Taisho, Tanabe drugmakers to merge next April

Taisho, Tanabe drugmakers to merge next April

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Uehara (R), president of Japan's Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., and Toshio Tanaka, president of Tanabe Seiyaku Co., another Japanese drugmaker, shake hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 17. They announced an integration of their business operations next year in a bid to survive the intensifying race in the domestic pharmaceuticals market, the world's second largest.

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