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Nichi-Iko Offers Heartfelt Apology As It Forecasts Huge Annual Loss

As Analyst Warns: Pharmacies And Medical Institutions ‘May Start To Desert Nichi-Iko’

 
• By Dean Rudge

Nichi-Iko’s first-half financial results made for unhappy reading again as the company’s bottom line was battered by longstanding quality problems, leading the firm to announce huge projected losses for its current financial year ending in March 2022.

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Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has apologized to shareholders “from the bottom of our heart” after once again taking the axe to its full-year profit guidance, this time conceding that the Japanese firm is braced for losses in the tens of billions of yen due largely to deep-seated supply issues at the company’s key Namerikawa plant in the Toyama prefecture.

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