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Alfresa, Medipal, Suzuken, Toho subsidiaries among pharma companies raided by Japanese enforcer

By Toko Sekiguchi
  • 08 Nov 2021 23:45
  • 09 Nov 2021 00:35
Subsidiaries of Japan’s top drug wholesalers, including Alfresa, as well as southern regional industry leaders such as Astem, were raided today, amid suspicions they fixed bids on 31 hospitals in the Kyushu region, MLex has been told.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission, or JFTC, raided a total of six drug

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Toko Sekiguchi

Senior Correspondent, Tokyo


Toko is a senior correspondent in Tokyo covering antitrust, anti-bribery & corruption, financial services and regulatory issues in Japan. Before joining MLex, she has worked as a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones News, Bloomberg News and Time Magazine.

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