As rapid progress has been made in the implementation of reorganization programs in the pharmaceutical industry in Japan over the past year, with a total of 28 foreign-capital companies having merged into 15 during the past decade. Seed Planning’s serial publication '2007, Comprehensive Analysis of Pharmaceutical Development Trends <Vol. 4. Foreign Capital Companies> 'provides detailed analysis of annual sales, individual company’s policies on research & development, production, and distribution, organizational structure, and the background of mergers. With this book, you can obtain updates on the current status and future trends of foreign-capital pharmaceutical companies that are facing global streamlining programs including the closure, integration and spin-off of production plants and R&D centers.