Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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GSK Japan Pres. Kikuchi to Quit after Only 9 Months in Office
Kanako Kikuchi, president of GlaxoSmithKline K.K., the Japan arm of GlaxoSmithKline PLC, will step down at the end of this year, only nine months after she took office in April as the local unit’s first Japanese president. According to a…
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