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Novartis management replaced

TOKYO, Japan - Dirk Kosche, new president of Novartis Pharma K.K., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014. The Japanese sales arm of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced that its president, Yoshiyasu Ninomiya, and two other top executives have resigned to take responsibility for its employees' inappropriate involvement in a clinical study led by medical doctors.

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Novartis management replaced

TOKYO, Japan - David Epstein (L), president of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014. The Japanese sales arm of the company, Novartis Pharma K.K., announced that its president, Yoshiyasu Ninomiya, and two other top executives have resigned to take responsibility for its employees' inappropriate involvement in a clinical study led by medical doctors. At right is new Novartis Pharma K.K. President Dirk Kosche.

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Novartis Pharma unveils preventive measures against misconduct

Dirk Kosche, president of Novartis Pharma K.K., the Japanese unit of Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2015. Kosche unveiled measures to prevent the reoccurrence of company misconduct involving not reporting serious side effects of its drugs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo