Aspen expects to report significant growth in its continuing operations for the first half of its financial year, following deals with Sandoz and Viatris that have seen the South African firm divest major businesses in Japan and Europe.

Japan’s Nippon Chemiphar has managed to reduce its rate of decline in pharmaceutical sales in the third quarter of FY21, on the back of well-performing recently-launched generics and group-wide structural reforms and cost reductions. The company is making no changes to its full-year forecast. 

Japan’s Towa saw 4.6% growth in domestic sales in the first nine months of FY21, on the back of new launches, as the coronavirus pandemic had only a “minor” effect on its business. But while the firm’s launch schedule for new products remains unaffected so far, the company pointed out that there may be slight delays in product development plans going ahead.