Article: BRIEFING - ASIA HEALTH - OCT 16, 2009.

An executive briefing on Health for Oct 16, 2009, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.

JAPAN'S KYOWA KIRIN TO SELL CHEMOTHERAPY PALLIATIVE TO YAKULT

TOKYO - Japanese company Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. (TSE:4151) announced Thursday an agreement to sell to Yakult Honsha Co. (TSE:2267) the production and marketing rights to a drug that treats the side effects of chemotherapy.

With Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. and Kirin Pharma Co. each carrying similar treatments, last year's merger brought the combined entity's market share to roughly 60 per ...

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