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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Marubeni Sees Drug Biz Opportunities in Global Markets with Supply-Demand Gaps
Major Japanese trading house Marubeni is ramping up its pharmaceutical business with a strategy to in-license existing well-established medicines from drug makers and deliver them to overseas markets where there are supply-demand gaps. Being one of Japan’s unique “general trading…
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