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Merck Deal Could Pave Way for Eisai to Hit 800 Billion Yen Sales Target in FY2020

March 13, 2018
By Reiji Anasako Eisai’s mega-scale collaboration deal with US Merck on its cancer drug Lenvima (lenvatinib) could pull the Japanese drug maker out of the post-Aricept (donepezil)/Pariet (rabeprazole) doldrums and help it achieve the ambitious 800 billion yen sales target…

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