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Japan’s 1st Forteo Biosimilar Nears Market, Mochida Looks at Billion-Yen Sales
Mochida Pharmaceutical aims to rack up peak sales of several billion yen with its soon-to-launch biosimilar version of Forteo (teriparatide), which will be the first follow-on biologic in the Japanese osteoporosis market, Executive Managing Director Junichi Sakaki tells Jiho. The…
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