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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Poxel Forms Japan Outpost, Hitches Janssen’s Kaneko as Country Chief
French biopharma Poxel said on September 13 that it has set up a wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo, and tapped former Janssen Japan medical affairs head Takashi Kaneko, MD, PhD, as its country president, effective September 1. Dr Kaneko, who…
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