Shionogi Stays The Course As It Lays Out R&D Priorities

Japan's Shionogi lays out its R&D priorities, with a continued strategic focus on anti-infectives and CNS drugs, saying it is looking for the approval of four molecules in the coming year.

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While Shionogi & Co. Ltd. fell one short of its goal of progressing three drug candidates in fiscal 2018 (ending March 2019), the mid-sized Japanese pharma company is still hoping to take its launch tally globally to at least 10 compounds (including those out-licensed) by the end of the fiscal 2017-20 period.

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