Bayer’s Larotrectinib, Novartis’ Capmatinib Get Orphan Status in Japan

June 3, 2019
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on May 30 granted orphan drug designation for three compounds including Bayer Yakuhin’s site-agnostic cancer drug larotrectinib and Novartis Pharma’s lung cancer treatment capmatinib. Larotrectinib, which Bayer licensed from Loxo Oncology, now...read more