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Big day for Daiichi: Pharma taps new CEO just as it unveils a big tie-up with AstraZeneca

Only a month after making one set of senior-level management changes, Daiichi Sankyo has decided it’s the right time to change its CEO as well. Sunao Manabe, currently the company’s president and chief operating officer, will succeed George Nakayama as CEO, effective June 17, the Japanese pharma said on Friday. Nakayama has been Daiichi’s CEO since… Read More »