Astellas Pharma (TSE: 4503) has announced it will sell 16 of its ‘long-listed’ products to LTL Pharma, another Japanese firm, for 20.1 billion yen ($181 million).
For the financial year ending March 31, 2016, the combined gross sales of the products was 29 billion yen.
The company described the move as a strategic initiative, aimed at achieving “sustainable growth by reallocating internal resources to activities that drive our competitive advantage.”
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