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Govt Leadership Needed to Promote Industry Reorganization, Strengthen Competitiveness: Former JPMA President Aoki
The arrival of an “80% generic” era will force research-driven drug makers to invest even more of their management resources into R&D. Jiho asked Hatsuo Aoki, who served as president of the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) from 2004 to…
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