The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on May 19 ordered label revisions for 15 types of insulins including Eli Lilly’s Humalog/Lyumjev (insulin lispro) and two cancer drugs - Janssen Pharmaceutical’s Erleada (apalutamide) and AstraZeneca’s Faslodex (fulvestrant). The 15…
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