Japan should fundamentally overhaul its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme while putting a hold on CEA-based price adjustments, a new ruling…
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New Grad Hiring Down 4.4% in Spring 2022, Downtrend for Sales Reps Continues: Poll
Fifty-six drug makers in Japan reduced their new grad hiring this spring by 4.4% versus a year ago to 2,040, a Jiho survey showed, with companies continuing to rein in the number of fresh recruits for sales reps. Jiho sent…
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