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Astellas, Seeking Sales in India, Opens Mumbai Office (India)

This article was originally published in PharmAsia News

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Astellas Pharma Inc. recently opened the doors of an office in Mumbai, India. The new facility offers Astellas a major opportunity to access the fast growing Indian pharmaceutical market. Currently, the country's drug market is valued at $6.2 billion, making it the number four market in Asia. According to projections by McKinsey & Co. that figure will soar 12 percent every year to $20 billion in 2015. The Asian market outside of Japan presently makes up only 3 percent of Astellas' revenue, a fact the company plans to change in the face of tightening drug pricing restrictions in Japan. (Click here for more - May Require Free Registration

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