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Bloomberg
5 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Itochu to Support Pharma Firms Entering Japan to Fill Drug Needs
Two Itochu Corp. units are expanding into the business of luring more foreign drug companies to Japan, in a bid to help them develop innovative therapies for the local market that are already available overseas. The Japanese trading house's subsidiaries A2 Healthcare Corp. and ITC Venture Partners are launching an end-to-end hub service for international biotechs — arranging everything from early-stage consulting, regulatory advice and clinical testing support to post-launch distribution in Japan — according to people familiar with the matter who declined to be identified because the information isn't public.
Bloomberg
22-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Buffett's Successor Abel Met With Japan's Trading Houses
Berkshire Hathaway's next chief executive Greg Abel met with Japan's biggest trading houses this week in Tokyo, adding to signs the company is committed to holding their shares. Abel met with executives at Mitsubishi Corp., Marubeni Corp., Mitsui & Co., Itochu Corp. and Sumitomo Corp., the companies said in response to queries from Bloomberg. The Nikkei newspaper reported the meeting earlier.
Bloomberg
26-02-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Couche-Tard Still Seeking Seven & I Deal, Access to Financials
By and Mathieu Dion Save Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is keeping up its pursuit of Seven & i Holdings Co. but has yet to gain access to the Japanese company's financials, months after proposing a takeover, people with knowledge of the matter said. A competing ¥9 trillion ($60 billion) proposal by the founding Ito family and Itochu Corp. to take the operator of 7-Eleven stores private has stalled over disagreements about management control, people familiar with the discussions said this week.
