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Approvals for Epclusa, Keytruda’s MSI-H Indication and More Could Be Delayed into 2019
Official stamps of approval for an array of new drugs that cleared health ministry panels in November-December might be delayed into early next year, including Gilead Sciences’ hepatitis C combo Epclusa (sofosbuvir + velpatasvir), and what would be Japan’s first…
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