Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo to sue Japanese drug firm for 22 billion yen
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/nobel-laureate-tasuku-honjo-sue-japanese-drug-firm-22-billion-yen
Immunologist Tasuku Honjo celebrates his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 2018 with his wife, Shigeko Honjo.
In another high-profile case of a Japanese scientist fighting for a share of the profits generated by a key discovery, Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo last Friday announced he plans to sue Osaka, Japan–based Ono Pharmaceutical for 22 billion yen ($200 million) he believes he should get for supporting the drug firm in a patent dispute.
Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo to sue Japanese drug firm for 22 billion yen
Jun 8, 2020, 4:39pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/nobel-laureate-tasuku-honjo-sue-japanese-drug-firm-22-billion-yen
> Immunologist Tasuku Honjo celebrates his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 2018 with his wife, Shigeko Honjo.
> In another high-profile case of a Japanese scientist fighting for a share of the profits generated by a key discovery, Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo last Friday announced he plans to sue Osaka, Japan–based Ono Pharmaceutical for 22 billion yen ($200 million) he believes he should get for supporting the drug firm in a patent dispute.