Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Sumitomo Pharma to Offload Asian Biz to Trader Marubeni
Sumitomo Pharma said on April 1 that it is divesting its Asian business to major Japanese trading house Marubeni for roughly 72 billion yen in a deal that forms part of its post-Latuda (lurasidone) turnaround efforts. The Asian business will…
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