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Toa Confident in Ensuring Stable Supply of Symbicort Generic with Expertise in Dry Powder Inhaler Manufacturing
Toa Pharmaceuticals, one of three generic companies that jointly developed generic versions of Symbicort (budesonide + formoterol), an asthma inhaler treatment, sees that a stable supply of its copies will be “possible,” the company told Jiho on March 7. Toa,…
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