Eisai Offloads AkaRx To Tighten Therapeutic Focus
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Eisai is divesting its AkaRx operation and assets, acquired in 2010, to a health care-focused US private equity group in a move the Japanese firm says will free up resources for its two main therapeutic areas.
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