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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Astellas Sales Dip 4.4% on Forex Moves, Japan Biz Dented by Price Cuts
Astellas Pharma saw its group sales diminished 4.4% to 1.31 trillion yen in the year ended March 2017, dragged down by the stronger yen and Japan’s biennial drug price revision in April last year, the company said on April 27.…
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