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Daiichi Sankyo Assigns COO Okuzawa as CEO from April
Daiichi Sankyo is promoting President and COO Hiroyuki Okuzawa to president and CEO effective as of April, the company said on January 31. Sunao Manabe, who currently serves as chairman and CEO, will be stepping down from the CEO role…
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