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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Astellas’ Earnings Hit by FX as Cost Rate Worsens on Overseas Inventories
Astellas Pharma suffered external factors such as the yen’s plunge and the Russia-Ukraine war in first-quarter earnings, with its operating and net profit shriveling 8.2% and 19.1%, respectively. On a core basis, however, operating profit was virtually flat versus a…
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