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Fuji Pharma to Bolster Biosimilar Business as New Core

November 20, 2018
Fuji Pharma will shore up its biosimilar business in Japan through a license agreement with Iceland-based biopharma Alvotech under which it has obtained exclusive commercialization rights in Japan for six of the Iceland company’s investigational biosimilar products. President Eiji Takemasa…

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