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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Sanofi Japan Chief Iwaya to Step Down at June End, Leave EFPIA Role
The Japan unit of Sanofi said on April 16 that its president Takahiko Iwaya will step down, effective June 30, after helming the subsidiary for over six years, with a selection process for his successor now underway. Iwaya assumed the…
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