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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 25 gave the green light to a slew of new medicines, including Daiichi Sankyo’s cancer drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) and Novartis’ Eylea (aflibercept) rival Beovu (brolucizumab). The MHLW granted conditional…
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