights of FY2014 Earnings - Part 1: 35 Listed Drug Makers See Downtrend in Profits Despite 3% Sales Uptick
Drug makers’ earnings scorecards are out. In the fiscal year ended March 2015, their global sales increased on new drugs, but the trend toward declining profits continued amid a rapidly changing business environment - notably on the generic front. This…
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