Japan relies almost entirely on China for the APIs of β-lactam antibiotics. These drugs are essential for treating infectious diseases…
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Gilead Set to Duplicate Biktarvy Success in Japan with New Stand-Alone HIV Sales Force
Gilead Sciences is confident that its soon-to-be-approved HIV triplet Biktarvy (bictegravir + emtricitabine + tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF)) will be an enormous success in Japan just as it has been in the US and Europe, country president Luc Hermans, M.D.,…
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