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Japan Approves Add’l Indications for Taltz, Lucentis and More
Japanese regulators approved new indications and dosages for a throng of drugs on November 22, including Eli Lilly’s anti-human IL-17A monoclonal antibody Taltz (ixekizumab) and Novartis Pharma’s vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor Lucentis (ranibizumab). The Ministry of Health, Labor…
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