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Toa, Nipro, Nihon Generic Codeveloped Symbicort Copies, Launch Timing Unclear
Three companies that snagged approval late last week for generic versions of AstraZeneca’s asthma treatment Symbicort (budesonide + formoterol) - Toa Pharmaceuticals, Nipro, and Nihon Generic - codeveloped their copies to join the difficult-to-enter respiratory inhaler market, Jiho has learned.…
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