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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approved a throng of new medicines on June 18, with Japan becoming the first country to give the green light to Roche/Chugai Pharmaceutical’s tumor-agnostic agent entrectinib, which now carries the brand name…
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