Kirin Pharma Exec Tamao Watanabe On U.S. Biotech-Japan Pharma Collaborations: An Interview With PharmAsia News (Part 2 of 2)
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Painstaking communication efforts, including putting plans in writing to overcome a language gap, are keys to Kirin’s partnership with Argos.
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