Workplace changes in Japan accelerate

By P Reed Maurer

Mere statistics cannot describe the changes that have taken place, and are taking place, between employees and their employers in Japan’s pharma companies, writes long-time Japan pharma watcher and president of International Alliances Limited P Reed Maurer in his exclusive column for The Pharma Letter.

This article is based on feedback from senior executives and personal experience that began in 1970 and is continuing. The trends described are irreversible and predicting outcomes in the future is not a simple matter of projecting personnel policies forward.