The curtain has risen on a showdown of hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) inhibitors in Japan as two new drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma have now been pitted against Astellas Pharma’s first-in-class drug Evrenzo (roxadustat) in the space.…
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